Amitabh Bachchan rehearsed a scene with ‘nervous’ Jisshu Sengupta 30 times, defended him when Rituporno Ghosh got angry: ‘Can he deny that I am…’

 

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“I was supposed to show him an attitude in the scene. During the rehearsals, I was sitting at the edge of my seat. I memorized my lines and his lines, and the speed at which I had to deliver the dialogues was three times faster, and I was also saying his dialogue. Ritu Da was scolding me, and Mr Bachchan stopped him. He said, ‘Why are you scolding this boy? Can he deny that I am Amitabh Bachchan?’ That time, I just wanted to go home and leave acting for good. But he was so sweet that he rehearsed with me 30 times. He made me absolutely comfortable,” Jisshu shared.

He further added, “Later, when I asked him why he did so, he said, ‘Jisshu, look what I say, don’t take it to heart, I am Amitabh Bachchan, doing a film with Rituporno Ghosh, we both have our audience, it’s not my genre of films. When people come and watch the film, I do brilliantly and you don’t do well, the scene won’t stand, and if that happens, the film won’t stand, so it’s my responsibility that even if people come to see me, you also perform well.’ I learned that he gives his cues when he is not in frame, too; that’s why he is Amitabh Bachchan.”

On the work front, Jisshu Sengupta was last seen in the web series, The Trial Season 2 as for Amitabh Bachchan, he is currently seen hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 17.