Big B Amitabh Bachchan got the reputation of an angry young man and he worked hard to become the most respected celebrity across the world. Big B Amitabh carries himself with grace and poignance.
However, he turned emotional at the teaser launch of the upcoming entertainer Thackery, a biopic on former Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackery. Nawazuddin Siddique is playing the lead role in the movie Thackery penned by Sanjay Raut. Film is slated for grand release in January 2018.
Speaking at the teaser launch Big B Amitabh turned emotional remembering his association with Bal Thackery. He recollected how Bal Thackery invited and gave him a grand reception at his house after his marriage with Jaya Bachchan. He said Bala Thackery sent a Shiv Sena ambulance to take him to hospital when he was injured on the sets of Coolie in 1982 after he was brought to Mumbai from Bengaluru.
He said during his last days, Bal Thackery had a picture of him on the side of his bed.