{"id":255498,"date":"2025-11-01T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/255498\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:08:08","slug":"they-become-happy-amitabh-bachchans-lookalike-once-met-premanand-maharaj-revealed-he-motivates-cancer-patients-as-big-b-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/255498\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They become happy’: Amitabh Bachchan’s lookalike once met Premanand Maharaj, revealed he motivates cancer patients as Big B | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'They Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan<\/a> has many fans across the country, but one fan stands out for an extraordinary reason. Shashikant Pedwal not only looks strikingly similar to the megastar but has also dedicated his life to spreading happiness through that resemblance. A few months ago, a video of Pedwal meeting spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj went viral, leaving everyone touched. In the clip, Pedwal shared how he used his uncanny likeness and voice to motivate patients during the Covid pandemic. <\/p>\n

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When Big B\u2019s lookalike met Premanand Maharaj<\/p>\n

A few months ago, a video went viral that showed spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj meeting Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s lookalike, Shashikant Pedwal. The clip caught everyone\u2019s attention as Pedwal, who looks strikingly similar to the legendary actor, spoke about his experience of helping patients during the pandemic. <\/p>\n

Shashikant Pedwal recalls helping patients with hope<\/p>\n

During their conversation, Shashikant Pedwal opened up about the time when the world was fighting the Covid pandemic. He recalled how he took it upon himself to motivate patients who were struggling both physically and emotionally. He said, \u201cWhen Covid happened, many people were distressed. People, who were at an advance stage, felt that they would be no more any moment. They were scared. I helped in eliminating that. I didn\u2019t say I was Amitabh Bachchan, but they thought I am him. I told them that there was a time when I was sick and the entire country was praying for me. And today, you are sick, I will pray for you. You don\u2019t need to worry. Within 4-5 days, they felt motivated and even went home after recovering. Since then, I go to the hospital and motivate cancer patients by reciting poems for them. They become happy. I just want to make people happy all my life, that\u2019s my goal now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Premanand Maharaj appreciated Pedwal\u2019s selfless service<\/p>\n

After hearing his story, Premanand Maharaj praised Shashikant Pedwal for his good deeds. He said, \u201cBhagwan sab jagah nahi pahuch sakte, aap toh pahuch sakte hain. Yeh acha kiya unhone (Giving happiness to others is the greatest virtue. God cannot reach everywhere, so he has entrusted this work to people like you).\u201d<\/p>\n

Spiritual leader advised Pedwal to chant God\u2019s name<\/p>\n

After listening to Maharaj\u2019s words, Pedwal asked how he could continue doing his work with even more dedication. The spiritual leader advised him to chant God\u2019s name while meeting people. <\/p>\n

Celebrities who visited Premanand Maharaj<\/p>\n

Premanand Maharaj is known for his spiritual wisdom. Many famous personalities have visited him to seek blessings, including Virat Kohli<\/a> and Anushka Sharma<\/a>, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, and Mika Singh, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has many fans across the country, but one fan stands out for an extraordinary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8344,150867,18954,64,63,150871,447,150870,134,150869,150872,150868,60421,2131],"class_list":{"0":"post-255498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amitabh-bachchan","9":"tag-amitabh-bachchan-lookalike","10":"tag-anushka-sharma","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-cancer-patients-support","14":"tag-celebrities","15":"tag-covid-pandemic-motivation","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-premanand-maharaj","18":"tag-premanand-maharaj-ji","19":"tag-shashikant-pedwal","20":"tag-shilpa-shetty","21":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}