43 Years of 'Amar Akbar Anthony': When Shweta and Abhishek Bachchan visited Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of the iconic film
by TIMESOFINDIA.COMAmitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, and Vinod Khanna starrer, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ completed 43 glorious years today and to date it remains one of the most iconic films of Bollywood. Remembering the good old days, Amitabh shared a throwback picture of himself from the sets of the film when his kids visited him. Taking to his Instagram handle, Amitabh Bachchan shared an adorable throwback picture of himself where he is seen sharing the frame with his adorable kids –Shweta and Abhishek Bachchan when they came in to meet the megastar on the sets of the film.
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In the picture, Big B is seen kissing his lovely daughter while Abhishek looks cute as a button in his arms. Captioning the lovely picture, he wrote, ‘SHWETA and Abhishek visit me on the set of Amar Akbar Anthony .. shooting song ‘My name is Anthony Gonsalves’ .. at Holiday Inn Ball Room .. this pic on the beach front ..43 YEARS of AAA , today .. !!! When Man ji came to narrate the idea to me .. and told me the Title .. I thought he had lost it .. at a time in the 70’s when film titles revolved around Behen Bhabhi and Beti , this one was so out of place .. BUT .. It is reported that it did a business of 7.25 cr at that time .. inflation adjusted it crosses collections of Bahubali 2 .. say the sayers who do calculations 😟😟 But fact is it did massive business .. did 25 weeks in 25 theatres in Mumbai alone .. or so they say .. Doesn’t happen now ... gone are those days !!’
Bachchan also added that keeping aside the inflation, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ is a bigger box-office blockbuster than SS Rajamouli's ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ which starred Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor and Rana Daggubati in lead roles.