Amitabh
Bachcha
ecalls
st a ge s
walki g
i to
Dha me d a’s
home
a d
a
ope -doo
‘f ee
fo
all’
hospitality,
wa mth
a d
ge e osity:
‘He
had
a
massive
hea t’
Amitabh
Bachcha
has
evisited
a
hea twa mi g
a d
amusi g
memo y
of
his
late
‘Sholay’
co-sta
Dha me d a,
highlighti g
the
vete a
acto ’s
famously
ge e ous
atu e
a d
ope -doo
hospitality.
Du i g
‘Kau
Ba ega
C o epati,’
Bachcha
ecalled
how
Dha me d a’s
home
was
p actically
a
“f ee-fo -all”,
with
people
f om
his
village
a d
elsewhe e
f eely
walki g
i
as
though
it
we e
thei
ow
house.
Remembe i g
the
i cide t,
the
megasta
said
Dha me d a
“had
such
a
massive
hea t”
a d
welcomed
eve yo e
with
wa mth.
Amitabh
Bachcha
ecalls
Dha me d a’s
‘f ee-fo -all’
house
Taki g
a
ostalgic
t ip
dow
memo y
la e,
Amitabh
Bachcha
ecou ted
a
hila ious
yet
touchi g
sto y
about
how
st a ge s
would
casually
walk
i to
Dha me d a’s
house
a d
make
themselves
at
home,
eflecti g
the
vete a
acto ‘s
wa mth
a d
la ge-hea ted ess.Sha i g
the
a ecdote,
Amitabh
Bachcha
said,
“Ek
baat
batadu
i ke
gha
ke
baa e
mei .
Si ,
i ka
gha
jo
hai
a,
f ee
fo
all
jo
aayega
yeh
aapka
hi
gha
hai .
Ek
di
mujhe
yaad
hai
Dha am
ji
aayei
au
dekha
ki
4-5
aadmi
seedhi
chadke
jaa
ahei
hai
to
u ho e
pucha
bhai,
kau
hai
aap?
Kya
ka
ahei
hai ?
toh
bola
ki
gaao
se
aayei
shayad
aapki
mataji
e
bula
liya
hoga,
he
himself
did ‘t
k ow
ki
kit e
log
aatei
hai …
bahut
bada
dil
tha.”(Let
me
tell
you
a othe
thi g
about
his
house.
Thei
home
was
a
‘f ee
fo
all’
—
whoeve
came,
it
was
like
thei
ow
house!
I
emembe
o e
day
Dha am
ji
came
home
a d
saw
4-5
me
walki g
up
the
stai s.
So
he
asked
them,
‘Who
a e
you?
What
a e
you
doi g
he e?’
They
said
they
had
come
f om
the
village.
Dha me d a
assumed
that
his
wife
had
p obably
i vited
them!
He
himself
did ‘t
eve
k ow
how
ma y
people
we e
comi g
a d
goi g
i
his
house
a d
always
welcomed
eve ybody
with
love
a d
wa mth.
He
had
such
a
massive
hea t.)
Mo e
about
Dha me d a
a d
Amitabh
Bachcha ‘s
cama ade ie
Dha me d a
was
Amitabh
Bachcha ‘s
se io
i
the
i dust y,
a d
the
two
ico s
set
a
be chma k
fo
o -sc ee
f ie dship
with
thei
u fo gettable
cha acte s
Jai
a d
Vee u
i
‘Sholay’.
Thei
so g
‘Yeh
Dosti
Hum
Nahi
Tode ge’,
featu i g
the
duo
o
thei
ico ic
th ee-wheeled
bike,
emai s
o e
of
Bollywood’s
most
elatable
f ie dship
a thems
eve
50
yea s
afte
the
film’s
elease.
Dha me d a’s
demise
Dha me d a
passed
away
i
Novembe
last
yea .
Amitabh
Bachcha ,
alo g
with
his
so
Abhishek
Bachcha ,
was
amo g
the
fi st
to
a ive
at
the
c emato ium
to
pay
thei
fi al
espects
to
the
lege da y
acto .