It wasn't all cycling around and meeting former cricket stars for Amitabh Bachchan in Kolkata. Big B, who wrapped his Piku shoot in the city yesterday, also had a close encounter with a sitar - or the camera.
Mr Bachchan, who's character in the film is pot-beliied and grey-haired, posted pictures of himself pretending to play a sitar for a scene.
On his blog, Mr Bachchan wrote: "And then for the shot a small effort at the sitar myself .. been a while since I held the sitar .. magic .. never learnt how to play one and still have no idea .. but just to pretend that I do is in itself such a feel .. Well someday I shall learn and learn to be at the piano and the classical ragas of our music .. someday .. !!"
This image was posted by Amitabh Bachchan on his blog
On set, Mr Bachchan received a visit not just from former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona, but also from sitar maestro Niladri Kumar whose work Big B admires:
This image was posted by Amitabh Bachchan on his blog
Amitabh Bachchan has had several musical trysts for the big screen in the past. In one of his best-known films, AbhimaanAlaapPiku
