Days before Raju Srivastava passed away, actor Amitabh Bachchan surprised the comic with a move right out of a movie.
As his character, a doctor, did for a guy who is terminally sick and is played by Rajesh Khanna in the movie "Anand," "Big B" left a voice message for Srivastava encouraging him to open his eyes and restart life (1971).
Raju Srivastava had said in an interview, "I became a fan of mimicry and comedy when I saw Amitabh Bachchan's ‘Deewar'.
he smiles from the Heavens now and will be the reason for mirth with the God's," Mr Bachchan further wrote
To the extent that I used to get his posters and put them up at my house.
At 58, Raju Srivastava died on September 21.
His sense of timing and the colloquial humour of his birth shall remain with us .. it was unique, open frank and filled with humour
I had his hairstyle and started imitating him.
Mr Bachchan wrote, claiming that “on one instance he did open his eye a bit, and then went away