Emraan Hashmi shares his fanboy moment with Amitabh Bachchan: He pulled my cheeks when I was five

Amitabh Bachchan needs no introduction. The Bollywood superstar is know to be an inspiration for several young actors and many have expressed their awestruck moments after meeting him. Now, actor Emraan Hashmi in a recent interview shared his fanboy moment with Big B and revealed how much he admires him.

Emraan will be seen working with Amitabh in Chehre, which has been in buzz since its inception. The film's trailer gained massive appreciation from the audience and the anticipation doesn't seem to end as the duo will be seen face off for the first time ever.

In Chehre, Emraan plays a man who lands on the doorstep of Amitabh Bachchan's character on a particularly story night. Amitabh plays a man with a fascination for murder mysteries. Him and his friends trap Emraan's character at the house. This is the first time Emraan has teamed up with Amitabh.

Talking to Bollywood Hungama, Emraan got candid about working with Amitabh Bachchan and his admiration for him. The 42-year-old actor also mentioned that his connection with Mr Bachchan, started with his mother.

"I was actually awestruck and I had told him that too. The history of my conversations with Mr Bachchan, in my household, started with my mother. She told me how he pulled my cheeks when I was five years old. He was shooting for Naseeb at a hotel at Bandstand. My mother used to work there as a manager. She was going by, with me in her arms and Mr Bachchan had pulled my cheeks," he said.

"I was so obsessed with his films. I even told him that I have watch Sholay, Natwarlal about 50-100 times. I used to not eat lunch after coming back from school till I got to see a rerun of Mr Bachchan’s films," he added.

Directed by Rumy Jafry, 'Chehre' also stars Annu Kapoor, Krystle D’Souza, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Raghubir Yadav, Siddhanth Kapoor and Rhea Chakraborty. The film is now all set to release in the cinema houses on 9th April 2021.