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Agastya Nanda joins grandfather Amitabh Bachchan for Sunday greetings with fans

Agastya Nanda joins grandfather Amitabh Bachchan for Sunday greetings with fans

Amitabh Bachchan and Agastya Nanda

For years Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has had a Sunday ritual of greeting fans outside his Mumbai residence. On August 4, as the superstar stepped out to wave at the fans gathered outside his Jalsa home in Mumbai, the veteran star was joined briefly by his grandson, actor Agastya Nanda.

A video on Instagram shows Amitabh Bachchan meeting his fans gathered outside his Mumbai residence to catch a glimpse of their favourite megastar. The veteran actor was seen greeting them with a big smile on his face. Agastya Nanda was seen waiting behind.

When Bachchan beckoned him to join, Agastya came forward and stood beside his grandfather and was seen folding his hands and smiling at the fans.

Big B wore a hoodie and pants, while The Archies star wore a white traditional outfit.

Agastya is Amitabh Bachchan's daughter Shweta Nanda and industrialist Nikhil Nanda's son. He has an older sister, entrepreneur Navya Naveli Nanda.

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Amitabh Bachchan recently expressed gratitude to fans on his 'second birthday'. For unversed, August 2 holds great significance for Amitabh Bachchan and his fans. The actor was born on October 1, 1942, but on August 2, 1982, he was revived by the doctors following a near-death accident on the sets of Coolie. Since then, fans have celebrated the day as his second birthday.

The megastar took to X (formerly Twitter) and expressed his gratitude towards fans. "My love and greetings for all your blessings for the 2nd of August .. I am unable to reply to them individually .. so accept this as my response .. blessed (folded hands and red heart emoji) I shall make an effort though time permitting."

Amitabh Bachchan was recently seen in Nag Ashwin's film, Kalki 2898 AD. Big B played the role of Ashwatthama in the epic science fiction movie and his performance was appreciated by both critics and the masses. The Telugu film also starred Prabhas, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani, Vijay Deverakonda, Dulquer Salmaan and Saswata Chatterjee. Read WION's review of Kalki 2898 AD here

Meanwhile, Agastya made his acting debut in The Archies directed by Zoya Akhtar in 2023. The actor will be next seen in Sriram Raghavan's Ekkis.