When Vidhu Vinod Chopra gifted Amitabh a Rolls Royce worth 4 crores, his/her mother slapped him/her, this was the reason

Once when ’12th Fail’ director Vidhu Vinod Chopra gifted Amitabh Bachchan a Rolls Royce worth four crores, his/her mother slapped him/her hard. This was in the year 2007, when he/she was working with Amitabh in the film ‘Eklavya: The Royal Guard’. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has now narrated the story of his/her mother slapping him/her and the shoot of that film in an interview. Vidhu Vinod Chopra told how during the shooting he/she refused to book a room worth 65 thousand for Amitabh Bachchan due to low budget, but later gifted him/her a luxury car worth 4 crores.

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Could not book a room worth 65 thousand for Amitabh

According to ‘Indian Express’, Vidhu Vinod Chopra said in an interview, ‘The crisis there was that I could book a room for Amitabh, but then I could not leave the other stars – Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt. I would have to book rooms for them too and that is how the films go over budget. Then I would not have been able to make a subtle film like ‘Eklavya’. In that case, you can make a bad film that works everywhere.’ ‘Eklavya’ was a flop at the box office, but it was highly praised by critics. Not only this, this film was also sent to the Oscars as India that year.

Shahrukh Khan was Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s first choice for ‘1942 A Love Story’, he/she said- he/she was not a star, I gave him/her the role

Vidhu Vinod Chopra further told that his/her mother slapped him/her for gifting a Rolls Royce worth Rs 4 crore to Amitabh Bachchan, while he/she himself drove a Maruti. he/she said, ‘I will never forget that incident. When I was gifting the car to Amitabh, I took my mother with me. She gave the keys to Amitabh and came back and sat in my car, which was a blue Maruti van. She called Big B ‘Lambu’. I did not have a driver at that time, so I was driving the car. Mother said to me, ‘Tu Lambu nu gaadi dedi?’ I said yes, then she asked, ‘Why don’t you buy the car yourself?’ I replied that I will buy it, there is still time. Then she asked the price of the car and said that it must be worth 11 lakhs. I laughed out loud because mother did not know that the car was worth Rs 4 crore.’ As soon as Vidhu Vinod Chopra told his/her mother the price of the car, she slapped him/her and called him/her stupid.