“Amitabh Bachchan had the best manners of anyone in Bollywood”: Vir Sanghvi in ​​a rude life – News

“All the clichés about him were true: he arrived early on the sets, he was disciplined, there were no temper tantrums, he was a vegetarian who liked simple cooking at home… and he was dedicated to his family: his father, the poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was his idol. But there were things that were less obvious. He had a keen sense of propriety. His objection to the gossip magazines was not a specific article they had written about him but that they were cheap and vulgar. He had no interest in chatting himself. In the famous competitive film industry, he was one of the few who never met any rivals. He had the best manners of anyone in the business. Everyone who came to see him was given a chair and a cold drink or a cup of tea. Often he accompanied visitors to their cars. He had a deep and lasting contempt for co-stars who misbehaved, drank too much, or had starry temper tantrums – but he rarely let that contempt show.

Extract of A coarse life.