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Abhishek Bachchan shares his hack on preserving snacks from hostelmates

Abhishek Bachchan shares his hack on preserving snacks from hostelmates

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, who will be soon seen in the upcoming movie ‘I Want To Talk’, has a hidden talent. The actor recently appeared on the latest episode of the quiz-based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, hosted by his father, veteran Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, and surprised him as he said that he doesn’t eat Bhujiya but drinks it. As a flabbergasted Big B looked at his son, Abhishek said that since he stayed in a boarding school, any snack had to be carefully preserved from his hostelmates. And that’s when he came up with the trick of putting Bhujiya in a glass, and act out as if he is drinking water when he was actually relishing on Bhujiya. He told Big B on the show, “Let me tell you, I don`t eat Bhujiya, I drink Bhujiya. This is because when I was in boarding school, we didn`t have any bowls or spoons”. He further mentioned, “We used to get a glass which we used to drink water in. We used to keep our …

Jagjit Singh birthday: Hostelmates urged him to stop riyaz, he’d say ‘saalon…’ | Bollywood

Wednesday marks the 82nd birth anniversary of legendary ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh. He is credited to have popularised ghazals and having brought it to the middle-class and has a huge fan following. However, when he practiced during his college days, his hostelmates would ask him to stop, but he was confident of his talent even then. (Also read: 5 lesser-known facts about Jagjit Singh) Jagjit Singh loved and worshipped music right from his childhood and even in his college days, he was confident that his music will take him to great heights. Hindi crime fiction writer Surendra Mohan Pathak recalled how the singer would practice music in the early hours, disturbing other hostelmates when they stayed together while studying in DAV College, Jalandhar. In author Sathya Saran’s biography Baat Niklegi Toh Phir: The Life and Music of Jagjit Singh, Surendra recalls that he was hostel mate and classmate of Jagjit when they pursued BSc in DAV College. He adds that students with least marks were given the last choice when it came to taking up …