Amitabh Bachchan's Family Wedding Chaos: Served Guests, Police Lathi-Charge, Hotel Stay

• Amitabh Bachchan's presence at a 1979 family wedding in Lucknow caused massive crowds and a police lathi-charge.
• He enthusiastically participated, serving food and playing dholak, but his popularity after "Don" led to chaos.
• To control the situation, mounted police were called, and Bachchan was asked to stay in a hotel.
• Jaya Bachchan's father, Taroon Coomar Bhaduri, recounted this and Amitabh's secret 1973 wedding to Jaya.
• Bhaduri described Amitabh as an introvert, vegetarian, teetotaller, and non-smoker, contrary to his on-screen image.

Why It Matters: Amitabh Bachchan's immense popularity once turned a family wedding into a law-and-order crisis.