Nitin Gadkari regards Amitabh Bachchan as his beloved hero

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari discussed a chat he had with actor Amitabh Bachchan about his movies Zanjeer (1973) and Anand (1971) at the News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2024. Gadkari mentioned he’s seen his ‘favorite’ actor Amitabh’s movies ‘three to four times’. 

He confessed to not watching any films of Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani, and Taapsee Pannu. In the conversation, he was shown pictures of Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, and Vikrant Massey and asked to choose his favorite. “Yeh log ache hai, (last film) Ranveer ki dekhi thi meine, Bajirao Mastani (These actors are all good. The last film I saw was the 2015 Ranveer Singh-starrer Bajirao Mastani).” 

When asked to choose between Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani and Taapsee Pannu, he said, “Inn teeno ki bhi filmein meine nahi dekhi (I have not watched their movies).”

Nitin Gadkari then said, “Dekho ek baat batata hoon, har generation ke hero-herione alag-alag hote hain. Humare generation mein Amitabh Bachchan, yehi humara favourite hero tha (Look, every generation has its own top hero-heroine. For us, it was Amitabh Bachchan; he was my favourite).” To this, he added, “I used to follow Amitabh Bachchan’s trend. I once told him as well that I have watched Zanjeer thrice, and Anand three to four times. I enjoyed his action films.”