Strong points
- Abhishek shared the story behind his 2001 film Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai
- “During the peak shoot, we came across the fake swords,” he wrote.
- “He started playing with them and ended up breaking them,” he wrote.
New Delhi:
Abhishek Bachchan, traveled back in time and recalled why he was “kicked out” of his father’s decor Amitabh Bachchan’s film Pukar in 1983. The 44-year-old actor, in his latest Instagram post, shared the story behind his 2001 film Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai, which was directed by his “best friend from childhood,” filmmaker Goldie Behl, and revealed that he and the 45-year-old director decided to make a film together after being “kicked out” from the sets of Pukar to “break accessories”. Pukar was directed by Goldie Behl’s father, Ramesh Behl, with Amitabh Bachchan and Zeenat Aman in the lead roles. “Two best childhood friends who wanted to make a film together since they were thrown out of their father’s film for breaking the props because as 5 and 6 year olds we were excited to see fake swords on set. The film was Pukar and Goldie Behl’s father (the great Ramesh Behl) was the director and my father was the principal, “wrote Abhishek in his article.
“During the peak shoot in Goa, we came across the fake swords and started playing with them, then breaking them. We were quickly sent back to the team hotel. 19 years later, we realized our first film together, “he added. Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai together marked the first project of Abhishek Bachchan and Goldie Behl.
Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai was Abhishek Bachchan’s fourth film in Bollywood. He made his debut with JP Dutta Refugee In 2000. Since then, he has appeared in several films like Bunty Aur Babli, Dostana, Bol Bachchan and Bluffmaster!, Guru, Yuva, Delhi-6, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Paa and Dhoom.
Goldie Behl, who is the husband of actress Sonali Bendre, made her directorial debut with Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai and later continued to direct Abhishek again in the 2008 film Drona.