Waheeda Rehman has collaborated with numerous renowned actors at various times during her lengthy career. The stunning actress has collaborated with Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, and many more. Reshma Aur Shera, her film with the angry young man of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, occupies a particular place in the records of Hindi cinema.
Sunil Dutt, the legendary actor, and filmmaker sought to create a cast of celebrities for his dream project, Reshma Aur Shera, in 1971. Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Raakhee, Ranjeet, K.N. Singh, Amrish Puri, Sanjay Dutt, and many more well-known actors appeared in the film. Yet, one episode during the film’s production has become a timeless memory, particularly for Waheeda Rehman and Amitabh Bachchan.
Waheeda Rehman came on the popular comedic reality show The Kapil Sharma Show in 2019 and revealed some of the most memorable moments in her acting career. One event, though, had everyone in stitches, and it included Waheeda Rehman and Amitabh Bachchan. The legendary actress stated that she was scheduled to smack Big B in one of the film’s sequences, and as they were filming it, she playfully told Amitabh that she would slap him so hard that he should be prepared for it.
Waheeda Rehman revealed that during the actual filming of the sequence, she smacked Amitabh Bachchan in response to the character’s request. Nonetheless, the actress acknowledged that she struck Big B too hard by accident. Waheeda stated that she didn’t want to beat him so hard, but it had happened by accident.