Amitabh Bachchan Was Asked To Leave A Studio, Recalls Sekhar Suman: ‘Who The F**K Asked You To Come?

Shekhar Suman recently talked about the volatility of an actor’s life by sharing a story about Amitabh Bachchan that Shashi Kapoor had told him years ago. Shekhar made his screen debut in the movie Utsav, which was produced by Shashi Kapoor. A few weeks after Shekhar arrived in Mumbai from Bihar, Kapoor “discovered” him and cast him in the film. According to Shekhar, Bachchan had a run of bad luck in his early career and was written off entirely by the business. In the end, he emerged as the greatest male film star the nation had ever produced.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, talking about son Shekhar said, “I was listening to one of Bachchan saab’s interviews, and he said that for the first few years, 13-14-15 of his films flopped. And directors, without naming him, would refer to him as ‘that constipated actor’.”

He continued, “I know it for a fact because Shashi Kapoor told me. He said that there were producers who couldn’t work without him later, but they were the ones who were saying, ‘Oh my God, this constipated looking actor has come again looking for work. Throw him out of the set, who allowed him inside?’. He was rejected for having a bad voice by All India Radio, when he auditioned to be a news reader. How ironic is that? They said he didn’t have a good voice, some people said he’s too tall.”

Shekhar then shared the ‘worst’ story Bachchan told about his struggles. He shared, “He said that he came out of a studio and was sitting in his car, his parents were sitting behind him. One guy came and knocked on the window, and he abused in chaste Hindi, and said, ‘Who the f**k asked you to come here? Have you seen your face? Go back to wherever you’ve come from’. Can you imagine?”

Shekhar Suman was last seen in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.