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Late actor Rajesh Khanna had received an offer to appear in Bigg Boss. The makers were also offering him Rs 3.5 crore per episode for this. At this time, nothing was going well in Rajesh Khanna's career. However, even after this, the actor rejected the offer. When Rajesh Khanna later wanted to accept this offer, the makers rejected it.
Read what the whole incident was
According to a 2012 Rediff article, journalist Ali Peter John had revealed this. Ali Peter had said- Once the makers of Bigg Boss had asked to fix a meeting with him (Rajesh Khanna). The makers wanted him in the Bigg Boss house. But the actor had said- no, no, Rajesh Khanna will not do such shows.
Colors was offering him Rs 3.5 crore for each episode. I tried to convince him a lot, but he did not agree. Only a few days had passed. He told me that he wanted to do this show, but then the channel people did not agree to it.
Rajesh Khanna was jealous of Big B
Ali Peter also mentioned that Rajesh Khanna felt very insecure about Amitabh Bachchan's rising stardom. He even used to say bad things about his wife Jaya Bachchan. When Big B used to visit him on the sets, Rajesh Khanna used to ignore him.
Journalist Ali Peter John
Ali Peter met Rajesh Khanna at the last moment
Ali Peter also said that he had met Rajesh Khanna before his death. He had asked the actor- what happened? To this the actor had replied- if Ghalib can die by drinking alcohol, then why can't I.
Let us tell you, Rajesh Khanna died in 2012 and Ali Peter died a decade later.