In the Diwali special episode of quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 18, host Amitabh Bachchan shared an interesting anecdote about the movie Agneepath. The film became a huge hit and his character Vijay Dinanath Chauhan became iconic. Speaking to guests Varun Dhawan and director duo Raj and DK, the actor revealed that he made an intense change in his voice for the character. However, it was rejected by the audience and he had to dub it again with his normal voice within a day.

During the episode, actor Varun Dhawan, who will soon be seen in Citadel Honey Bunny, said, “The movie (Agneepath) is still incredible and your character is iconic,” and Raj and DK added, “You have been a hero for so many generations that even new actors have seen you in some scenes.” He’s trying to capture your style. I tell them that only you can truly embody this character. Big B shared this anecdote when Varun Dhawan asked how he changed his voice for Vijay’s character.

“I’ll tell you a fact: some things are not planned,” he said. Amitabh Bachchan later added, “On the first day of shooting, I still couldn’t figure out how to portray him. I was in the make-up room and called Mukul Anand and suggested that Vijay be given a different, deep voice. He agreed and this is how we decided on it.” .There was a man visiting composer Kalyanji-Anandji’s house with a similar heavy tone, so I thought why not emulate Vijay’s voice? Later I found out that the man comes from the underworld and fits the essence of Vijay’s character perfectly.”

But the audience did not like it. “When the film was released, the producer called and said there was chaos in the theatres. The audience was tearing up the seats and yelling at the sound department, ‘This doesn’t sound like Amitabh; fix the sound system!’ “To solve this problem, I had to re-dub the entire movie with my normal voice, but this first voice was very effective,” he said.

During the episode, he also narrated Agneepath’s entire monologue, surprising both the audience and the special guests.