Amitabh Bachchan takes a local train ride in Mumbai, sings for charity
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bahchan managed to pleasantly surprise local train commuters in Mumbai and Saurabh Nimbkar who had featured on ‘Aaj Ki Raat Zindagi’, the TV show hosted by Big B.
Saurabh makes train travel enjoyable for commuters by strumming on his guitar, singing in order to raise money for cancer patients. However, the young man was accompanied by Amitabh Bachchan who also sang and clapped along, much to the delight of commuters.
The veteran actor treated them to a live performance of his hit song, ‘Rang Barse’. Immediately word started to travel and the Twitterati shared posts about Amitabh Bachchan’s train travel. #BigBAurHeroKaSafar began trending.
Amitabh Bachchan also shared his experience of his train singing session on his blog.
“Saurabh Nimbkar, sitting to my left in the picture, that came on our show #AKRHZ .. plays the guitar and sings on local trains and collects the meagre money he gets from co passengers, to distribute to the less fortunate cancer patients and their families, in the city .. his story was heart breaking .. I felt I would want to sit by him and travel the distance he does, do what he does, in a show of support and spirit for his incredible thinking ..”
Big B also clarified that he did not undertake this exercise as part of any publicity stunt.
“The idea is not to create a splash among the media, or to create credible content for them, or for the subsequent promotion of the show #AKRHZ .. the idea is to let him know that he is not alone .. that he is appreciated .. that our support runs even after he departs from the Show .. to hope that many others would feel the same way as we did when we heard his story .. and perhaps that it may sufficiently light a small flame of hope for many other deeds that need to be done ..,” he wrote.
Adding further, “It was executed quietly without Saurabh’s knowledge .. as a surprise for him and for the many that travel daily with him ..”
Photo Caption :Amitabh Bachchan also treated the local train commuters to a live performance of his hit song, ‘Rang Barse’. (Source: Twitter)
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