Looking Back: Vidhu Vinod Chopra 12th Fail director ‘Gifted Amitabh Bachchan Rs 4.5 Crore Rolls Royce

Looking Back: Vidhu Vinod Chopra 12th Fail director ‘Gifted Amitabh Bachchan Rs 4.5 Crore Rolls Royce

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 12th Fail director had ‘Gifted Amitabh Bachchan with a Rs 4.5 crore Rolls Royce because he tolerated him.

The filmmaker recalled working with Bachchan on their 2007 collaboration ‘Eklavya: The Royal Guard’ and how he gifted him the swanky car

Chopra revealed, in an interview that when he was shooting for Eklavya, Amitabh Bachchan came to the sets with one suitcase for a schedule of two months. Chopra had asked, him Amit, you travel very light?’ to which he said, ‘No, Jaya told him ‘more than one week you cannot stand Vinod.

He went on to add that because he did not leave and completed the entire film, and tolerated him, he gifted him a Rolls Royce worth Rs 4.5 crore, and complimented him for doing a great work in the film.

Amidst the festival season-Diwali 12th Fail continues to perform well and it’s about to cross the mark of 30 Cr at the box-office.

And with phenomenal word of mouth from the audience, the film is growing on a daily basis. The audience are loving the narrative the film has brought and looking at its steady growth, the film will surely leave its mark at the box office.

12th Fail, based on a true story, draws from the struggles of the millions of students who attempt the UPSC entrance exam. But at the same time, it goes beyond that one exam and encourages people to not lose heart in the face of failure and to restart. The film a Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial released in cinemas in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.

News Edit K.V.Raman