Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a silent musician as well: Big B

Mumbai April 8 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says late legendary filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee who is considered one of the best directors of Indian cinema was a silent musician as well.

On the occasion of 40 years of their 1977 film Alaap Amitabh shared a few throwback black and white photographs on his blog in which Mukherjee -- popularly known as Hrishi-da -- can be seen playing the sitar while the Piku star is listening to him.

Hrishi da was a silent musician as well. Played the sitar... As did his brother and many a time on set he would simply pick up the instrument there as a prop and entertain us. An ardent listener being yours truly Amitabh wrote.

The 74-year-old further said his late father and poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan refused to write a song for the film but allowed him to take any of his poems and use it as a song.

And ‘Alaap those rare moments with Hrishi da. The honour of working with the great Chaya Devi from Bengal a veteran and of course the poem of Babuji that was the only contribution that my father agreed to. He refused to write a song for a film but said if you want my poem take it as it is and use it as a song in its purity. We did he wrote.

On the film front Amitabh will next be seen in Sarkar 3.

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