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Before rising to fame with his role as Prahladcha in web show Panchayat, Faisal Malik worked in several other web shows and played a small role in Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur. A throwback clip of the actor is currently going viral, which shows him talking about the time he met Amitabh Bachchan for the first time and how he lost his job after speaking the truth to the legendary actor.
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In an interview with The Lallantop, Faisal recalled the time he went to meet Big B with Anurag Kashyap for a show. “I was half excited because I was getting to meet Bachchan sahab. As soon as I saw him, I thought to hell with the work and I presented my copy to him for an autograph.”
Praising Amitabh Bachchan’s hospitality, Faisal Malik said, “The food kept coming at Big B’s house. You wouldn’t be able to finish one dish before they present a new one. I told him I am from Allahabad and he talked to me. Then he asked if I would have til ke laddu (sesame laddus). I thought he wouldn’t be able to eat it because of his age. Sorry, I shouldn’t say this. But when the laddus arrived, he ate two before me. I thought he is lying about his age; he is still very much young.”
During the script reading, the person narrating the script was overconfident, but Amitabh soon pointed out a mistake on page 62. “He remembered all 120 pages of the script. He didn’t even have to look at the script to point out the mistake,” Faisal said.
Revealing how he lost his job after meeting Amitabh, Faisal said, “Big B asked me, ‘When do you think we should shoot this?’ I honestly responded, ‘Sir, we shouldn’t shoot this now. We should shoot this after six months.’ After we finished the meeting and stepped downstairs, I was told, ‘You don’t work on this project. You leave it,’ because I spoke the truth.”
Panchayat Season 3 is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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