Mega hero Amitabh Bachchan is still working today at the age of 82. There are many stories about his dedication to work, including his habit of arriving on set before the scheduled shooting time. Amitabh Bachchan is also known as a non-addict, and his fans are aware of his good habits. However, this great hero once smoked 200 cigarettes a day, a fact he himself disclosed in an old interview. Few people know that there was a time when Amitabh Bachchan was addicted to drugs. Currently, an interview he gave to India Today in 1980 is going viral on social media. In this interview, Amitabh openly shared his experiences regarding smoking, drinking, and eating meat.
Big B was once a non-vegetarian.
In that 1980 interview, Amitabh Bachchan stated, “I used to be a non-vegetarian, but later I gave up this habit. There was no religious reason behind it. I became a vegetarian simply because I didn’t like the taste of meat. My father was a vegetarian, my mother was non-vegetarian, and Jaya is also a non-vegetarian. But when I go abroad, I find it difficult to get vegetarian food.”
200 cigarettes and alcohol a day.
In the same interview, Amitabh Bachchan discussed his addiction to alcohol and cigarettes alongside his meat consumption. He said, “When I was in Calcutta, I used to smoke 200 cigarettes a day. Yes, you heard that right: 200 cigarettes! But when I came to Mumbai, I gave it up. I used to drink alcohol too, whatever I could get. But a few years ago, I realized that I don’t really need it. So I gave up all these habits.”
Amitabh Bachchan will soon be seen in superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Vettaiyan. The film will be released on Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday, October 11. Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan are working together again after 1991’s Hum.
