Amitabh Bachchan in a still from Don
Mumbai:
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose memorable film Don completed 37 years of its release on April 21, is glad that the "incredible" journey of the film "still continues".
The movie is an action-thriller, which revolves around a powerful gangster named Don played by Mr Bachchan, who was seen in a double role in the film.
"37 years of DON today (Tuesday). A film made by that gentle giant Nariman Irani, the DOP of extreme excellence," Big B wrote on his blog.
The 72-year-old is ecstatic about the film's journey and he even took to his microblogging site Twitter to express his happiness with his fans and well-wishers.
The actor also shared anecdotes from the set of the film - especially one when producer Nariman A Irani saved a child at the Rajkamal Studios, while he was shooting for a film there.
"Ran (Irani) to save the child. He did. But he injured himself in the effort. Broke his femur, was hospitalised, went into surgery and came out well. Few days later complications set in and he passed away," Big B wrote.
He also remembered his iconic song Khaike paan Benares waala and said it was shot in second shifts at Mehboob Studios from 2 to 10 pm.
"During the action scene, I had hurt my feet and had huge burn boils on the palm of my feet. Could not wear shoes, or walk. The song was bare foot, so, took pain killer injections on my feet before each shot and completed the song and the scene," Big B wrote on his blog.
The actor was congratulated for the song by then writer duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The duo saw the rushes of the film and sent a telegram to Srinagar where the megastar was shooting.
"Salim-Javed saw the rushes of the film, more importantly, the rushes of the paan eating duplicate Don, and sent me a telegram, in Srinagar, where I was shooting for another film congratulating me," he continued.
"It was a most encouraging moment for me I remember. I still remember the room in the Palace Hotel, when I received the message, and my inner feeling of great joy on its contents," he added.
A remake and then sequel of the film were released in October 2006 and December 2011, respectively which featured Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Mr Bachchan's role.
Directed by Chandra Barot, Don is considered to be one of the most iconic movies of Bollywood.
Big B was last seen in Shamitabh and will soon be seen in Shoojit Sircar's Piku followed by Bejoy Nambiar's Wazir.
The movie is an action-thriller, which revolves around a powerful gangster named Don played by Mr Bachchan, who was seen in a double role in the film.
"37 years of DON today (Tuesday). A film made by that gentle giant Nariman Irani, the DOP of extreme excellence," Big B wrote on his blog.
The 72-year-old is ecstatic about the film's journey and he even took to his microblogging site Twitter to express his happiness with his fans and well-wishers.
T 1840 - 37 years of DON .. today !! Incredible ! A journey that still continues ! pic.twitter.com/rVpu4IWZCQ
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 20, 2015The actor also shared anecdotes from the set of the film - especially one when producer Nariman A Irani saved a child at the Rajkamal Studios, while he was shooting for a film there.
"Ran (Irani) to save the child. He did. But he injured himself in the effort. Broke his femur, was hospitalised, went into surgery and came out well. Few days later complications set in and he passed away," Big B wrote.
He also remembered his iconic song Khaike paan Benares waala and said it was shot in second shifts at Mehboob Studios from 2 to 10 pm.
"During the action scene, I had hurt my feet and had huge burn boils on the palm of my feet. Could not wear shoes, or walk. The song was bare foot, so, took pain killer injections on my feet before each shot and completed the song and the scene," Big B wrote on his blog.
The actor was congratulated for the song by then writer duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar. The duo saw the rushes of the film and sent a telegram to Srinagar where the megastar was shooting.
"Salim-Javed saw the rushes of the film, more importantly, the rushes of the paan eating duplicate Don, and sent me a telegram, in Srinagar, where I was shooting for another film congratulating me," he continued.
"It was a most encouraging moment for me I remember. I still remember the room in the Palace Hotel, when I received the message, and my inner feeling of great joy on its contents," he added.
A remake and then sequel of the film were released in October 2006 and December 2011, respectively which featured Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Mr Bachchan's role.
Directed by Chandra Barot, Don is considered to be one of the most iconic movies of Bollywood.
Big B was last seen in Shamitabh and will soon be seen in Shoojit Sircar's Piku followed by Bejoy Nambiar's Wazir.
