From Sanjay Dutt almost bashing Rajesh Khanna to Preity ZInta being labelled a ‘man-eater’ – Bollywood's best kept secrets that will make you go hawww

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While Bollywood scandals, dirty laundry and no-holds-barred gossip have somehow always found their way into the 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 a few such scandals today, involving Rishi Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupen Hazzarika, Shekhar Kapur, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi and Preity Zinta. So, here you go... check out the sinful scandals that have been a part of Bollywood's rumour mills since years, but rarely found their way to the public…

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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 as the prime reason behind her divorce with then husband Shekhar Kapur. Suchitra had even penned a poem, titled Maneater, aimed at Preity, which had led the latter to call her ‘mentally unstable’.
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Lata Mangeshkar's alleged affair with Bhupen Hazarika leading to his divorce
A long time ago, reports had surfaced that the two musical legends, Lata Mageshkar and Bhupen Hazarika, had quite the steamy affair, and that they would allegedly even spend the entire together, whenever Lataji would visit Kolkata (then Calcutta), eventually resulting in Bhupenji's wife divorcing him.
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Rishi Kapoor denied Amitabh Bachchan his first Best Actor award
Rishi Kapoor had revealed in his biography, Khullam Khulla, that Amitabh Bachchan was all but fixed to win his first Best Actor Filmfare award for Zanjeer, back in 1974, when someone from the awards committee had got in touch with Chintuji's manager with a proposal to give the same trophy to his employer for his debut film, Bobby at the sum of Rs. 30,000. Though Rishi Kapoor was hesitant at first, his manager eventually convinced him as he felt it would be leapfrog his career further after the highs of Bobby. Later, the actor believed that Amitabh Bachchan became privy to this and began a cold war with his younger co-star, which only melted away later when they worked together for the first time in Director Yash Chopra's Kabhie Kabhie.
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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 along with a combination of drugs 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 along with Gulshan Grover to pick a fight with him, but the actor was not at home and Sanju was calmed down and reassured by Chintuji's wife and actress, Neetu Singh, that there's no truth to the rumours. Then he landed on Rajesh Khanna's set and simply sat across him for more than 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.

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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 as the prime reason behind her divorce with then husband Shekhar Kapur. Suchitra had even penned a poem, titled Maneater, aimed at Preity, which had led the latter to call her ‘mentally unstable’.
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Lata Mangeshkar's alleged affair with Bhupen Hazarika leading to his divorce
A long time ago, reports had surfaced that the two musical legends, Lata Mageshkar and Bhupen Hazarika, had quite the steamy affair, and that they would allegedly even spend the entire together, whenever Lataji would visit Kolkata (then Calcutta), eventually resulting in Bhupenji's wife divorcing him.
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Rishi Kapoor denied Amitabh Bachchan his first Best Actor award
Rishi Kapoor had revealed in his biography, Khullam Khulla, that Amitabh Bachchan was all but fixed to win his first Best Actor Filmfare award for Zanjeer, back in 1974, when someone from the awards committee had got in touch with Chintuji's manager with a proposal to give the same trophy to his employer for his debut film, Bobby at the sum of Rs. 30,000. Though Rishi Kapoor was hesitant at first, his manager eventually convinced him as he felt it would be leapfrog his career further after the highs of Bobby. Later, the actor believed that Amitabh Bachchan became privy to this and began a cold war with his younger co-star, which only melted away later when they worked together for the first time in Director Yash Chopra's Kabhie Kabhie.
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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 along with a combination of drugs 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 along with Gulshan Grover to pick a fight with him, but the actor was not at home and Sanju was calmed down and reassured by Chintuji's wife and actress, Neetu Singh, that there's no truth to the rumours. Then he landed on Rajesh Khanna's set and simply sat across him for more than 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.

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