Abhishek Bachchan shared an interesting anecdote from the Eighties when Amitabh Bachchan, particularly in 1981, “started the trend of film actors from India doing shows on stage and performing to their songs. Before that, only playback singers did so.” In his brilliant story-telling manner, Abhishek wrote about touring cities with his superstar father, being part of their jam sessions in hotel rooms, eating Gujarati food from tiffin dabbas and how Johnny Lever would keep the entire concert crew entertained with his antics: “The rehearsals, sound checks, post show dinners in my parents suite in the middle of the night where tiffins of Gujju food (lovingly prepared by relatives and friends of the organisers or crew members locally in whichever city they were performing in) would be served to the entire cast and musicians and everyone would discuss the show and how it went whilst a very young, relatively unknown (then) and upcoming stand-up comic would enthral everyone for hours on end with his mimicry and comedy till it was morning and time to leave for the airport to take the flight to the next city. His name was Johnny Lever!”
