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| The foodmeister: Mithun Chakroborty |
Yummy for my tummy! Abhishek Bachchan | Bollywood is known for its pleasant strangeness. Mithun Chakroborty, who last acted with Amitabh Bachchan in Agneepath (and never worked with him again), would feed AB’s baby Abhishek and “good friend” Aishwarya Rai Bengali food while shooting for Mani Ratnam’s Guru in Chennai.
Sonar Bangla
Says Abhishek, “Mithunda would bring Bengali food on the sets and serve it to us with his own hands. He’s great fun to be around and very soon became the big daddy of the unit. It was wonderful to spend time with him.”
Abhishek plays Gurukant Desai, the protagonist of the film. Mithun, who plays Manik Dasguptha, the owner of the bilingual newspaper The Independent/ Swatantra and Desai’s rival, says, “It all started when I got food for myself from the Bengali restaurant Annapoorna while shooting in Chennai. They have a great cook there.
Whenever I go to Chennai, I make it a point to eat at Annapoorna. I asked the unit if they wanted to try the food, and of course, they did. They found it delicious and the next day I had to get food for everybody! Very soon, macher kaalia, alu postho, patoler dorma, maacher tok and various other dishes were being delivered on the sets every day. Even when I stopped shooting and returned home, I heard the unit would go to Annapoorna and eat there.”
Ash conscious
Mithun has good words of praise for Abhishek. He says, “I am so proud of Abhishek for making his own identity in the industry. I have seen both Abhishek and Shweta grow up in front of me. I want to give him full credit for coming out of his father’s megastar status and for creating a niche of his own. He has grown immensely in confidence and maturity. Abhishek is a very sensitive and talented actor and he’s looking great. I wish that my son Mimoh gets the same level of adulation.”
What about Ash? “She is not only one of the most beautiful women in the world, but is also adorable! Ash wasn’t very keen on eating Bengali food as she is very health-conscious. But I insisted that she atleast try some of the dishes.
She would grumble a lot and eat very little! Abhishek is part Bengali, but he doesn’t know how to eat Bengali food. So I would serve the food myself and explain to them how to mix one dish with another and pick out the fish bones,” says the actor.
With that kind of personalised serivice, we’re not surprised! | 
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