At a recent screening of Shoojit Sarkar’s Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer, Piku, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the superstar was pleasantly surprised to see BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani seated beside President Pranab Mukherjee.
Advani asked the veteran, every now and then, to explain a scene or two, including those that depict the archetypal daughter-father relationship, portrayed by Padukone and himself. Once out of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Bachchan told a confidant, “I had not expected him (Advani) to be there. I was pleasantly surprised.”

Illustration / Uday Mohite