New Delhi: By now, we all know Amitabh Bachchan as the towering superstar who has conquered every genre with effortless ease. But did you know that during the filming of Bombay To Goa (1972), the legendary actor nearly froze at the thought of dancing?

Yes, the very same man who later gave us the iconic Khaike Paan Banaras Wala and Jumma Chumma De De was once terrified of moving to the rhythm!

Film historian and author Dilip Thakur exclusively revealed to News9 that when it was time to shoot Dekha Na Haye Re Socha Na, Bachchan simply refused to step out of his makeup room. “Maybe he was scared of being laughed at,” Dilip speculates. Big B was still a struggling actor then, and the fear of embarrassing himself was real.

That’s when actor-producer Mehmood stepped in. A master of comic timing and also an industry mentor, Mehmood devised a plan. He told the Coolie........

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