{"id":649223,"date":"2026-05-04T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649223\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:00:11","slug":"amitabh-bachchan-got-upset-when-abhishek-banerjee-touched-his-feet-i-was-in-awe-but-he-wants-to-see-everyone-as-an-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649223\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitabh Bachchan got upset when Abhishek Banerjee touched his feet: ‘I was in awe, but he wants to see everyone as an equal’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amitabh While many recognise Abhishek Banerjee<\/a> for his role as Jana in the horror-comedy ‘Stree’, the actor has also built a strong reputation as a casting director. Banerjee has been getting a lot of love for some of his recent performances like ‘Stolen’, ‘Stree 2’ and more. As he celebrates his birthday today, on May 4, in a recent interview, he opened up about his journey and experiences in the industry.When asked if he ever feels starstruck despite being part of the industry, Abhishek instantly named Amitabh Bachchan<\/a> and Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>. \u201cThat film is not out yet, but when I met Mr Bachchan, I was in awe. I was shivering on set, was having goosebumps. To be working with somebody I\u2019ve admired and followed all my life, that was very special for me,\u201d he shared in an interview with Screen.Recalling their first meeting, Abhishek said he instinctively bent down to touch Bachchan\u2019s feet, but the veteran actor quickly stopped him. \u201cI went for his feet, naturally. But, he got very upset with me. He immediately said, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019 Why are you doing this? I was so confused because Indian families teach this only, touching feet of the elders.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Identity Theft In The AI Age: Celebrities Legally Turn To Personality RightsLater, after speaking with the film\u2019s director Ribhu Dasgupta, Abhishek understood the reason behind Bachchan\u2019s reaction. \u201cBut then I later realised and spoke to the film\u2019s director Ribhu Dasgupta. He told me that Amitabh sir doesn\u2019t like this because he feels that the minute you do that, you are not a co-actor. You are already putting him on a pedestal. And he is such a professional man, that he wants to see everyone as an equal, so that you don\u2019t underperform. That is so cool.\u201dHe added that Bachchan prefers to be seen as a colleague rather than someone to be revered on set. \u201cI realised that he doesn\u2019t want to be seen as an old man. He wants to be like a co-actor, a co-worker. That\u2019s the kind of professionalism. There is no ego in that man, but there is more professionalism than any actor I have worked with. I am including all the younger ones, nobody in this industry is as professional as Amitabh Bachchan.\u201dAbhishek also spoke about meeting Shah Rukh Khan, an experience that left a lasting impression on him. \u201cNobody in this industry is as cool as SRK. When I met him, I kept telling myself that I should really do something in life so that I can chill with this person. You want to spend time with some people and not just work, and that is the kind of man he is. He is so witty, knowledgeable, and has so much energy in life. He is just unbelievable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While many recognise Abhishek Banerjee for his role as Jana in the horror-comedy ‘Stree’, the actor has also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[143274,314105,8344,64,63,134,314104,344,7146,12670],"class_list":["post-649223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-abhishek-banerjee","tag-abhishek-banerjee-interview","tag-amitabh-bachchan","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-horror-comedy-stree","tag-movies","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-stree-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649223","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=649223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}