Amitabh Bachchan reacts to the re-release of old movies in theatres, post the special screening of ‘Sholay’ in Mumbai: ‘Who knows whether the old was gold or…’

It’s the trend of re-releasing movies in theatres. We’ve seen how a long list of movies – right from ‘Rockstar’ to ‘Laila Majnu’, ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’, ‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ and many more have released in theatres again. September also has some interesting line-up of movies like ‘Veer Zaara’, ‘Pardes’, ‘Taal’ which are set to re-release. Amidst this trend, on Saturday evening, one saw a special screening of the iconic ‘Sholay‘ at Mumbai’s Regal Cinema in Colaba.This special screening was attended by Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar along with director Ramesh Sippy.
Post this special screening, Amitabh Bachchan has now spoken about this trend of re-release of movies. On Sunday night, he shared some pictures on his blog from his Sunday darshan ritual, where he greets fans who come in large numbers outside his house ‘Jalsa’.
The legendary actor has been following this ritual of greeting fans outside his house every Sunday since the last 42 years. He shared some photos from this evening and he wrote, “🎶 आना मेरी जान मेरी जान , संडे की संडे आना, मेरी जान मेरी जान संडे की संडे 🎶 कुछ पुराने गानों की झलक, जो आज तक झलक रही हैं ; और बीती फ़िल्में को भी अब लोग बड़े पर्दे पर देखना चाहते हैं । मोबाइल पे फ़िल्में देखना कभी सोचा भी न था, और न अब , सोच रहे हैं …(Glimpses of some old songs, which are still visible today; And now people also want to watch the past films on the big screen. I had never thought of watching movies on mobile, nor am I thinking of it now…)” He concluded by saying, “Who knows whether the old was gold or the gold became old 🤣🤣”
On work front, Bachchan was last seen in ‘Kalki 2898 AD‘ with Prabhas and Deepika Padukone.