R Balki recalls when Amitabh Bachchan started ‘screaming’ on set, left everybody ‘stunned’: ‘I went to his van and asked…’

Balki continued his story, “Suddenly, he starts screaming. And everybody was stunned. We’d never seen him scream. I said, ‘One second, there’s something wrong out here’, so I went up to his van. I asked, ‘Everything okay? Food okay? Why are you screaming?’ He looked at me, didn’t reply, went back to his poker face. Again he said, ‘Call that guy!’ I said, ‘Amit ji, what is the problem? What has happened today morning?’ He looks at me and says, ‘You dumb fool, I’m in character’.”

Balki’s last project was Chup: Revenge of the Artist, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Sunny Deol. The film featured a cameo by Amitabh. His next project is a segment in the new Netflix anthology film Lust Stories. Joining him as directors on the project are Konkona Sen Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh and Amit Ravindernath Sharma. After that, Balki is directing Ghoomer, which also features a cameo by his favourite star.