In a surprising news to us mere mortals, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan recently recalled a “most awkward moment” with the world. The actor spoke about his time shooting for film 'Parwana' in 1971, when he was “hopeless and immature” and was asked to dance and lip sync at the same time. Posting a photograph of himself with former actress Yogeeta Bali on his blog, Bachchan Sr. wrote, “This be a song sequence from an early film of mine. 'Parwana', and this be Yogeeta Bali the leading lady of the film. I was not the leading man, Navin Nischol was, and this was the most awkward moment for me because I had to dance and lip sync and I was hopeless and immature and just terrible, the fact that I still am is another matter, but there. There we are.”
Amitabh further reminisced the days when he shot at the iconic Mohan Studio in Mumbai. He said, “Most of it ('Parwana') was shot at Mohan Studios. The studio with an amazing history. Bimal Roy did most of his work there. Today's generation would have trouble understanding the magnificent contribution of Bimal da to cinema. Hrishikesh Mukherji was his assistant. Indeed all of Hrishi Da's films were all shot at Mohan Studios.”
