Overview
- The anecdote was recounted this week by Dev Anand’s associate Mohan Churiwala in an interview with Vickey Lalwani.
- He said Amar Singh had volunteered to bring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani and Tina Ambani to the 2007 book launch, yet Bachchan left soon after appearing on stage without staying for dinner or taking a copy.
- Churiwala described returning to Jalsa the next day with Dev Anand to deliver books and waiting at the gate for roughly half an hour before being allowed in.
- He outlined a sequence in which the watchman did not return for about 15 minutes, Amar Singh appeared after another 10, and Bachchan arrived roughly 15 minutes later.
- As context, Amar Singh later told Vir Sanghvi that entry to Jalsa required family approval, and current reports frame the episode as a recollection with no new statements from the Bachchan or Ambani families.