Overview

• Dinesh Lal Yadav, known as Nirahua, recounted on Siddharth Kannan’s show that Jaya Bachchan struck him with a stick during a scolding scene on the film’s set.
• He said the hits felt real and described Jaya Bachchan as short-tempered, while also noting he may have been struck by accident.
• Nirahua praised Amitabh Bachchan for sensing his nervousness, cracking jokes to put him at ease, and chatting about his songs.
• He recalled Amitabh sharing a cautionary personal anecdote about politics and advising him not to enter the field.
• Ganga Devi (2012) was produced by Amitabh’s longtime make-up artist Deepak Sawant and featured both Bachchans, with no public rebuttal to Nirahua’s account reported so far.