Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday EXCLUSIVE: Sudesh Bhosle remembers the first time he mimicked Big B at a college 80 : Bollywood News

Playback singer Sudesh Bhosle who is best known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, has over the years given us a number of memorable songs. More recently, Bhosle was in conversation with Bollywood Hungama reminiscing about legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. During the interaction, the veteran playback singer opened up about his first time mimicking Amitabh Bachchan, the first time he met him and a lot more. As a tribute to the megastar, Amitabh Bachchan on his 80^th birthday, Sudesh Bhosle walks us down memory lane.

Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday EXCLUSIVE: Sudesh Bhosle remembers the first time he mimicked Big B at a college

Revealing details of the first time he mimicked the veteran actor Sudesh Bhosle adds, “At that time in our college Aadesh Shrivastav, Kirti Suresh or Bamboo Beats, they used to come. So once I asked them to take me along, they asked if I would be scare. I said I just want to mimic Amitabh Bachchan. So in 1978 we went to National College (Bandra) young crowd, and there they announced that I would be presenting Amitabh Bachchan on stage. As soon as I stepped out the crows started hooting, and shouting me off the stage. I continued and said that I was going to re-enact a scene from Amar Akbar Anthony, but since I am not that much into comedy, I did a serious scene wherein Bachchan's comes to meet the priest and realises that the latter has been killed. This was my first mimicry of Amitabh Bachchan.”

Continuing, Bhosle even recreated the track ‘My Name is Anthony Gonsalves’ from the film Amar Akbar Anthony, and even spoke at lengths on his Amitabh Bachchan has been a cornerstone in his life and career.

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