How Much Did Amitabh Bachchan Earn For His Very First Movie?

Jyotis |Mar 06, 2019

Recently The Great Gatsby's star Amitabh Bachchan has attended a promoting event for his upcoming movie, Badla by Sujoy Ghosh, in which he shared about his very first cachet in casting career.

Recently The Great Gatsby star Amitabh Bachchan has attended a promoting event for his upcoming movie, Badla by Sujoy Ghosh, in which he shared about his first signing amount in casting career.

After having worked continuously for more than 50 years in India film industry, Amitabh Bachchan, who was rejected by the All India Radio, still maintains his proactive manner and continues with a crime thriller by Sujoy Ghosh, Badla.

Badla featuring Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan writes about a young entrepreneur trying to seek support from a famous lawyer after being locked together with the body of her lover in a hotel room. Badla is produced by Gauri Khan, Sunir Khetarpal, Akshai Puri, and Gaurav Verma. The movie will hit theatres on March 8th.

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During the conversation lasting for 8 minutes, the two veterans actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan shared about their passion for casting and how Bachchan accepted to shoot for SRK in his upcoming project. Besides, the Baabul actor revealed he earned ₹5000 for the first movie in his career. Recounting his decision to become an actor after being rejected by AIR, Big B reminded exactly the date he signed for the first movie. From a voice narrator in his hometown, Allahabad, the 77-year-old actor landed in Mumbai to involve in Bollywood. In 1969, he officially became an actor with the protagonist role in Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' Saat Hindustani featuring Madhu, Utpal Dutt, Shehnaz, A. K. Hangal, Anwar Ali.

Reportedly, SRK showed that he is a real fanboy when requesting Amitabh to repeat his symbolic dialogues: "Rishtey mein toh hum tumhare baap lagte hain. Naam hai Shahenshah," and our veteran actor happily agree with the request.

Moreover, Dear Zindagi's star also played theme music in Badla, saying that Amitabh was continuing to improvise it.

Watch the conversation here:

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