Mukesh Khanna says Amitabh Bachchan once accused him of copying him

 
Mukesh Khanna recently talked about how he was accused of copying Amitabh Bachchan in the early stages of his acting career. The veteran actor recalled a time when even Amitabh himself thought that he used to imitate him. In an interview with Bollywood Thikana, Mukesh mentioned that he was informed that his career suffered because he tried to emulate Amitabh.

Mukesh, while speaking about allegations of copying Amitabh in his movies stated that, “Media once called Mithun Chakraborty, ‘Gareebo ka Amitabh Bachchan.’ I don’t know how he reacted but if I was told that, I would’ve said, ‘Shut up.’ They would say, ‘You look like Amit ji, you copy him.’ A string of my films flopped which is why people said that. Here, only success speaks the loudest. When Mahabharat happened, no one gave me a label of Amitabh Bachchan, which happened a lot during my film career. People would say, ‘You weren’t successful because you look like him and now that Amitabh Bachchan himself said that you copy him, your career is over.'”

While recalling knowing about Amitabh's thoughts about copying him, Mukesh said, “He (Amitabh Bachchan) did say that, but will I be a flop because of that? Amit ji kaun hain jo mere career ko rok sakte hai? (Amit ji can’t stop my career).