Amitabh Bachchan is also among the fans of actor Pran, who played the role of bad guy or villain in many films. This story is famous among cinema lovers that in ‘Zanjeer’ it was Pran who first praised Amitabh Bachchan and said that he would be a big actor in the future. Amitabh Bachchan has also been respecting Pran a lot. Amitabh Bachchan had met him before coming to films and also took his autograph. Amitabh Bachchan himself has written all this.
Amitabh Bachchan has written a lot about this matchless actor in the role of the brilliant actor Pran’s biography – “Aur Pran – An Illustrated Life Journey”. He has also written that he took an autograph from Pran on meeting him. Amitabh writes – ‘Around 1960 I got the first glimpse of Pran Saheb. During this brief visit to Mumbai, I requested my family friends to show me the shoot. They r me Of. taken to the studio. There I saw that Pran Saheb was sitting on a chair under the shadow of a tin, away from the eyes of the people and away from the hustle and bustle. He was very polite and courteous. He took photographs with us. While returning home after taking his autograph, I was a bit skeptical. ,
Published by Hind Pocket Books, this book is written by Bunny Rubeena. Amitabh further writes in the role – ‘Like other people, the same question was arising in my mind that how can a villain be so good, generous and hospitable?’ Amitabh Bachchan has mentioned that maybe on that day he was shooting for Manmohan Desai’s film ‘Chhaliya’. The same under whose direction later Amitabh Bachchan also did many films.
Then he has written in detail about the film ‘Zanjeer’. He has also mentioned that there was a lot of hesitation while showering sharp abuses on Pran’s character Sher Khan. Amitabh writes – ‘Ultimately I was taken in chains mainly because of Pran Sahib.’ Referring to the song ‘Yaari Hai Imaan Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi’ from the film, he writes that it was the highlight of the film, in which he (Pran) set a fine example by dancing with incomparable gusto and power. Citing the jugalbandi with Pran in his other films, he has written that Pran had excellent knowledge and fondness for Urdu literature and poetry. He had the latest information on the events of the sports world and was also fond of hunting.
Referring to Pran’s versatile acting, he has also written that it is surprising that Pran himself did not watch his films. Twenty years after the release of ‘Zanjeer’, he saw the film and then called and said to Amitabh – ‘I liked your work in the film very much.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 10, 2023, 19:18 IST