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When in Kolkata, Amitabh Bachchan speaks in Bengali to Shoojit Sircar

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Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of 'Piku'
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan prefers to have conversation in Bengali with Piku director Shoojit Sircar on the sets during shooting in Kolkata, where he had spent seven years of his life.

"He is a kid on the sets. He converses with us in Bengali. If you present him with an idea, something of substance and importance, he will believe it," Sircar, who is shooting for the Big B starrer Piku said.

The Madras Cafe director, who is also a Bengali, said he is glad that Mr.Bachchan knows his mother-tongue.

During 1962-69, the actor had lived in Kolkata before shifting to Mumbai to join Bollywood. Since then he has worked with a number of Bengali film directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Shakti Samanta and Rituparno Ghosh. Even during the opening ceremony of the Kolkata International Film Festival recently, he had delivered his speech with an impressive smattering of Bengali.

For the Vidya Balan starrer Hindi film Kahaani, he had given his voice to the inspirational Tagore song Ekla Chalo Re in Bengali. Bachchan had launched the first look of Bengali film Open Tee Bioscope on Monday evening, which is co-produced by Sircar, .
 

Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan feels nostalgic while shooting for 'Piku' in Kolkata

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