46 Years later, Amitabh Bachchan is reminded of Deewar as he shoots for MayDay; here’s why : Bollywood News

On Sunday, Amitabh Bachchan was spotted in Mumbai shooting for his upcoming film MayDay along with co-stars Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh. The actor also shared a few stills from the shoot location on his Instagram feed.

On Monday, Amitabh Bachchan came across a similarity in the shoot location for MayDay and his 46 years old film, Deewar. The actor recalled that both the films were shot at the same location in the same corridor. The superstar said that while he has shot several films in that location, he came across a picture from Deewar which showed the same location.

Sharing a then and now picture, Amitabh Bachchan wrote,” Deewar 1975 .. Mayday 2021 .. looking back in time .. the same corridor .. the same location .. so many film shoots here of several films of mine .. but today .. this came up”

In another picture shared by the actor from the shoot location, he pointed to the background and shared an interesting piece of information. He pointed at a location in the background where he had shot a scene for Deewar with Shashi Kapoor.

Sharing the post, Bachchan wrote, “Looking back on time .. see that arch in the stone building at the back .. in a shadow loop .. Police Officer Shashi Kapoor shoots his brother Vijay in DEEWAR at that spot in film .. today shooting same place for MAYDAY .. 42 years later .. Deewar made in 1979 to today 2021 ..”

Meanwhile, MayDay is directed by Ajay Devgn and will see Rakul as a pilot. The character details of Bachchan has been kept under wraps.

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