Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is in the capital to shoot a cameo for R Balki’s Padman, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor.
Akshay, Sonam and Balki have been shooting in Delhi for the film based on Arunachalam Muruganantham, a man who made sanitary pads accessible to the women of his village. Big B joined the crew on Saturday.
In a late night blog post on Friday, the veteran actor wrote:
I work tomorrow… a shoot for R Balki for the film he does with Akshay Kumar. A special appearance for a few minutes.Amitabh Bachchan, Actor
Amitabh and Balki have worked together in films like Cheeni Kum, Paa, Shamitabh. The veteran actor has also done cameos in Balki projects like English Vinglish and Ki & Ka.
Talking about the director, Amitabh wrote:
Balki does carry his sincerity at every step of his creativity, and must have my presence in some form or another, and so here I am.Amitabh Bachchan
Mr Bachchan was seen sporting a heavily bearded look for an ad recently, and many on social media conjectured that it might be his get up for Thugs of Hindostan. But he clarified the same later.
It is for an advertisement that I worked on yesterday with the affable Imtiaz Ali, a director of repute, for one of the products that I endorse.Amitabh Bachchan
Turning a bit philosophical, as he usually does in his blogs, Big B also said:
And so goes the day and our life… disguising our shapes and sizes… hiding the real from the unreal… never allowing the insides to reveal the outside… no matter what the confessions, the honest blurt outs, the compelling circumstances… there shall always be that inner, that no one shall ever discover. And long may that last.Amitabh Bachchan
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