Here's a throwback to 2017 when Amitabh Bachchan opened up about going bankrupt.
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00:00All the sources of income were shut down, and the government has set up security at home.
00:07My personal bank balance has become zero.
00:11Ladies and gentlemen, whatever they wanted to give me, I have no doubt about it.
00:17And all my problems would have been solved.
00:19Everyone earns money, but they have to earn respect.
00:22Everyone has that right.
00:30The government has shut down all the banks in India.
00:35The government has shut down all the banks in India.
00:40The government has shut down all the banks in India.
00:45The government has shut down all the banks in India.
00:50The government has shut down all the banks in India.
00:56There was a time in my life when I went bankrupt.
01:03It was Diwali.
01:06My company went bankrupt.
01:09I had to borrow crores of rupees.
01:12My personal bank balance became zero.
01:16All the sources of income were shut down, and the government has set up security at home.
01:24Dhirubhai found out about this.
01:27Without asking anyone, he told his younger son and my friend Anil,
01:32that this is a bad time, give him some money.
01:38Anil came to me and said,
01:42Ladies and gentlemen, whatever they wanted to give me, I have no doubt about it.
01:49And all my problems would have been solved.
01:53I was moved by their generosity.
01:56But I felt that I would not be able to accept their generosity.
02:01By the grace of God, after a few difficult days,
02:04the time changed and I started getting work.
02:08And gradually, I was able to pay off all my debts.
02:13One evening, at an event at Dhirubhai's residence,
02:19I was invited to a party.
02:22On one side of the lawn, Dhirubhai was sitting with some of his friends,
02:29who were big financial and corporate world leaders.
02:35When he saw me, he called me.
02:38He asked me to sit with him.
02:41I felt very strange.
02:44I apologized and said,
02:47I am sitting with my friends, I am fine there.
02:50He insisted and let me sit with him.
02:54Then, at the party, he said,
02:59This boy fell down,
03:04but he is back on his feet.
03:07I respect him.
03:17His behavior and his words
03:22were thousands of times more valuable to me than the money he was willing to give me to get me out of trouble.
03:32This is his behavior.