Due to popularity even lead heroes started insecure...
Veteran actor Ajit Khan is one of the famous villains of bollywood in the 60s and 70s. His dialogue 'Mona Darling', Lily Don't Be Silly became quite famous. But when he started working in the industry, he did many supporting roles. He was seen in a supporting role in the film Naya Daur (Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala) and his role was highly praised. However, after this film, instead of getting better, things got worse. He saw a downfall in his career. His son Shahzad himself had told about this.
Didn't get work after a new round
While talking to siddharth Kanan, Shehzad had said, 'His bad times started after Naya Daur. He had no work for 4-5 years. When Shehzad was asked why, he said that the lead hero had started becoming insecure with him. Regarding this, Shahzad said, 'Heroes were becoming insecure that if we worked with him, he would take the award and we would not get recognition.'
Nights spent in the gutter
While narrating about his father's struggle days, he had told that Ajit had to sleep in the gutter. Ajit had said, 'One-day father showed me the gutter near Mohammed ali Road and said that when he came to mumbai from Hyderabad, he used to sleep in these gutters. My father even sold his college textbooks to raise money to come to Mumbai.
Ajit worked as an 'extra' in many films at the beginning of his career. Then gradually he started getting films. Initially, his real name Hamid Khan was given credit in films, but he was not successful. Then on the advice of director Nana Bhai Bhatt, he changed his name to Ajit.
