Amitabh Bachchan "His Films Have Had A Huge Influence On Me," Says Director Nagraj Manjule
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Nagraj Manjule talks about the world of Amitabh Bachchan films and how it influenced him to fall in love with cinema
Growing up, filmmaker Nagraj Manjule says world of Amitabh Bachchan films was a huge influence on him and he credits the megastar for making him fall in love with cinema.
Manjule, maker of some of the most acclaimed films of last decade including "Fandry" and "Sairat", said in his Jeur village in Maharashtra's Solapur district, he was the local Bachchan.
"His films have had a huge influence on me, the start of my love for cinema. In my growing up years, till the time I was in tenth standard-- before I failed and moved away from cinema—he was my world. I was such a big Bachchan fan that there's no film of his that I would have missed watching," the director told PTI.
The megastar's films like "Yaarana", "Main Azaad Hoon", "Deewaar", "Khuda Gawah" and "Satte Pe Satta" had a huge impact on him, he asserted.
