Social media was abuzz with a leaked image of the veteran star and it was believed to be from "Thugs of Hindostan", in which Amitabh has Aamir Khan and Shraddha Kapoor as co-stars.
T 2493 - My Nani, Amar Kaur Sodhi .. and my Nana Khazan Singh Suri .. must be smiling from the heavens to see me thus .. in my Sikh roots !! pic.twitter.com/LQ5T7OeEFO
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 13, 2017
In response to a Twitter post on the image, Amitabh wrote: "No sir. This is from an ad I worked in today. Not Thugs."
NO sir .. this is from an Ad., I worked in today .. !! NOT thugs .. hehehe https://t.co/JTeoiTH309
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 13, 2017
Based on the novel "Confessions of a Thug" by Philip Meadows Taylor, the film looks at the lives of imperial thugs who stole from travellers, in India during 1830s.