Both Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan are stalwarts of the Hindi film industry. While there is no one that can beat Big B’s versatility, Vidhu Vinod Chopra is known for his hard-hitting films. The film-maker recently revealed that he had a fight with legendary actor on the sets of his film Eklavya, after which he gifted Big B a swanky Rolls Royce.
In a conversation with Siddharth Kanan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra recalled how Jaya Bachchan was confident that the two would fight on the sets, “When we were making Eklavya, Amitabh Bachchan came to the sets with one suitcase for a schedule of two months. I asked, ‘Amit, you travel very light?’ He said, ‘No, Jaya told me ‘more than one week you cannot stand Vinod’,” he shared.
The film-maker continued that after 10 days, there was a fight between the two creative people. He said, “But because he did not leave and completed the whole film, I gifted him a Rolls Royce worth Rs 4.5 crore, because he tolerated me and did a great work in the film.”
As quoted by Indian Express, Amitabh Bachchan later sold that car for an undisclosed amount.
Renowned filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, celebrated for his critically acclaimed works like Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, and Mission Kashmir, made a highly anticipated return to the director’s chair after a three-year hiatus with the Vikrant Massey starrer 12th Fail.
12th Fail is based on Anurag Pathak’s best-selling novel, chronicling the incredible journeys of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS officer Shraddha Joshi. The film offers a glimpse into the lives of aspirants preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams. It goes beyond the confines of a single exam and encourages aspirants not to lose hope in the face of failure but to regroup and forge ahead.
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