Ram Gopal Varma , who has worked with Amitabh Bachchan in films such Sarkar, gave a shoutout to the megastar's enduring career in his signature cheeky way. He shared the cover of a now-defunct magazine which sounded the death knell of Amitabh's career back in 1990. (Also Read – Amitabh Bachchan earns ₹ 5 crore per episode for Kaun Banega Crorepati 16: Report ) RGV's tweet Ram Gopal Varma took to his X handle on Wednesday and shared a magazine cover from a 1990 edition off Illustrated Weekly, which had a picture of Amitabh Bachchan in a beige outfit leaning his right hand against a wall and the text “FINISHED!” stamped across the breadth.
The filmmaker wrote in the caption, “34 years back ILLUSRATED WEEKLY magazine STATED this on its COVER and now ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY is FINISHED and @SrBachchan is SOARING (biceps and laughing-with-tears emojis).” The internet was surprised to see Ram Gopal Varma appreciate Amitabh Bachchan as back in 2011, he had abused the megastar on Twitter for doing a film like Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap. An X user commented, “Positive tweet from Ram Gopal Varma.
It should be a rare phenomenon.” However, many others echoed the director's sentiment. One of them wrote, “Discipline in life and dedication to your craft , can keep you at high, year after year.
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. @SrBachchan is a living example of that.” “RGV, What a timely quote!!!,” said another.
“I think the context was different, it meant his career as a leading star was over and t.