Amitabh Bachchan gifts 'Silsila' jacket to labourer

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has donated his "Silsila" jacket to a construction worker, in a bid to extend his support for the cause of distributing clothes to needy people in winters.
The 73-year-old "Piku" star was in the capital yesterday to support "Call to Action: TB Free Haryana" and visited a construction site along with two boys, who appeared on his TV show, to donate clothes.
"... Driving into a deserted construction site to support these 2 boys who had come on our TV show where they told us about what they did with discarded clothes... Distributed them to the poor. I surprised them with my visit and gave away many of my personal clothes... One particular jacket that I wore in 'Silsila'," he wrote on his blog.

The actor also posted a picture of the elated construction worker holding his cream coloured jacket.
To a question if "Pink" should have been made years ago,
Bachchan agreed but added, "It has been made now. Everything has its own time."

Pointing out that there has been changes in situations over the years, he said, "There was only one woman on the set when I started. But now 75 per cent of crew are girls, young energetic girls and this is a wonderful change.
"Look at the women leaders in the country today. In Tamil Nadu, Bengal, UP. We need to have more such leaders," he said.

To a question if he has shown the film to his family members, the veteran actor said, "Unfortunately the only person having seen the film is my son Abhishek (Bachchan). And he said this is an incredible film before leaving for abroad."
"He is in New York and I told him today how his words ring true. Now I am keen to show it to the ladies of my house. But considering the response of the audience in the country, I know their (Bachchan's household) opinion will be the same," he said.
Answering a question, Bachchan said he would not like to be reborn as a woman as he already empathised with the sensibilities of a woman.

Producer Shoojit Sircar said the film has taken references from 13 court cases on women atrocities, including the December 16 Delhi gangrape case and others.
"Pink is the colour we used as a prism. It can also mean protest," he said.
Director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury said he had plans to direct the film in Bengali but persuaded by Shoojit, he changed the backdrop to Delhi.
"The type of dialect by people in Delhi, the situations made it the perfect case for the audience all over the country, and 'Pink' helped in building up that movement," he said.