శత్రుఘ్న సిన్హా: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

ఇతనికి [[దేవానంద్]] తీసిన ''ప్రేమ్‌ పూజారి'' సినిమాలో పాకిస్తానీ మిలటరీ ఆఫీసర్ పాత్ర ద్వారా తొలి అవకాశం లభించింది. తర్వాత 1969లో మోహన్ సెహగల్ సినిమా ''సాజన్‌''లో నటించాడు.Shatrughan Sinha got his first acting opportunity to play a Pakistani military officer in [[Dev Anand]]'s ''[[Prem Pujari]]''. Subsequently, he got a small role as a police inspector in Mohan Sehgal's ''[[Sajan (1969 film)|Sajan]]'' in 1969. The release of ''Prem Pujari'' was delayed, so his first released film was ''Sajan''. He later appeared in villainous roles in ''Pyar Hi Pyar, Banphool, Manmohan Desai's Rampur Ka Laxman'', ''Bhai Ho Toh Aisa'', Sultan Ahmed's ''Heera'' and in Vijay Anand's ''Blackmail''. He played supporting roles in many films before appearing in Gulzar's ''[[Mere Apne]]'' in 1971. He was cast along with his future wife Poonam Sinha, then called as Komal in the movie ''Sabak'' (1973). He played supporting roles in ''Khilona'', Dulal Guha's ''Dost'' in 1974, ''Aa Gale Lag Jaa'', ''Jheel Ke Us Paar'' and ''Gambler'' in 1970. He acted with Amitabh Bachchan in films like ''Raaste Ka Paththar, Yaar Meri Zindagi, Shaan'' and ''Kala Paththar'', of which ''Shaan'' was the biggest success. He later acted in ''Bombay To Goa'', ''Dostana'' and ''Naseeb''. His films as the lead hero between 1970 and 1975 were not hits. His first successful film as lead hero was in ''[[Kalicharan]]'' in 1976. Subhash Ghai had went with the story of ''Kalicharan'' to NN Sippy and said he wanted to direct his first film. N. N. Sippy got ready to produce after few days, but wanted to cast only Rajesh Khanna in the lead role of ''Kalicharan''. Then only when N. N. Sippy confirmed with Rajesh Khanna that Rajesh did not have dates for the years 1976 and 1977, Sippy asked Subhash Ghai to go ahead with the script and direct ''Kalicharan'' with Shatrughan Sinha in the lead.