Farhan Akhtar on shooting with Amitabh Bachchan for Wazir: ‘I got cautious’

Updated On: 26 November, 2025 10:16 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

Farhan Akhtar recalls feeling nervous while shooting Wazir with Amitabh Bachchan, admitting he was anxious and overly cautious during their early scenes. With Bejoy’s support, he eased into the role. He also reminisced about visiting Big B’s film sets growing up

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Farhan Akhtar starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan in the 2016 film Wazir. Like many actors, he admitted to feeling nervous while performing scenes with the legendary star. In a chat on Sit with Hitlist, Farhan opened up about how actors can sense when something is not right and recalled being cautious during his first scenes with Bachchan.

Farhan Akhtar on working with Amitabh Bachchan

Farhan believes that experienced actors can tell when their performance is off. “I remember I had to get over some degree of nerves initially when I started doing Wazir because of working with Amitabh Bachchan,” he said.

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