Panchayat fame Faisal Malik recalls losing his job after being honest with Amitabh Bachchan: ‘He remembered all 120 pages of the script’

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Faisal Malik , who shot to fame after portraying the character of Prahladcha in web series ‘ Panchayat ’, reminisced about his first encounter with the megastar Amitabh Bachchan and how, as a result of being honest with the actor, he lost his job.In a throwback video that is currently going viral, the actor remembered going to meet Big B for a show with Anurag Kashyap. He told The Lallantop, “I was half excited because I was getting to meet Bachchan sahab. As soon as I saw him, I thought to hell with the work and I presented my copy to him for an autograph.”Faisal praised Amitabh Bachchan for his hospitality and said, “The food kept coming at Big B’s house. You wouldn’t be able to finish one dish before they present a new one. I told him I am from Allahabad and he talked to me. Then he asked if I would have til ke laddu (sesame laddus). I thought he wouldn’t be able to eat it because of his age. Sorry, I shouldn’t say this. But when the laddus arrived, he ate two before me. I thought he is lying about his age; he is still very much young.”The narrator of the screenplay seemed overconfident during the script reading session, but Amitabh quickly pointed out a mistake on page 62. “He remembered all 120 pages of the script. He didn’t even have to look at the script to point out the mistake,” Faisal disclosed.Faisal revealed how he lost his job after meeting Amitabh, the actor said, “Big B asked me, ‘When do you think we should shoot this?’ I honestly responded, ‘Sir, we shouldn’t shoot this now. We should shoot this after six months.’ After we finished the meeting and stepped downstairs, I was told, ‘You don’t work on this project. You leave it,’ because I spoke the truth.”