Chhaya Kadam is currently basking in the success of her film All We Imagine As Light which won the Grand Prix Internationale award making the country immensely proud of the gigantic victory. Directed by Payal Kapadia, the film got applauded for its subject internationally. The actress in an exclusive chat with Filmfare shared her experience of working with Amitabh Bachchan, who she acted alongside in Jhund.
Chhaya said, “It was so amazing working with Amit ji. He is so punctual. If the shoot was to start at 5 am he would be on set 15 minutes before only. However, I didn’t get much of a chance to interact with him because of the respect I have for him in my heart. Once we spoke briefly when I told him about my mother who is suffering from dementia and does not recognise anything including me. I told him she just remembers three people, Sai Baba, Balasaheb Thackeray and Amitabh Bachchan.”
The actress narrated a cute incident from the film’s set and said, “I did get one opportunity to interact with him on the sets when we were shooting for a scene and we had to sit on a bullock cart. I was very happy that I got a seat next to him but soon disappointed because someone called him to the front of the cart. After the shoot was over, I was trying to get off the cart and saw a hand appear to help me get down. It was Amit ji. For us he’s still the macho man he was in Don, we don’t realize that he is aging too, which is sad.”