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Bachchan’s big-hearted gesture
22nd Dec 2006 20.20 IST
By ApunKaChoice

Despite being the undisputed superstar of Hindi film industry, Amitabh Bachchan is a man of big and humble heart.

When singer Indrajit Dasgupta from Kolkata began working on his music album, which is based on the songs and poems by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, little had he imagined that the project would turn out bigger than expected.

While Indrajit himself rendered the songs, lyricist Javed Akhtar translated Tagore’s timeless poems from Bengali to Hindi.

And then, Indrajit came upon the idea to rope in someone to do the voiceover in the album, to introduce the songs. Javed saab who happens to be close to Amitabh Bachchan suggested the superstar’s name.

But Indrajit was apprehensive. He did not have budget to pay a big man like Mr. Bachchan. Anyhow, prodded by Javed saab, Indrajit sent a mail of the script to Bachchan.

The megastar eventually agreed to do voiceover for the album. When Indrajit enquired about his remuneration, the Big B said he would talk about it on the day of the recording.

While Indrajit was nervous about how much Bachchan would charge, the superstar came to the recording studio, did voiceover for all the songs and did not charge a penny in return.

Bachchan said it was his honour to be associated with an album on Tagore.

Indrajit was deeply impressed by the superstar’s generosity.

Bachchan’s voiceover gives an introduction to the songs in the album.

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