‘No Bollywood people allowed at Amitabh Bachchan’s home after 8 pm’: Co-star recalls how Big B maintains work-life balance 

‘Amitabh Bachchan knows his dealogues before he comes to sets’

During a podcast with Dear Generation, Raja Bundela shared, “It has been a pleasure working with Amitabh Bachchan. I did a film with him, and he remembered all the dialogue so well.” Raja went on to share an incident about Big B’s dedication to his craft. He said, “Once we were shooting in Goa, Amitji found out that his continuity shoes were left behind in Mumbai. Flights were not so frequent in those days; there was lots of commotion. The scene was where Amitabh was walking on the road, and suddenly he saw an apple. His character has been hungry for two days, so he picks it up, looks here and there, and then eats it. So when he bends, it was obvious that the shoes would be seen and there had to be continuity.”

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‘We were hungover, Amitabh was ready for shoot at 7:30 am’

“I don’t know if he does it now, but back then, any film that Amitabh worked in, whenever the shoot was wrapping up, he took the continuity stuff along with him until the next schedule. He wouldn’t leave it with the production,” Raja added. He further shared, “When they left for the shoot, his boy didn’t pay attention, and they left the shoes behind in Mumbai. Everyone got so happy, started drinking, thinking there would be no shoot the next day. The next morning at 7:30, we learned that he was ready with his makeup and shoes, but nobody was ready to even go close to him, the director, the producer, no one. He was sitting and reading the newspaper, that’s discipline.”

“Later, we found out that at night, he sent his spotboy from a bus, who took the shoes and returned from the first flight the next day. He called director Tinnu Anand and asked him to start shooting. This was the kind of discipline he had,” Raja Bundela recalled.

How Amitabh Bachchan maintained work-life balance

He even went on to share that Amitabh often chose to balance his personal and professional life quite well. “He was always prepared with his dialogues and would do everything on time. He would never gossip, even when we met at his home. From what I have heard, he would not allow anyone from the industry at his home after 8 pm; he locks his doors. He likes to keep that balance between his business and his family.”

On the work front, Amitabh Bachchan was last seen hosting the latest season of Kaun Banega Crorepati. On the film front, he would be seen in the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD; other than this, Big B will also star in the courtroom drama Section 84.