Given his legendary status and preeminent position in Indian public life, is it any surprise that people find the most obscure facets of Amitabh Bachchan’s persona fascinating?

Here MiD DAY’s photographer Rane Ashish sent us (pardon the pun) a gem of a feature, focusing on AB’s changing rings. And from the net we culled that: ‘When Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career he was suggested to wear (sic) blue sapphire on his middle finger, owing to which he made a comeback with ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. The opal and emeralds are for his health to improve. Hmmm, now we know! Pics/Rane Ashish