Abhishek Bachchan Shares An Unseen Video Of Dad Amitabh Bachchan's Stage Performance; Mentions Young Johnny Lever Enthralling All - WATCH
Considering it is Flashback Friday, Abhishek Bachchan shared an unseen video from his childhood and recalled the time when Amitabh Bachchan used to perform on stage. He also mentioned young Johnny Lever enthralling all
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Abhishek Bachchan is here to give you your dose of Flashback Friday. AB Jr recently took to his Instagram account to pen a long note recalling his childhood days. He shared a video in which we see young Abhishek Bachchan with his father Amitabh Bachchan on stage. The actor recalls that it was his father who started with the trend of Bollywood actors performing on stage. Otherwise, it just used to be singers who did so. In the note, he has recalled how they would hop from one city to another, giving performances without getting any sleep.
Abhishek Bachchan started by saying, "#flashbackfriday In 1981, my father started the trend of film actors from India doing shows on stage and performing to their songs. Before that, only playback singers did so." He then went on to add how an orchestra comprising of 40 people used to work with his father for these performances. He then mentioned about young Johnny Lever enthralling the crowd with his comedy. Jr Bachchan wrote, "The rehearsals, sound checks, post show dinners in my parents suite in the middle of the night where tiffin's of Gujju food ( lovingly prepared by relatives and friends of the organisers or crew members locally in whichever city they were performing in) would be served to the entire cast and musicians and everyone would discuss the show and how it went whilst a very young, relatively unknown (then) and upcoming stand-up comic would enthrall everyone for hours on end with his mimicry and comedy till it was morning and time to leave for the airport to take the flight to the next city. His name was Johnny Lever!"
He further wrote about his father creating music or rehearsing in the plane along with his fellow musicians. This would go on for three days with the crew and the star himself getting very little amount of sleep, he recalls.
In the end, Abhishek Bachchan called himself to be very lucky to have had the opportunity to witness such performances live as he tagged along with his father quite often. While watching such stage performances, Abhishek also stated that he secretly imagined himself to be doing the same at some point in life. "Secretly imagining myself on that stage once I grew up. As you can see from this video, my sister couldn't wait to get off the stage and all I wanted to do was stick around," he wrote. (Also Read: Rishi Kapoor Demise: Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Are Heartbroken As They Share Throwback Pics With 'Dearest Chintu Uncle')
Image Source: Instagram/bachchan/iam_johnylever
