Actor Aditi Rao Hydari is currently basking in the success of her latest project, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama streaming series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, where her performance and dance sequences have been receiving immense praise from all quarters, even though the show has got mixed reviews. Ever since she made her on-screen debut in 2006, Aditi has worked with legends, including Mani Ratnam, Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Arvind Swami, Vijay Sethupathi, and Prakash Raj, in significant projects.
Recently, she opened up about working with Bollywood’s Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan in Bejoy Nambiar’s Wazir. Dubbing it as an amazing experience, she said, “I was literally jumping up and down when I was told that I would be doing Wazir. I never thought I would get an opportunity to work with him. It was incredible to be around him. I can’t even describe how insane it was. He has this presence… as soon as he walks into a room, you feel like standing up,” she said during a chat with Humans of Bombay.
“But he’s also got this amazing childlike excitement when he’s on the set. He was on a wheelchair throughout that film, and he used to whir around on it on the set. It was just so amazing to see him like that,” she mentioned.
She also noted that Bachchan never leaves the set to rest in his van. Aditi recounted an instance that showcased his “kindness and generosity.” “We were doing a scene wherein he is speaking to me, and I am just listening, and it had a huge dialogue. The camera was on him and over my shoulder. When he was delivering his lines, I was just watching him and I started crying. And then, it was my turn (to be filmed). I just assumed, him being a senior actor, somebody else would give me cues or he would do it in a plain manner. I was stupid to have assumed that because he’s a true artist and he loves what he does. He did the scene for me again with full emotions, with his complete heart, in the same way that he did it for his own take,” she added.
“It just moved me to tears again. And I was like, ‘that’s so incredible.’ Despite working for so many years, you are so excited and you want to help your little co-star. That was so generous and kind,” Aditi noted.
She also mentioned that part of her excitement for Wazir came from knowing it was produced by “another cinema legend,” Vidhu Vinod Chopra. “He saw my screentest and he was like, ‘I like this girl.’ I don’t think he even saw the full screentest. He watched a little bit and he was like, ‘we want her in the film.'”
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