Amitabh Bachchan's role in Wazir is wheelchair-centric and challenging

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's role in Wzir is a challenging one because he has to sit in a wheelchair throughout. As he says, it was physically more challenging than his other roles because, he did not have any feet to express himself or his emotions but had only the two wheels of the chair.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 27 December 2015.

“Wazir” is produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Bijoy Nambiar and its stars are Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari and Neil Nitin Mukesh.
So that his feet were not seen, the team opted for visual effects. He was asked to wear black socks and the team draw marks on them. His feet used to be tied. Obviously it was a new experience for him. Of course, Chopra ensured that the wheelchair chosen for Big B was the perfect fit. In fact, they went through 40 to 50 wheelchairs to find the perfect fit and the ideal one.
The 73-year-old star admitted that his colleagues-turned-politicians Shatrughan Sinha and Vinod Khanna have better career graphs. They were exceptional examples - having started off doing villain roles, they were so good that they became leading men. Later, then they joined politics, they succeeded there as well. Obviously, their career graph is better than his own.

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Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor perform garba dances in Ahmedabad

The last time Salman Khan did a garba dance was nearly a decade back in the movie ‘Dholi Taro’ – but, he has neither forgotten the steps nor the style. He, therefore, kickstarted the promotions of his Diwali release ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’, with a raas Garba event in Ahmedabad recently.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 23 October 2015.

He was accompanied by his co-star Sonam Kapoor and appeared to be in high spirits as he started dancing. Salman Khan has not danced the garba for years and he only suggested that they join the festivities before Navratri wound to a close.
The crowd loved every moment of Salman doing the garba and had a great time watching the star do the garba in his very own style.
The movie ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is a family film for all age-groups and also a reunion of Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya after a gap of 15 years. The cast includes Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Swara Bhaskar, and Deepak Dobriyal. It is slated to release on November 12, 2015.
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