Nitin Gadkari calls Amitabh Bachchan his 'favourite hero'; says, ‘I once told him that I have watched Zanjeer thrice’

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is currently the Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India, discussed the development in India, the upcoming elections and several other things at Rising Bharat Summit 2024. But when he brought up Amitabh Bachchan in the conversation, everyone was left surprised.


During the conversation with Amish Devgan, Nitin was shown a series of pictures of Bollywood stars. The host asked him to pick his favourite star from the list of actors and actresses. These included Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Vikrant Massey. He said, "Yeh log ache hai, Ranveer ki dekhi thi meine, Bajirao Mastani." When asked to choose between Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani and Taapsee Pannu, he responded, "Inn teeno ki bhi filmein meine nahi dekhi (I have not watched their movies)." He further added that while he appreciated the performances of all the actors, Amitabh Bachchan remained his favourite.


Nitin Gadkari then opened up about a candid moment he shared with Big B. “Humare generation mein Amitabh Bachchan hai. Yehi humare favourite hero tha. I used to follow Amitabh Bachchan’s trend. I once told him as well that I have watched Zanjeer thrice, watched Anand three to four times. I enjoyed his action films," the political leader said.


Co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and dialogues written by Gulzar, ‘Anand’ is a 1971 cult Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role. The supporting cast includes Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo.


‘Zanjeer’ is a Hindi action film, which was released in 1973. It stars Amitabh, Jaya Bachchan, Pran, Ajit Khan and Bindu. It was directed and produced by Prakash Mehra and the screenplay was written by Salim-Javed.