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Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth will be seen sharing the screen after 33 years in Tamil action thriller 'Vettaiyan'. Rajinikanth praised Amitabh Bachchan at the audio launch of 'Vettaiyan'. He told that there was a time when Amitabh was in debt worth crores. To repay this, he used to work continuously for 18 hours. He even sold his house.
Rajinikanth spoke on Big B's bad times
Rajinikanth said, Amitabh Bachchan had launched his own company 'Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL)'. But unfortunately ABCL failed and the actor suffered huge losses. The situation was such that he was drowned in debt. In such a situation, he had also sold his property in Mumbai including his Juhu house. Also, he used to work continuously for 18 hours a day.
Big B went to Yash Chopra wearing a monkey cap to ask for work
Rajinikanth said, 'One day Amitabh Bachchan went to Yash Chopra's house wearing a monkey cap, because he did not even have money to pay the driver's salary. When Big B asked for work from Yash, he immediately brought a check and gave it to him, but Amitji refused saying that he will take it only if you give him some work. This is how he got the film Mohabbatein. Soon after this, he also got the offer of KBC.
Despite having health issues, he used to work for 18 hours
Rajinikanth further said, 'Amitabh Bachchan gradually started getting advertisements also. They did all kinds of advertisements at that time. Seeing this, the people of Bombay industry laughed. Despite having many health issues, he worked for 18 hours every day for three years and paid off all his debts one by one. Not only this, he also bought back the old house. Also bought a total of three houses in the same street. Amitabh Bachchan is like this. He is now 82 years old and still works 10 hours a day.
Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a Telugu film for the first time
In 'Vettaiyaan', Amitabh Bachchan is playing the character of a person named Satyadev. The film also stars Rana Daggubati and Fahadh Faasil. Let us tell you, 'Vettaiyaan' is Big B's first Telugu film and Rajinikanth's 170th film. This film will be released in theaters on October 10.
Big B-Rajinikanth have worked together in 3 films
Big B and Rajinikanth were first seen together in the film Andha Kanoon, which was released in 1983. After this, both of them were seen together in 1985's Arrest and 1991's Hum. The film Hum was one of the highest grossing films of that year.
