What Amitabh Bachchan told Bishan Singh Bedi years after he stopped speaking to son Angad over his shorn hair: ‘Your son is meant to…’

Angad revealed that his dad, who usually never complimented him, came and hugged him after the incident. He said, “My dad came to me, hugged me and said ‘not bad son’.”

Speaking about his decision to have his hair cut despite being a Sikh, the actor claimed that he was categorically told that his long-haired look won’t work for the movies. In the same interview, he said, “I thought if I have to go into it full throttle, I will do what it takes. Now, my father was upset for 20 years, till the time Pink released. After the film, he told me, ‘Son, now you justify your haircut to me.’ He hugged me after Pink.”

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He added, “I remember I had cut my hair at 18-19, and Pink happened when I was 33. So, till that time he didn’t talk. He was really hurt, and that’s the time he hugged me and said, ‘You’ve chosen your path and you’re going to do well. So, carry on. But choose your films wisely after this.”

After Pink’s success, Angad Bedi starred in Salman Khan-starrer Tiger Zinda Hai, Alia Bhatt’s Dear Zindagi, and the Janhvi Kapoor-starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, among others. In 2023, he was seen in the films Hi Nanna, Ghoomer, and Lust Stories 2.

Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on October 23, 2023, due to a prolonged illness.