When it comes to Mukesh Khanna, even today people remember the characters of superheroes Shaktimaan and Bhishma Pitamah. Mukesh Khanna dominated in both these characters. But before this Mukesh Khanna was always called a 'copycat'. Mukesh Khanna himself has made this disclosure. The actor told that in the beginning of his career he and Amitabh Bachchan were compared. People started calling Mukesh Khanna a copy of Amitabh Bachchan. Mukesh Khanna felt very bad due to this. Mukesh Khanna told about this in an interview given to 'Bollywood Thikana'. Mukesh Khanna started his acting career in the year 1981 with the film 'Roohi'. After this he was seen in 'Captain Barry' and 'Dard-e-Dil'. Mukesh Khanna said that he was given the tag of copycat right from the time of his debut.
'People used to say that I copy Amitabh'
Mukesh Khanna said, 'The media once called Mithun Chakraborty the 'Amitabh Bachchan of the poor'. I don't know how he reacted, but if I had been told this, I would have told him to shut up. He used to say that you copy him. Many of my films flopped, that's why people said so.
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'You didn't succeed because you look like Amitabh'
Mukesh Khanna further said, 'Here success speaks the most. When 'Mahabharat' (TV show) came, no one labeled me Amitabh Bachchan, which happened a lot during my film career. People used to say that you did not succeed because you look like him and now when Amitabh Bachchan himself has said that you copy him, your career is over.
'Who is Amit ji, who can stop my career?'
When Mukesh Khanna was asked whether Amitabh Bachchan had really said this for him? When he was asked how he came to know about this, he said, 'He said so.' But will I flop because of this? Who is Amit ji who can stop my career?
'Amit ji said – you fake copycat'
Mukesh Khanna further said, 'A friend of mine had told me how he was watching a film with Amit ji. It was a drive-in theater and he/she was on the bonnet. When my advertisement came, Amit ji saw it and said, 'He copies it.' Years later, some YouTubers quoted him and wrote that Amit ji's one line ruined my career.
