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The Don Of All Throwbacks: “Mile Long” Queues For Amitabh Bachchan’s 1978 Film


Amitabh Bachchan shared this throwback picture. (courtesy: amitabhbachchan)

Amitabh Bachchan, who likes to share throwback footage from the nice previous days, shared one other one his Instagram profile on Friday. The image occurs to be that of lengthy queue for the advance reserving of his iconic movie Don, which clocked 44 years. A nostalgic Massive B wrote: “Advance reserving of my movie Don and so they mentioned… They… that the queues had been a mile lengthy. Launched in 1978 … 44 years.” Recalling the yr that witnessed a few of his largest hits, Massive B added in his caption: “And these additionally launched identical yr: Kasme Vaade, Trishul, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Ganga Ki Saugandh .. 5 blockbusters in a single yr… A few of them ran greater than 50 weeks…Kya din the wo bhi (What days they had been).”

That is what Amitabh Bachchan posted:

Don featured Amitabh Bachchan in double roles – an underworld hotshot, and his lookalike named Vijay. The movie additionally starred Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Helen, Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu, Mac Mohan, Yusuf Khan and Pinchoo Kapoor, in key roles. In addition to its iconic dialogues and spectacular stars forged, the movie’s soundtracks had been equally widespread. Khaike Pan Banaraswala, Yeh Mera Dil, Yeh Hai Bombay Nagaria and Important Hoon Don clearly want no introduction.

Massive B typically shares throwback footage from the movie. A couple of years in the past, he shared this throwback. Massive B obtained a Filmfare Award for his efficiency within the movie. See the throwback image right here:

Amitabh Bachchan’s upcoming projects include Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra, co-starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor and the remake of the Hollywood movie The Intern, together with Deepika Padukone. Earlier, late actor Rishi Kapoor was to star within the movie. He was final seen in Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund, which opened to stellar opinions. He’ll quickly host the 14th season of the TV quiz present Kaun Banega Crorepati.