Amitabh Bachchan Akshay Kumar Film Eyes: It has been 55 years since Hindi cinema’s veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been working in the film industry. In 55 years, he has done many great films and played many great characters.
Even today, at the age of 81, Amitabh Bachchan’s charm continues. Known among his fans by names like ‘Big B’, ‘Superstar of the Century’, ‘Angry Youngman’ and ‘Shahenshah of Bollywood’, Amitabh Bachchan has also appeared in negative roles on the big screen. However, do you know that he agreed to the negative role in just a few minutes?
The director was waiting for Big B outside the van
The story we are telling you is related to the film ‘Aankhen’. This was revealed by the film’s director Vipul Amritlal Shah himself. He told how he narrated the script of the film to Big B and how Amitabh Bachchan agreed to do the film after a while.
Vipul Amritlal Shah revealed in a conversation that, ‘I was waiting outside Amitabh sir’s van, wondering how to introduce myself to him. When Amitabh sir came, he asked me, ‘Vipul what are you doing here? I was surprised to know that he remembers me even after a year.’
Amitabh Bachchan agreed in 15 minutes
Vipul further said, ‘I thought it would be a long process, but he just listened to my script. I was a little scared that I might upset him because I was going to give him the role of a villain.’ According to Vipul, Big B agreed to this role after reading the script for 15 minutes.
The film made at a cost of 17 crores earned more than 33 crores
Let us tell you that the film ‘Aankhen’ was released in the year 2002. Stars like Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal and Aditya Pancholi also worked in it. The film was made on a budget of Rs 17 crore. Whereas the film earned almost double at the box office (Rs 33.8 crore).
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