While Bollywood scandals, personal matters and no-holds-barred gossip have somehow always found their way into the general public domain, the industry has constantly manged to closely guard some well-kept secrets. Despite all the cloak and dagger, we've managed to unearth some such scandals today, involving Rishi Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupen Hazzarika, Shekhar Kapur, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi and Preity Zinta. So, here you go... try the sinful scandals that arean element of Bollywood's rumour mills since years, but rarely found their thanks to the public…
Director Shekhar Kapur's wife, actress Suchita Krishnamoorthy, labelling Preity Zinta a 'maneater'
Suchita Krishnamoorthy had shaken the media when she had accused Preity Zinta because the prime reason behind her divorce with then husband Shekhar Kapur. Suchitra had even penned a poem, titled Maneater, geared toward Preity, which had led the latter to call her ‘mentally unstable’.
Lata Mangeshkar's alleged affair with Bhupen Hazarika resulting in his divorce
A long time ago, reports had surfaced that the 2 musical legends, Lata Mageshkar and Bhupen Hazarika, had quite the steamy affair, which they'd allegedly even spend the whole together, whenever Lataji would visit Kolkata (then Calcutta), eventually leading to Bhupenji's wife divorcing him.
Rishi Kapoor denied Amitabh Bachchan his first Best Actor award
Rishi Kapoor had revealed in his biography, Khullam Khulla, that Amitabh Bachchan was about fixed to win his first Best Actor Filmfare award for Zanjeer, back in 1974, when someone from the awards committee had happened touch with Chintuji's manager with a proposal to allowthe identical trophy to his employer for his debut film, Bobby at the sum of Rs. 30,000. Though Rishi Kapoor was hesitant initially, his manager eventually convinced him as he felt it'd be leapfrog his career further after the highs of Bobby. Later, the actor believed that Amitabh Bachchan became aware of this and commenced a chilly war together with his younger co-star, which only melted away later once they worked together for the primary time in Director Yash Chopra's Kabhie Kabhie.
Sanjay Dutt landing on Rajesh Khanna's set to bash him up
In another chapter of Khullam Khulla, Rishi Kapoor disclosed that on account of being the angry young man he was at the time together with a mixture of medicine in his system and gossip in tabloids, Sanjay Dutt was convinced that his then girlfriend, Tina Munim, was having an affair with both Rishi Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna, whom she had delivered hit movies with. First, Sanju Baba had landed at Rishi's house together with Gulshan Grover to choose a fight with him, but the actor wasn't reception and Sanju was calmed down and reassured by Chintuji's wife and actress, Neetu Singh, that there is no truth to the rumours. Then he landed on Rajesh Khanna's set and easily sat across him for over half an hour, starring daggers at the superstar, while everybody waited for the shoot to resume. Apparently, Kaka was sweating buckets and breathed a sigh of relief by the time Sanjay Dutt left.