Amitabh Bachchan Recalls Feeling Like ‘Nausikhiya’ On Lakshya Sets, Calls Farhan Akhtar ‘Ustaad’

Amitabh Bachchan is one of the greatest actors of his time. He has recently opened up about his experience working with filmmaker Farhan Akhtar on the 2004 film Lakshya. He revealed how Farhan made him feel like a “nausikhiya” on set. Speaking fondly of the collaboration, he also praised Farhan’s.

The makers of Kaun Banega Crorepati shared a promo in which we can see Farhan Akhtar and Javed Akhtar gracing the show. They are also celebrating Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday. As the promo starts, Farhan Akhtar says ‘Ek film humne bhi ki hai, Lakshya.’ And then Big B added, “My experience of working with him on the film was…raat ko yeh humare kamre mein aaye aur poocha, ‘Amitabh uncle, are you having some problem?’. Phele dafa laga ki yaar main ek nausikhya hu aur yeh ustaad hai jo hai baitha hua humko bata raha dekho beta hum tumko batate hai kaise acting karni chahiye’

Watch the promo here:

21 Years Of Lakshya

Farhan Akhtar’s coming-of-age war drama Lakshya turned 21 this year. He posted a montage video that beautifully features glimpses from the iconic scenes of the movie Lakshya to mark its 21st birthday. The director even added the movie’s patriotic feelings-awakening song Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe, crooned by Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Roop Kumar Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala and Vijay Prakash. He captioned it with a meaningful note that read, “Celebrating 21 years of a story about finding purpose, one step at a time. #21YearsOfLakshya.”

Hrithik Roshan played the pivotal role of Karan Shergill in Lakshya, an irresponsible young man who has no plans for his future, opposite Preity Zinta as Romila Dutta, who is an aspiring journalist. Romi then inspires Karan to find a purpose in life, and he joins the Indian Army after going through the Combined Defence Services Examination, despite his parents’ disapproval.

The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan as Colonel Sunil Damle, Sharad Kapoor as Major Binod Sengupta, Boman Irani as Mr. Shergill, Om Puri as Subedar Major Pritam Singh, Rajendranath Zutshi as Major Kaushal Verma, Sushant Singh as Captain Jalal Akbar and Parmeet Sethi as Major Shahbaaz Humdani, among others.

Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming film

Farhan Akhtar is currently working on his next movie, 120 Bahadur. Directed by Razneesh ‘Razy’ Ghai, the film is based on the real-life Battle of Rezang La, one of the most heroic yet lesser-known chapters in Indian military history, and is ready to depict the story of their courage and sacrifice. While fans are eagerly waiting for the movie, Ghai has now revealed that all the actors in his directorial, who will play soldiers, are undergoing an intense training. “The actors portraying the soldiers of Charlie Company in 120 Bahadur are absolutely fantastic. Most of them are first-timers, they’ve never done a film before. I made them go through a very gruelling process,” he said recently.

Set against the harsh winter landscape of Eastern Ladakh during the 1962 Indo–China conflict, 120 Bahadur tells the tale of 120 soldiers from the 13 Kumaon Regiment who fought against nearly 3,000 Chinese troops.

Backed by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment, along with Amit Chandrra of Trigger Happy Studios, 120 Bahadur stars Farhan Akhtar in the lead role. The film is slated to release on November 21, 2025.

Amitabh Bachchan’s work

The actor has not announced his next film till now. He is currently seen hosting reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati.