When 12-Year-Old Akshay Kumar Met Amitabh Bachchan For The First Time…

Actors Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan have worked together in several films like Aankhen, Waqt, Family and Khakee, but did you know that the Khiladi met the Big B for the first time when the former was a 12-year-old lad?

At the recently concluded International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, Amitabh Bachchan was bestowed the Indian Film Personality Of The Year award. Akshay Kumar, who was presenting the award, got emotional on stage and narrated his first encounter with Big B that made him a fan for life. Taking to the stage, Akki said, “In 1980, I was perhaps 12 or 13 years old, when I went to Kashmir with my parents. Sir was shooting there. As I watched the shooting from afar, my father asked me to go and get his autograph. I went running to him and saw that he was eating grapes. I asked for an autograph. While he was giving me his autograph, I was eyeing the grapes as I wanted them. One of the grapes fell down and while he was writing, I quietly bent down and picked it up. He pretended not to notice and gave me back my autograph book, along with a big bunch of grapes.” Akshay said that this gesture stayed in his mind for a long time.

Bachchan will be next seen in Thugs Of Hindostan while Akshay will be next seen in Padman.