India, March 22 -- Bollywood filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya recently won the National Award for Best Director at the 70th National Film Awards for his film Uunchai, starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. In a recent interview with Mid-Day, the filmmaker described Big B as "scary" and revealed how he pitched the film to him.

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Talking about making Uunchai, Sooraj recalled that he had locked the subject in 2016 but never imagined directing it himself. He added, "I was sifting through subjects, and when I came to Uunchai, it just hit me that I should be the one doing this. Nothing else was working, so I thought, why not take on s...