Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is considered the biggest star of Hindi cinema today. Big B has given many blockbusters throughout his career. However there was a time when he experienced a period of consecutive box office flops. Yes even a big name like Amitabh Bachchan once struggled to generate revenue through his films. Today we will tell you about the film that Amitabh missed due to its poor box office performance. Which film was taken away from Amitabh Bachchan? You will be surprised to note that before Zanjeer (1973) was offered to Big B he gave 16 consecutive flop films. Due to which he was replaced in multiple films. One such film released in 1976 was Vinod Khannas in which Amitabh Bachchan was replaced as the lead actor. The film which we are talking about is none other than the movie Shaque released in 1976. Why were producers not interested in Amitabh Bachchan? Recently in an interview by Bollywood Crypt director Aruna Raje said that her first casting for Shaque was Amitabh Bachchan and Waheeda Rehman. At that time Amitabhs films were flopping one after the other so producer NB Kamat did not want to take him. He told us This film will not be made. So we said Okay then who else? Who replaced Amitabh Bachchan in Shaque? It is worth noting that even a legendary actor like Amitabh Bachchan was forcefully replaced by producers. Aruna Raje recalled the conversation with NB Kamat he said He asked us to look for some other famous actor. After this we thought of Vinod Khanna and met him. Vinod Khanna also immediately agreed to do this film. Why was Waheeda Rehman replaced in Shaque? Youd be surprised to know that not only did Amitabh Bachchan lose this film lead actress Waheeda Rehman who was part of the film got replaced by Shabana Azmi. Shaque became an instant hit among the audience earning a respectable rating of 7.1 out of 10 on IMDb. Shaque proved to be a super hit film after its release.