Amitabh Bachchan is one of the legendary actors of his time. He has swooned millions of hearts after working in more than 200 films in a career spanning over five decades. However, just like blockbuster hits, he also faced several flops in his career. Despite that, Amitabh is still working, even at the age of 81 years. Now, we stumbled upon a clip from one of Amitabh Bachchan’s old conversations with Karan Johar on his show, Koffee With Karan‘s season 3 episode 8. In the video, Amitabh can be heard revealing his feelings from different phases of his life when his name appeared in several gossip columns.
Amitabh Bachchan on how he felt when his name appeared on the gossip column for the first time
The video began with Amitabh Bachchan saying, “Media would like to have adjectives because they make good copy.” Soon, the host of the show, Karan Johar asked him, “But how awkward does it get when there’s things reported? Like when people like on a personal level does it make you awkward when you confront the same person, who probably that morning there’s been something written about?” However, without denying anything, the Abhimaan actor mentioned that any person in the limelight has to deal with it. Revealing how he felt when his name appeared for the first time in a gossip column, he said:
“I think that you have to take a call on that. Very early on in your life as to what you’re going to do. See, initially, you’re worried about whether you’re going to actually make it or not, whether you’re going to be successful, whether your films are going to do well. So you wonder when you’re going to be written about. And the first time you get your name mentioned in the gossip column, it’s a moment of great excitement for you.”