Actor Amitabh Bachchan and his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan, had been noticed providing prayers at Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak Temple on Friday, as Amitabh’s new movie Uunchai hit theatres. Amitabh is coming off of a sequence of field workplace flops, as Bollywood usually goes by way of a tough patch.
Movies shared on paparazzi accounts confirmed Amitabh and Abhishek on the temple, wearing white kurtas, as they provided prayers and accepted ‘prasad’ from the ‘pandit’. They had been surrounded by a big crowd, and a gaggle of photographers.
Some days in the past, Amitabh gave the movie’s premiere a skip, as Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan stuffed in for him. The premiere was organised by Uunchai director Sooraj Barjatya and actor Anupam Kher, by way of his performing college.
Uunchai additionally stars Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Parineeti Chopra, Neena Gupta and Sarika. The movie was launched in theatres on Friday. Amitabh’s previous few movies — Goodbye, Jhund, Chehre and Runway 34 — all underperformed on the field workplace. The only real exception was the fantasy drama Brahmastra, which featured him in a supporting function. He additionally has Undertaking Okay with Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, and the Hindi remake of The Intern (additionally with Deepika) within the pipeline.
In Uunchai, a gaggle of older males go on the journey of a lifetime to the Everest base camp, to fulfil their buddy’s dying want. Director Sooraj Barjatya mentioned that for the primary time in his profession, he’s unconcerned about field workplace figures. He mentioned in a video shared on the Rajshri Productions YouTube channel, “I simply felt I need to make one movie the place I’m not involved about what number of dancers, songs, what will be the primary day assortment. As a result of all my life I’ve been competing.”