could play the lead rolethere were two things in me which i think were and still are zabardast confidence and passion i always tell the younger generation that in this competitive world it is extremely important to have confidence and passion these two things will bring in conviction and commitment dedication will take shape of devotioni treated the villain as a character i think it was the first and probably the last time when people cheered on the entry of a villain on screen main hero ko maaru toh mujhe taaliyaan milti thi hero mujhe maare toh hero ko gaaliyaan milti thi people used to clap when i used to beat up the hero when the hero would hit me people used to abuse him the theatre owners used to tell the distributors about this applause they would say this guy gets a lot of love and applause his dialogue delivery is good and girls love him too that wasnt the case for any other actors playing villains i used to be called as a chief guest at the sophias girls college in mumbai i used to write a column in eves weekly where girls would write to me their problems and id offer solutions can you believe thatso those distributors started telling the producers and directors about the reactions that i was getting they told producers bring some sympathy for his character in the end otherwise the audience wont accept him as a fullfledged villain even a director like manmohan desai had to make changes in the climax of rampur ka lakshman in the scene where i say maa in the last scene of bhai ho toh aisa when im wearing a red shawl and i tell jeetendra tumhare andar itna ahankar aa gaya hai ke tum ghar chhod ke jaa rahe ho aur humein paschatap ka mauka bhi nahin de rahe ho people used to cry during that scene so for my transition from a villain to a hero im more obliged to the public than the filmmakers i became a peoples actor in the true essence today i am a peoples worker or leader whatever you want to call meplease go onthen came a film titled ek naari do roop the song mujhko mere baad zamana dhoondhega became a superhit milaap was the other film both these films werent commercial successes but people took notice of my performance neither my producers nor i lost courage devendra goyal made aadmi sadak ka no wedding is complete without the aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai song from that film i did come commercial films like sangram after that then of course came kalicharan and vishwanathit is said that producer nn sippy wanted rajesh khanna to play the lead in kalicharani had heard about it some people had objections over subhash ghai who was a new director at that time and the subject of the film was also new i knew that i was not the first choice for