When Amitabh Bachchan ran to meet Dr Rajkumar, touched his feet: ‘I love you a lot’

“When I was shooting for Parashuram with Annavru, he asked me whether we could meet Amitabh Bachchan (who was shooting at the same location). I said, of course, they would allow you. Then he asked, ‘there will be too much security no?. Who could deny an entry for Annavru in Karnataka? But he was like a common man wondering whether he will be permitted to meet Amitabh Bachchan. He was always like that,” Dayanand said.

Dayanand also noted that he was taken back by how Amitabh reacted to seeing Annavru walking into his shooting spot.

“There was heavy deployment of security around Amitabh Bachchan. Nobody was allowed within a half a kilometre radius of him. And he was on his chair, fixing his beard. As soon as he saw Annavru, he stopped everything at once and ran to him like a kid who saw his father after getting out of school. He ran close to Annavru and then touched his feet. ‘If you had told, I would have come and met you. You have come all the way, sir. You’re a great human being. I love you a lot sir,’ Dayanand recalled Amitabh’s words during the meeting with Annavru.

Dayanand said he was also very impressed by Annavru’s fluency in English. “That was the first time I saw Annavaru speak English. He told Amitabh, ‘My son Puneeth is a big fan of you. All my children are a fan of yours. How’s your hand now? How’s your stomach? It’s a great pleasure you have come to our place. KV Raju is a very nice director. If you have any problem from our side, we can also shift to a different location’,” Dayanand recalled while making a pitch-perfect impression of Annavru in a video.

Dayanand also said that reciprocating Annavru’s kindness, Amitabh visited the former on the sets of Parashuram and took a picture with the entire cast and crew.