‘Amitabh Bachchan saved my life’, When crime reporter Hussain Zaid was kidnapped by Iraqi Militamen; ‘They thought I knew Amitabh personally…’
Once former investigative journalist S Hussain Zaidi revealed how Amitabh Bachchan's fame rescued him from a Iraqi militiamen.
It has been 55 years since Amitabh Bachchan has been ruling the Bollywood. The actor has earned the title of ‘famous person’ thanks to his talent and persistent labor. Essentially his superstardom knows no bounds, as highlighted once by author and former investigative journalist S Hussain Zaidi. About a years ago, the author revealed that how Big B’s fame saved him from Iraqi militiamen.
How Amitabh Bachchan saved Journalist S Hussain Zaidi’s Life?
Once, crime reporter S Hussain Zaidi was taken hostage by Iraqi militiamen who claimed that his regime possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).He recalled the incident at some point soon of a 2015 interview with Hindustan Times, “I desired to chat over with people by way of Saddam and I was attempting to get access to them when I got kidnapped in Baghdad.”
Citing that he was taken to a secret location blindfolded and was surrounded by a group of men who asked, ” if I was Pakistani. I said that I am Hindi, from India. Then he said something in Arabic which I didn’t understand. Later he asked: Do Ameesha Bakkan? I said that the sole Ameesha I do know is Ameesha Patel. He scolded me real bad that I didn’t know Ameesha Bakkan,” Zaidi said.
Later the irritated militiaman then left in brief and returned with a still from filmmaker Ramesh Sippy’s Shakti (1982). “ it fell upon me that this guy is copying Amitabh Bachchan from Shakti. That realisation made me scream with joy and that guy misunderstood that I am friends with Ameesha Bakkan (Amitabh Bachchan). He then made me write a note that if he will ever come to Mumbai, I'm going to make him meet Amitabh Bachchan. I agreed without delay and saved my life.”
Shakti is one of Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic film that also starred Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Amrish Puri. Helmed by Salim-Javed, it truly is miles the sole film where both superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar collaborated.
Meanwhile, author and reporter S Hussain Zaidi’s most notable works consist of Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, Black Friday, My Name is Abu Salem and Mumbai Avengers.
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