Published 16:49 IST, September 28th 2019

Amitabh Bachchan calls Aftab Shivdasani his 'childhood friend'?

Amitabh Bachchan shared a recent tweet wherein he called Aftab Shivdasani his childhood friend. Click here to know if Amitabh and Aftab are childhood buddies?

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Amitabh Bachchan left his Twitter fans in confusion with his recent tweet. Big B took on Twitter to give his best wishes to Aftab Shivdasani for his upcoming movie Setters. He wrote in his tweet, "Best wishes to my childhood best friend and colleague for his upcoming movie". He tweeted on official trailer of film.

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Amitabh Bachchan and Aftab Shivdasani childhood friends?

Netizens were confused and wondered how veteran and icon Amitabh Bachchan was a childhood buddy of 40-year-old Aftab. reason is - Aftab Shivdasani has played role of Amitabh Bachchan’s young character in movies like Shahenshah (1988) and Insaniyat (1994). So that was what Big-B was referring to in his tweet.

Setters plot and movie review

movie Setters also stars Shreyas Talpade along with Aftab Shivdasani. movie is directed by Ashwini Chaudhary. Setters will look into education and employment mafia in India. official trailer of movie was out on internet in April 2019.

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Shreyas Talpade shared his excitement in an interview, saying that, he is very excited about film and this is first time he was doing a thriller genre. role he played in movie was very different from his style. movie hit screens in May 2019.

Aftab Shivdasani made a comeback to silver screen after almost three years with this movie. He was last seen in Great Grand Masti (2016). movie was a thriller set in Benaras, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi. It was about a racket that raked in profits through academic scams.

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movie revolved around lives of two best friends- one a cop and or an exam-setter who used to place brilliant students in place of weak students for examinations and collected profits from this setup. movie did t do so well at box office, however.

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On work front, Aftab Shivdasani is busy shooting for a Kannada movie Kotigobba 3 that is scheduled to release by vember this year. Amitabh Bachchan is also all set to make a comeback to silver screen with his upcoming projects like Jhund and Brahmastra to name a few. Shreyas Talpade will be seen in Chemistry that is scheduled to release this year. 

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08:06 IST, September 28th 2019