Amitabh Bachchan revisits his iconic temple scene in Deewar; reveals he was scared and stayed inside his makeup room for 15 hours – Times of India

He shared, “We had begun at 7am and I sat in my room and till 10pm. I did not leave, speculating how to to go about the scene. This was a character who did not believe in God and had to pray for his mother’s life so what should I say and enact in front of the camera. But let me tell you I would like to salute the writer who wrote the script and his first line was ‘Aaj khush toh bahut hongey tum’ what a line hain ki nahi (You must be very happy today, what a line isn’t it?)”.

Helmed by Yash Chopra, Deewar revolved around the story of two brothers who fight their poverty in polar opposite directions. While one of them grows up to become antisocial, the other becomes a police officer. The film also starred Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi and Nirupa Roy in important roles.

Amitabh added that not just writers, even artists and actors face blocks when it comes to approaching a scene. “Many times when there is a scene which is quite difficult and you think it’s difficult you cannot do it immediately you require some time to crack it. “It was a very difficult scene for me in Deewar and in the morning I did all my makeup and was ready early in the morning with my look. (Director) Yash Chopra ji came on the set and he said the ‘Chalo bhai (let us go brother), shot is ready’. Believe me, I was unable to move out from my room”.

Meanwhile on the work front, Amitabh is now basking in the success of Goodbye. The film which also stars Rashmika Mandanna, and Pavail Gulati has been well received by audience and critics alike.