Bollywood’s Angry Young Man Amitabh Bachchan is constantly active in the cinema world even at the age of 80. By shooting continuously for 12-15 hours, Amitabh Bachchan forces even the young actors of today to think. Amitabh Bachchan recently shot a TV commercial with director Amit Sharma. During the shoot, Amitabh Bachchan made everyone think with his passion and dedication as this ad included many action scenes and stunts.
Amitabh said – I will do stunts myself
Amitabh Bachchan, 79, told the crew and director Amit Sharma that he would do his own stunts. Obviously, this surprised everyone along with the production crew. According to a report in TOI, Manohar Verma who was choreographing and directing this action sequence. He said, ‘We were ready with a body double but then when Mr. Bachchan came on the set, he told the director that he would do the stunt himself.’
What was Amitabh Bachchan’s stunt?
The action director told that he had to take a lot of precautions while shooting for this sequence. Amitabh Bachchan had to break 3 strong glasses one after the other. The amazing thing was that Big B shattered these mirrors in a single take. Verma said, “Those who were present on the sets remembered the angry young man with ‘Deewar’ and ‘Zanjeer’.
Even today’s kids can’t compete
Action director Manohar Verma has been a part of projects like ‘Sardar Udham Singh’ and ‘Mirzapur’ and earlier also worked with Amitabh Bachchan in a commercial. He has also worked with Shoojit Sircar. Regarding Amitabh Bachchan, Verma said, “He is number one and no one can compete with him, even in today’s generation no one can.”