‘There’s no person like Amitabh Bachchan’: Imtiaz Ali on legendary actor’s 84th birthday

Mumbai: There can by no means be one other Amitabh Bachchan, mentioned filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, who considers himself lucky to have been born in an period outlined by the legendary actor and hopes to work with him on a movie sometime.

Bachchan, considered one of Indian cinema’s largest stars with a profession spanning greater than 5 many years, turned 84 on Sunday. “That there’s no person like Amitabh Bachchan and there by no means will likely be. I’ll categorise myself as an individual who was born within the Amitabh Bachchan period in India,” Ali informed PTI.

The 55-year-old filmmaker mentioned he initially believed he would by no means get the prospect to work with the veteran actor, given his towering stature, however modified his thoughts after directing him in an commercial. “Once I got here into the movie business, I believed I’d by no means work with Amitabh Bachchan as a result of he’s similar to… I do not know what I can say to him. However I had the great fortune of doing an advert movie with him. After which I realised, ‘No, no. I can work with this gentleman and I’d like to, like several director’. Hopefully, sometime I’ll work with him,” he mentioned.

Ali was talking on the sidelines of Whistling Woods Worldwide’s annual cinema competition, ‘Rejoice Cinema’26’ the place he had participated in a session centred on his movie ‘Fundamental Wapas Aaunga’.

Identified for movies resembling ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Rockstar’, ‘Tamasha’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’, Ali is marking a number of private {and professional} milestones this yr. His current movie, ‘Fundamental Wapas Aaunga’, has carried out effectively on the field workplace; his daughter Ida lately acquired engaged and he has accomplished 25 years within the movie business.