KBC 16: Amitabh Bachchan Recalls The Time Vidhu Vinod Chopra Scolded Him For Being 10 Minutes Late On Sets

In the November 8 episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16, host Amitabh Bachchan welcomed IPS officer Manoj Sharma and actor Vikrant Massey to the hot seat. They were promoting their film 12th Fail. During the episode, Big B shared an interesting anecdote revolving producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Now, Bachchan sahab is known to be a very punctual man who is never late. However, there was a time he arrived on the sets of his film with Chopra 10 minutes late and the latter scolded him in front of everyone.

When Vidhu Vinod Chopra scolded Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan said, “If you are talking about being punctual, (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) scolds you. Once I was working with him and we finished late at night. Before leaving he said we have to come 6 am on set the next day. I was like it’s crazy, we finished at 3am so how can we come at 6 am. I came 10 minutes late and he scolded me in front of the entire unit. He said, ‘you are late by 10 mins’.”

Vikrant Massey then shared, “When we were making music for 12th Fail, only 4 instruments were used in the background. For 4-5 months, he was after Shantanu Moitra, who did the music, saying, the sitar is not sounding right. From Bengal and every other places where sitar was available, were brought. Even then it wasn’t sounding right. He then told Shantanu to source a Sitar, which RD Burman used to play. Then he sourced sitar from the 1960s. And finally it was locked, because the reverberations, matched with the wood that was used to make the sitar back then. That’s how dedicated he is.”