Big B earns good 'car' ma

Mumbai: As a big screen idol. Amitabh Bachchan has touched the lives of millions of fans and had a profound impact on them. Recently, however, the legendary star impacted the life of an aide in a very concrete way. We hear that Big B has had a very close aide, Deepak Sawant, who has been incharge of his make-up for over 40 years. He is very close to all the members of Bachchan family. Unfortunately, Deepak's wife Sarod has been suffering from a serious ailment and has been in and out of hospital for a while now. She recently told Deepak that her one wish had been to own a luxury car in her lifetime. When Bachchan senior came to know of Sarod's wish, he immediately gifted her one of his favourite cars.

Range Rover parked outside Deepak Sawant's house. Picture: Viral Bhayani

An insider told this website, “ Generally, Amitabh uses his cars for 3-4 years and then sells it off. However, there was this Range Rover he had bought in 2002, which he sparingly used but didn’t sell it, as it was one his favorite cars. On learning about Sarod Sawant, Deepak’s wife, he decide to give that car to her as a gift.”

In the past, Amitabh Bachchan has also acted for his make up man, who turned producer with films like Ganga Devi, Gangotri, Ganga and Leader, which will release in August.

An insider revealed, “ The car was given to her a week ago. It is currently parked at their residence. Bachchan had sparingly used that car and its in top condition. Though it was parked in his garage most of the time, the car got its regular check up.”

When contacted Deepak Sawant said, “ This is too personal a matter and I wouldn’t like to talk much about this. But yes, Bachchan ji has given a car as a present to my wife.”

Amitabh is now gearing up for KBC and Yudh and also shooting for Soojit Sircar’s next, Piku.