Jaideep Ahlawat shares childhood memories of Amitabh Bachchan: "Watched his films a hundred times”

Jaideep Ahlawat appears on KBC

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan has been entertaining the Indian audience for decades with his stellar acting and movies. However, the superstar's movies were more than just cinematic moments for Paatal Lok actor Jaideep Ahlawat.

Jaideep recently appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati and recalled how Amitabh Bachchan’s movies inspired him.

In a promo of the upcoming episode, Jaideep said, “Growing up, whenever a baby was born in my village, the celebrations always included screening your films: Deewar, Zanjeer, and Don. Because of this tradition, I must have seen each of those movies well over a hundred times."

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Manoj Bajpayee and Sharib Hashmi will join Jaideep in promoting The Family Man 3 in the same forthcoming KBC episode.

Manoj also recalled his first encounter with Amitabh Bachchan during Satya screening, which took place 28 years ago. He still remembers that moment.

He shared, “A well-known film journalist tricked me into stepping out of the car and locked it from inside, forcing me to stay out and meet Amitabh Bachchan instead of hiding." That led to panic. “I ran straight into the washroom and locked myself inside.”

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Manoj added, “Abhishek told me he had seen him run in and had waited to say hello. And then, this tall, towering figure appeared right in front of me: Amitabh Bachchan himself. Time just stopped. I couldn’t hear anything. My mind went blank.”

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Manoj continued, “Amitabh sir was holding my hand and was talking to me, and I had gone deaf; I could not process the whole scene. Overwhelmed, I mustered the courage to ask, ‘Sir… can I… may I hug you?’ Seeing all of this, Amitabh Sir warmly hugged me."

In a full-circle moment, Manoj Bajpayee asked Amitabh Bachchan for a hug again.