Working with present generation actors is educative for me: Amitabh Bachchan

You shared screen space with Shah Rukh Khan in multiple films. How was your experience working with producer Khan in Badla?

He is a very generous producer. We didn't actually see much of him during the making of the film but he had his assistance and co-producers who really looked after us very well. We are very happy. We met only after when the film was ready. We did some joint marketing together. Shah Rukh is a master in marketing so I hope all that he put in works for the film.

Shah Rukh Khan made a video where he was trying to sing along with you. Do you think both of you have the potential to do a duet as singers?

We were just kidding. I don't know how to sing but I am sure if we do something together, it will be fine.

You had earlier said Sujoy Ghosh is 'frivolous'. Why do you think he is frivolous?

He is a person who always wears short pants. Even in the coldest of weather, Sujoy will be wearing short pants. He is restless, never stationary and always moving about.

Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu in Badla poster. (Image Credit: Red Chillies Entertainment Twitter)

If he enters anyone's van, he never climbs the steps. He will enter into the van by jumping from the ground level. He never talks about what he has come to meet one for. He will talk about everything else and he will speak about film or some real issue while leaving one's house. That's how he is. But yeah, he has a great mind.

You rapped in the film. Are we going to see you and Ranveer Singh rapping together soon?

Ranveer will never agree because he is far superior. I just did it for the film because the makers asked me to do it. I don't know how to rap. Ranveer would do a better job of course because he is really good at it. His latest film Gully Boy is such a fantastic film.

You are acting with present generation actors like Taapsee Pannu, Alia Bhatt. What do you admire about this present generation?

I am just impressed by this entire generation. They are just awesome. There are so much to learn from them. Working with them or watching their films is a great learning and educative experience for me. I feel they are appropriate right from their film films. They are absolutely bang on with their characters and performances. I just don't know as to how did they do it. We are having extremely superior talents in this generation. I feel very proud to be a part of this industry.

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