Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachcan was taken in by surprise when director-producer Sujoy Ghosh recalled a folk song that the actor had sung long time back. Big B had sung a popular song ‘O Re Saawariya’ on stage some years ago and he had forgotten about it, until Ghosh refreshed for him for his movie, ‘Aladin’.

According to sources, "Bachchan came up with an impromptu two-liner song that he sung on stage for his fans some 20 years ago. Sujoy made note of the same and last year, while working on the music for Aladin, he requested music composers Vishal and Shekhar to incorporate those lines into a full song. The talented musical duo came up with a peppy number O Re Saawariya. When Bachchan heard the song, the legendary actor found the tune familiar but couldn’t recollect where he had heard those lines. He was pleasantly shocked when Sujoy told him that it was actually his (Bachchan’s) own song and reminded him about the concert that took place 20 years ago."

In ‘Aladin’, this song will have Big B, Jacqueline and Ritesh Deshmukh.

We say, good memory and a sweet gesture from the filmmaker.