Overview
- Divya Dutta recently told the YouTube show After Hours with All About Eve that Amitabh Bachchan helped her separate performance from real life during the filming of Baghban.
- A young Dutta said she was 17–18 and playing an unsympathetic daughter-in-law, which left her feeling uneasy around Bachchan off camera.
- Noticing her change in tone on set, Bachchan called her privately and said she was not being nice to him in the film to remind her it was only the role speaking.
- She recalled that he then offered her food, which made her feel normal and happy, and the exchange taught her to keep work emotions in check.
- Reports note Baghban, directed by Ravi Chopra and co-starring Hema Malini, as a touchstone family drama, with Dutta appearing opposite Samir Soni and Salman Khan in an extended role.