Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth will be seen sharing screen after 33 years in Tamil action thriller 'Vettaiyan'. Rajinikanth praised Amitabh Bachchan at the audio launch of 'Vettaiyan'. He said that there was a time when Amitabh had crores of debt. He used to work continuously for 18 hours to pay this amount. He had also sold his house.
Rajinikanth spoke on Big B's bad times Rajinikanth said that Amitabh Bachchan had launched his company 'Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL)'. But unfortunately ABCL failed and the actor suffered a huge loss. The situation was such that they were in debt. In such a situation, he also sold his property including his Juhu house in Mumbai. Also, he worked continuously for 18 hours a day.
Wearing a monkey cap, Big B went to Yash Chopra to ask for work Rajinikanth said, 'One day Amitabh Bachchan went to Yash Chopra's house wearing a monkey cap because he didn't even have money to pay the driver's salary. When Big B asked for work from Yash, he immediately brought a check and gave it to him, but Amitji refused saying that I will take it only if you give him work. This is how he got the movie 'Mohabbatein'. Soon after this he also got an offer from KBC.
Despite health problems, he worked 18-hour days Rajinikanth further said, 'Amitabh Bachchan also started getting advertisements slowly. They used to do all kinds of advertising at that time. Bombay industry people laughed at this. Despite many health problems, he worked 18 hours a day for three years and paid off all his debts one by one. Not only that, he also bought back the old house. Also bought a total of three houses in the same street. Amitabh Bachchan is now 82 years old and still works 10 hours a day.
Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a Telugu film for the first time In 'Vettaiyan', Amitabh Bachchan is playing the role of a man named Satyadev. The film also stars Rana Daggubati and Fahadh Faasil. 'Vettaiyan' is Big B's first Telugu film and Rajinikanth's 170th film. The film will release in theaters on October 10.
Big B-Rajinikanth have worked together in 3 films Big B and Rajinikanth were first seen together in the 1983 film 'Andha Kaanoon'. After this, the two were seen together in 1985's 'Arrest' and 1991's 'Hum'. The film 'Hum' was one of the highest grossing films of that year.
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