Mumbai, June 14: While there is excitement about the collaboration of megastar Amitabh Bachchan with Sairat director Nagraj Manjule in Jhund, producer Savita Hiremath has an anecdote about how she got the two creative powerhouses to work together. In a statement, Hiremath, who had earlier produced the path-breaking Khosla Ka Ghosla, said she had flown to Pune to personally meet Manjule. Amitabh Bachchan Starrer Jhund With Sairat Director Nagraj Manjule to Release on September 20, 2019

When she met him, while talking to him she found out that he is a huge Big B fan.  When she told him that she could approach him for the role, he agreed to the film immediately. After his "yes", she gave the story idea to Big B, who watched Sairat after the conversation and asked for a script. Amitabh Bachchan Arrives in Nagpur to Start Shooting for Nagraj Manjule’s ‘Jhund’

The rest is history with the two shooting in Nagpur together. Manjule has taken his fandom of Big B and is now hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati in Marathi now. "My film has two KBC hosts," Hiremath commented of the project, which marks Manjule's maiden Hindi film.

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