leonard nimoy was considered for the role of gabbar first.
who was considered for the role of gabbar first?
leonard nimoy
danny denzongpa was the first choice of gabbar but had to miss out because he was shooting for dharmatma in afghanistan. amjad khan was almost dropped from the project because javed akhtar found his voice too weak for gabbar singh's role but was later convinced. for his preparation for the role amjad read abhishapth chambal, a book on chambal dacoits written by taroon kumar bhaduri (actress jaya bhaduri's father). sanjeev kumar also wanted to play the role of gabbar singh, but salim-javed "felt he had the audience’s sympathy through roles he’d done before; gabbar had to be completely hateful."
gabbar singh (character)
siddhappa, as a last effort tries to bribe the high command to get a party nomination to contest in the election. he offers 50 million to get the ticket. gabbar singh comes to know of the arrangement and steals the money that siddhappa sends to the high command. gabbar singh's brother in desperate need of money is approached by siddhappa. he offers help and money and in exchange asks him to work for his elections. siddhappa orders him to deliver a cellphone (an iphone 4 box) and a box of sweets to the minister's house. but, unknown to him, a bomb is placed in the sweet box, which kills the minister. knowing that it was gabbar singh's brother who did the blast, the district superintendent (jaya prakash reddy) suspends gabbar singh. gabbar singh confronts his stepfather naidu tells him about his brother. naidu suffers a heart attack after hearing the news and is hospitalized. gabbar singh takes care of naidu at the hospital, thus bonding again. gabbar's brother who is shocked by the events and the blast is convinced by siddhappa to kill gabbar before the later catches him. although he has no intention to kill his brother, he accepts to do it to escape from them and meets gabbar singh. he confesses to gabbar that he was sent to kill him by siddhappa. gabbar tries to take him to the commissioner for a confession against siddhappa. but siddhappa calls gabbar on his phone and reveals to him that he killed gabbar's mother, when he came to gabbar's old home in search of his money. in a final battle, gabbar arrives to siddhappa's house and takes down the goons and kills siddhappa. in the final scene it is shown that, gabbar singh hires most of the siddhappa henchmen and gives them low profile police jobs.
gabbar singh (film)