Throwback to Amitabh Bachchan of the 1970s and 80s

Imagine the cheers as you dance to Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Paag Ghungroo Bandh’ salt halali or laugh at comic scenes with a hundred other people power on power in cinemas. For many film-goers, who may have seen most of Bachchan’s iconic films of the 1970s and 1980s on television or digital platforms, the retrospective film festival ‘Bachchan – Back to the Beginning’ is an opportunity to see the star actor’s films in theatres. The opportunity was there. The four-day film festival, which concluded on October 11, on the occasion of Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday, enthused film-goers in 17 cities across India, including Hyderabad.

black stone, salt halali And power on power, screened at Hyderabad’s PVR Cinemas, served as a throwback to the era of films tasting on the big screen, without immediate dissection on social media. A limited number of shows sold out from October 8 to 11, indicating that there is an appetite to revisit the classics on the big screen. In some theatres, the festivities took place on the midnight of October 11 with the cutting of cakes and playing of Bachchan’s hit songs.

11 films of Amitabh Bachchan screened at the retrospective film festival organized by Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with PVR Don, Chupke Chupke, Kala Patthar, Kalia, satte pe power, amar akbar anthony, wall, milli, salt halal, pride And sometimes, The films were screened in 17 cities including the actor’s hometown Prayagraj.

Bachchan is the latest addition to the wave of retrospective nostalgia that Hyderabad has been witnessing over the past few months. telugu movies like mahesh babu’s okkadu and Pawan Kalyan’s Jalsa It was also re-released in theaters amidst much fanfare.

Meanwhile, the new Hindi film Bye Directed by Vikas Bahl and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Neena Gupta and Rashmika Mandanna also garnered warm reviews last week and coincided with the week of the actor’s 80th birthday.