Amitabh Bachchan's scooter that he is seen riding in, while shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta Te3n is worth 1 Crore! It's just another Sunday morning on Red Road, but the large crowd blocking the view points to a different story . On looking closer we see a lean, bearded, rather sombrelooking man zipping down the road quite fast on his scooter.The man in black riding pillion, however, is standing out.
���Hey , that's
Nawazuddin Siddiqui!��� someone in the crowd exclaims, only to be shot down by an instant quip: ���Oh really!? We were so busy looking at Amitabh Bachchan riding the scooter that we hardly noticed. Thanks though.��� And beyond the craning necks and wagging tongues, the megastar coolly wraps up his sequence by 1.45 pm.
But even the ride has a history , however short. On Saturday , when the team was shooting on the premises of
Writers' Buildings -where police headquarters Lalbazar was recreated for Ribhu Dasgupta's
Te3n -the megastar was busy familiarising himself with the two-wheeler. Filmmaker Arindam Sil, who is the production consultant of the team, told us, ���The scene was that of a melancholic man sitting at a government office for hours on end. Though he was tied up all day , the veteran actor tried his hands at the scooter, despite the fact that he's already come fully prepared. There is so much to learn from him.���
But the one who is most excited about the scooter ride is the machine's owner, Sujit Sur. The transport supplier was approached by the unit three months back. ���This second-hand scooter is about 20 years old. I bought it 13 years back and still use it. The unit came with a sketch of what they needed and my scooter's colour matched their requirements. I was thrilled,��� says Sujit aka Bhaida. He serviced the scooter several times and kept using it till the unit took it away and modified the seats.Sujit is now keen to treasure it.���I will not be able to lend out the scooter ever again. I want to keep it at my Tollygunge home with a life-size photo of Bachchan. And also, the scooter that he rides is not less than a crore in worth. So, there's no question of selling it,��� the beaming 43-year-old said.
It's heard that the unit had bought another second-hand scooter online, but settled for this one as it goes well with the man on it -vulnerable yet ruthless, fragile yet strong, timid yet bold, old in appearance, but perhaps the youngest at heart. Like man, like machine!