‘Amitabh Bachchan didn’t know his mic was on, he was murmuring how he was nervous on first day’: Sujoy Ghosh

Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has opened up about how veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was ‘nervous’ on the first day of a film’s shoot. Sujoy revealed that Amitabh was murmuring to himself and did not realise that his mic was on. The filmmaker also revealed how Vidya Balan starrer Kahaani was his biggest risk and said that nobody gave him money for the film.

On Netflix’s The Director’s Roundtable, Sujoy said, “First days of shoot are the most scariest days and you have no clue what your doing and we used to shi*t bricks right. One day we were shooting and it was the first day of the film and sir was on set and he was giving his first shot and his mic was on. And Amitji was murmuring to himself, ‘Yar yeh pehla din hai, kitna saal hogaya abhi bhi mujhe itna nervous lagta hai (It’s the first day, and even after so many years, I still feel so nervous).’ So we realised we are not the only one.” 

Sujoy and Amitabh Bachchan have collaborated on films like Badla, Aladin and Te3n. 

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When asked about taking risks, Sujoy Ghosh said, “I think the biggest thing for me was Kahaani. Everybody kind off dissuaded me at that time. ‘Pregnant woman running away in Calcutta? What were you thinking?’ And I think that probably was the biggest step of my career, especially coming out of two mega flops and embarking to such an extent that nobody believed in the film. Nobody gave me money to make the film. But that was good. That’s the biggest risk I ever took.”

Sujoy recently helmed the film Jaane Jaan. The film stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat in the lead roles.