“Amitabh Bachchan is undoubtedly one of the best actors we have in the industry and probably the last one who has successfully pulled off many performances which appears real and at the same time were stylised, which is a so unique. My idea of an angry young man, subtle romance, repressed emotions comes from his performances. I couldn’t help thinking about his performances whenever playing a drunkard in my theatre days.

Photos: Rare pictures of Amitabh Bachchan