Dalip Tahil recalls Amitabh Bachchan’s response when he forgot his lines during Shaan: ‘Due to my theatre background…’

Dalip Tahil recently opened up about his experience filming for his first-ever commercial movie scene and mentioned that it also featured Amitabh Bachchan.

“We were shooting on Ambedkar Road in Bandra, and that was my first commercial film scene. The scene featured me, a member of the villain’s gang, getting a shave when Bachchan Saab comes and snatches my knife, holding it close to my throat to extract information,” Tahil recalled during a conversation with Siddharth Kannan.

“While I was waiting on the set, I heard a voice from behind saying, ‘Hi, I am Mr Amitabh Bachchan.’ Immediately, I started feeling unwell. Due to my background in theatre, I thought I could handle the scene, but everything fell apart when I stood in front of him to shoot the actual scene. I began forgetting my lines,” he said.

“Observing this, Bachchan Saab came up to me and said, ‘Relax. Don’t worry. Take your time. Do whatever you need to do. Don’t think it’s me who is standing in front of you; just proceed with the scene as you wish.’ It took 3-4 takes, but he made me feel at ease,” Tahil added.

Dalip Tahil was last seen in Sailesh Kolanu’s action suspense-thriller HIT: The First Case (2022).