Amitabh Bachchan on Jhund: “Aamir Khan told me that I must do the film”

Amitabh Bachchan is back on screen, this time as a football coach in Jhund. The 79-year-old portrays an NGO Slum football founder Vijay Barse, a Nagpur-based retired sports teacher who pioneers a slum football movement. It was Aamir Khan who had convinced Amitabh to take on the role. At the point when Aamir got to watch the movie, he turned emotional and called it ‘one of the greatest films’ of Amitabh Bachchan.

Aamir got to hear the script of Jhund and was so impressed that he recommended Amitabh Bachchan to do the movie and furthermore convinced him for the role. He said it would be a perfect collaboration. Affirming the same, Amitabh had said, “I remember when I discussed that with Aamir; he told me I must do this film. And you know what happens when Aamir endorses something”.

T-Series posted a video on its YouTube channel which showed how Aamir got emotional on watching the movie. After wiping his tears as he gave a standing ovation, Aamir said, “What a film. My God. Bohut hi behtareen film hai (It’s an amazing film). It has happened for the first time that a film has received a standing ovation during a private screening. I don’t have words to say. The way you have captured the emotions of girls and boys of India, it’s unbelievable. The way the children have worked is unbelievable.”