Amitabh Bachchan who made his debut in the year 1969 with Saat Hindustani, has completed 51 years in the film industry on November 7.
To commemorate the special milestone, one of his fans gifted him a special rangoli on the sets of his popular TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 12.
The rangoli featured a behind-the-scenes picture of Amitabh from the shoot of his upcoming film, Ayan Mukerji’s fantasy drama Brahmastra, and a cinema reel drawn below signified his journey from Saat Hindustani till now.
Amitabh shared the picture of the rangoli on his social media pages and said, "No .... that be not a painting .. that be ‘rangoli’ made by the yonder gentleman to commemorate my 51 years in the Industry .. please read the date at the bottom of the ‘rangoli’ it’s 7 Nov 1969 , and the name Saat Hindustani .. the date of my first film release !! Presented to me on the 7th of Nov 2020 !"
Check it out here.
Amitabh is currently busy shooting for his infotainment show KBC 12. For the uninformed, this year marks two decades of his association with the popular game show, an adaptation of British quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. In 2000, he made his small screen debut with the first season of Kaun Banega Crorepati.
On the work front, Bachchan also made his digital debut this year with the release of Gulabo Sitabo. The film, directed by Shoojit Sircar and also starring Ayushmann Khurrana, was originally slated for a theatrical release but came out on Amazon Prime Video due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Apart from this, Bachchan has several projects in the pipeline, including Brahmastra, Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund, Rumi Jaffery’s Chehre, and Ajay Devgn’s Mayday.