Amitabh Bachchan still gets stage fright?

He’s the Indian film industry’s most celebrated personalities, and where he is in such demand to appear at every major public event possible, Amitabh Bachchan has gone on record to state he still becomes extremely nervous when he has to be at the forefront of such events.

Taking to his personal blog site on Tumblr, the actor expressed, “Appearances before the public are even more frightening. Particularly when asked to perform or present or speak on occasion. The thought of not being misjudged, of not making error, of wanting to engage and leave soon, is what creeps into the mind.”

He went onto add, “Some thrive at the situation. Some are petrified of it. It is not an easy task to present yourself, and seem to come out an accomplished individual. The people are there to express love, and that should have been enough to give comfort to our mind and beings. But it does not always happen.”

Reflecting on ways of dealing with such things, Bachchan added, “A preparation is gone into when making that step up. Impromptu works too, but then we must all be a well oiled and prepared machine that can at the drop of a hat begin to speak and never stop almost. That is difficult and tough. And no books in the world could teach us the art of speaking in public, or articulating points of sense.”

Despite his reaction to speaking on a stage, there’s no doubt in saying he does it extremely well. He has always presented himself in a calm and confident way.

In a place where Bachchan is most comfortable is in front if the screen playing different characters. His next big venture will be playing a role in a film titled ‘Wazir’ alongside Farhan Akhtar.