When Amitabh Bachchan and Aditya Chopra banned SRK

Remember the pose that Shah Rukh Khan struck when he played the violin in MOHABBATEIN and mesmerized his audience? Well, get set to relive the moment as he 'attempts' doing it all over again in his second episode of Farhan Akhtar's show OYE IT'S FRIDAY. Why an attempt? Because he is pitted against none other than Violin maestro Lakshminarayana Subramaniam, also known as Ambi, who in spite of being in just his 12th standard has already begun to follow in the footsteps of his father, the famous Violin Maestro Dr. L. Subramaniam.

This young genius gave his first performance at the age of seven and has already performed extensively in Indian and abroad. Ambi has also performed with his father for Karnatic concerts at the prestigious Dussehra Festival at the Mysore Palace and recently performed at the Lincoln Center Out- of- Doors Festival.

Coming back to the show, even though Shah Rukh believed that playing a violin was his 'Dain haath ka khel', all he could do was just 'pretend' playing the violin. However, once Ambi started playing it, SRK didn't have any other choice but to admit that actors are after all only the face of the talent. However, the mischievous man that he is in real life, SRK did joke about how he would teach Ambi to 'act' while playing a violin.

Shah Rukh Khan also shared an interesting anecdote about a real life situation that he found himself in during the shoot of MOHABBATEIN. He reveals that he was so bad at playing the violin that Amitabh Bachchan and Aditya Chopra actually banned him from using a real violin, courtesy the kind of sounds that he produced while playing it.

However, when it came to Ambi, his riveting performance got him a standing ovation from Shah Rukh Khan, Farhan and the entire Oye audience.

Realbollywood.com