Amitabh Bachchan’s association with Karan Johar’s production house went back when his father Yash Johar established the company in 1976. Its first production venture with Big B was the film Dostana as Johrs and Bachchan shared bonds like a family, the superstar of the B-town saved the company when he was under obstacles. Veda Helmer Nikkhil Advani recalls how senior Bachchan gave dates for Agneepath. read on!
Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani was interacting with Lehran Retro, talking about Karan Johar’s support with religion production. He reminded the time when the leading production house was struggling to survive and Johar had to sell his lights, and cameras and even had to pledge his house.
At that time, Kejo’s mother Hiru Johar suffered a heart attack. After hearing this sad news, Amitabh Bachchan stopped the shooting and went to meet his school friend Yash Johar and his wife at the hospital. While in the hospital, the PAA actor told the late producer something that speaks about the kind of man he is.
Big B told Yash ji that there is a boy with whom he is making a film. Senior Bachchan continued, “Romesh is building it, but you call him and tell him that Amit has given dates for your film.” There is a subject on scarfs, we should do it together. “And according to Nikkhil Advani, how Johar and Bachchan directed Mukul Anand on the 1990 action crime film.
Megastar told his producer friend that he knows what they are doing and what their situation is. Therefore, he is giving them his dates to start the film. In the last decade, Agneepath became a creed classic and a famous film in Amitabh Bachchan’s career.
As a tribute to his late father, Karan remakes a large -scale entertainer with a single title in 2012. It was directed and written by Karan Malhotra and painted Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri and Zarina Wahab.
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