As Amar Akbar Anthony clocks 40 years, take a look at the scene which made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar [Watch]

Amar Akbar Anthony, the Manmohan Desai movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, clocked 40 years today

By: Shalini Ojha |
May 27, 2017 11:09 am

Amar Akbar Anthony has completed 40 years of the release today. This Manmohan Desai directorial boasted of an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Pran and Ranjeet. The movie emerged as the biggest blockbuster of that year and it still works as an aphrodisiac for lovers of Indian cinema. The story of Amar Akbar Anthony was laden with emotions, it spoke about love among family members and blood ties. The movie also made people believe in the power of God when Nirupa Roy magically got her eyesight back after a prayer to Sai Baba.

The movie was a perfect entertainer, undoubtedly and every actor in the movie gave their best shot. But one particular scene which stood out was the one scene that immortalised Amitabh Bachchan. The one scene in which drunk Anthony Gonsalves (Amitabh Bachchan) spoke to himself in the mirror cannot be forgotten easily.

If you have seen the movie, you would know that Anthony Gonsalves went to a party where he sang My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves. And if you haven’t watched the movie, you need to see it right away. After the party, Anthony got involved in a brawl with few men, who beat him black and blue. But actually, that is not important. What is important is Anthony applying ointment to himself while talking to the mirror. The sheer perfection with which Amitabh Bachchan performed the scene cannot be praised in enough words. It was this scene that made everyone realise that not one can do drunk act better than Big B.

Also read: How Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor’s friendship survived the test of times

Here is the scene which made even the critics of Amitabh Bachchan his fan:

On the completion of 40 years of Amar Akbar Anthony, Amitabh Bachchan shared a picture from the sets. In the image, he can be seen cuddling his children Shweta and Abhishek Bachchan who looked extremely cute. He revealed that they met him before he shot the song. Shabana Azmi too tweeted that time flew too soon. Have a look at their tweets:

T 2436 – 40 years of Amar Akbar Anthony .. and Shweta and Abhishek visit me on the set when I was doing song ‘my name is Anthony Gonsalves pic.twitter.com/bNq8kBTSf7

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 26, 2017

T 2436 – 40 years of ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ .. what a film and what amazing memories .. one day it shall be disclosed .. pic.twitter.com/0EgqzKu0xr

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 26, 2017

T 2436 – 40 years of ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ .. amazing .. ran for 25 weeks in 25 theatres in Mumbai .. !! and still runs .., a classic pic.twitter.com/Fn2QXX3qgc

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 26, 2017

And it all seems like yesterday! https://t.co/5XQxvsLeET

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) May 26, 2017

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