At the same, the 70-year-old film icon expressed wish to work with the current crop of talented actors. Asked which heroine he would prefer to work with if he had made his debut in the current era, Bachchan, on a lighter note, said "I don't know if they would take me as a lead." Bachchan has never been to any acting school and he feels sad about it. "I was not fortunate to have got a chance to go to acting school like Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya (both passed out from Pune-based FTII). I was not aware if there was any acting school."
"If I had the opportunity then I would have got myself trained, improve my craft. I still look forward for this opportunity," he added. Earlier, the megastar received Whistling Woods Maestro Award from veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai. Over 200 students were felicitated for completing their education from Whistling Woods, a film institute founded by Ghai, and Big B handed over the degrees to them.