Amitabh Bachchan’s fans often share their concerns when the star posts on his blog late at night, or very early in the morning. Now, director Apoorva Lakhia, who worked with Big B on the film Ek Ajnabee, has revealed that the star is an insomniac. Apoorva shared stories about working with him, and said that Big B wouldn’t get tired even after a long day on set. The actor would always insist on making plans after work. Apoorva recalled that during their stay in Bangkok, Big B expressed interest in experiencing the culture, and ended up at a club called Exotic P***y.
He shared with Friday Talkies that one day, Bachchan asked him to show him around Bangkok. “I said, ‘Sir, this is Patpong, there are live shows here, if I take you, there will be riots. He said, ‘No, we will go’. So, I said let’s go,” he recalled. Apoorva said that actors Arjun Rampal, Vikram Chatwal, Perizaad Zorabian and producer Bunty Walia accompanied them to Patpong, a red light district in Bangkok. “Amit ji was wearing a shirt which was buttoned down (almost the whole way) and he was a wearing a Thai dhoti-like thing,” he recalled.
“He is walking in Patpong and we are going to this place called Exotic Pu**y, which was the name of the club where all these shows happen. And Amit ji had never seen such a show. So imagine, we went with Amit ji for the show, and the Indians there went crazy. He was walking as if he was in Juhu,” he shared and recalled that after the show, Amitabh Bachchan said, “Mind blowing.” Apoorva said that they came back at around 2:30-3 in the morning, and Amitabh Bachchan reported on set the next day at 5:30 am sharp, just two and a half hours after they came back.
Apoorva also recalled that sometimes, Amitabh would arrange screenings of films for the entire crew. “He would say, ‘Let’s rent a cinema and I will call Yash (Chopra), and I’ll ask him to send Bunty Aur Babli’. He would call up Yash Chopra, Bunty Aur Babli’s reel would come and the whole unit will go and watch Bunty Aur Babli,” he recalled and said that the veteran actor would call for another film the next day. “I used to go to sleep on those recliners. But this used to happen everyday,” he said.