I was not able to even reach an inch of the work done by Sivaji Ganesan: Big B

Amitabh Bachchan recently shot for an advertisement along with the south Indian cinema’s biggest actors. Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Manju Warrier, Nagarjuna and Shivarajkumar are part of the brand endorsement that was shot yesterday. Big B, a habitual blogger, penned a lengthy post on his experience with southern film industry.

“My admiration for the Southern Film Industry needs no endorsement .. I have had great respect for the thespians and the giants of the Industry – all of whom I had the great privilege to spend time with ..

And today for the shoot of an endorsement, I find myself in the company of their progenies – Prabhu, the son of the iconic Shivaji Ganesan, who has left behind some of the most prolific performances, not just for the South to admire but indeed the entire film Industry of the country. I did my first Hindi film in the South, which was a remake of a Shivaji Ganesan film ‘kaikudhta deivam’, and the amount of trouble I had during its making, not being able to even reach an inch of the work that was done by Shivaji in the original. I never stopped touching his feet thereafter at every meeting. He was paired with the extraordinary talent of Savithri his leading lady – an exceptional artist, the likes of which you never get to see nowadays,” wrote Big B on his blog.