A scene from Jhund (courtesy: X,
New Delhi:
Chhaya Kadam is at the peak of success at this time. We all imagine it as light. Directed by Payal Kapadia, the film won the Grand Prix Internationale award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Recently, Chaaya opened up about her experience of sharing screen space with veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan in the 2022 film. cluster. in an interview FilmfareHe said, “It was a wonderful experience working with Amit ji. He is very punctual. If the shooting started at 5 am, he would be on the set 15 minutes earlier. However, I have a lot of respect for him, so I did not get much chance to interact with him.”
Chhaya Kadam further added, “Once we (Chhaya Kadam and Amitabh Bachchan) talked for a while, I told her about my mother who is suffering from dementia and doesn’t recognise anything including me. I told her that she remembers only three people, Sai Baba, Balasaheb Thackeray and Amitabh Bachchan.” Directed by Nagraj Manjule, cluster Will release in 2022. The film also featured Ankush Gedam, Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru.
During the same conversation, Chaaya Kadam also shared an incident that highlights Amitabh Bachchan’s chivalrous behaviour. She said, “I got a chance to interact with him on the set when we were shooting a scene and we had to sit on a bullock cart. I was very happy that I got a seat next to him but was soon disappointed as someone called him in front of the bullock cart. After the shoot was over, I was trying to get off the cart and I saw a hand helping me get down. It was Amit ji. For us he is still the macho man he showed in Don, we don’t realise that he is also getting old, which is sad.”
In We all imagine ourselves as lightChhaya Kadam plays the role of Parvati. The film also stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Hridu Haroon and Aziz Nedumangad in pivotal roles. At the end of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, We all imagine ourselves as light There was an eight-minute standing ovation. Click here to read the full story.
