Bachchan recalled Yash Chopra's words at his birthday party - the director's last public speech. Bachchan wrote, 'I last saw him, as do you from the pictures above, on my birthday celebrations. He was indisposed and the doctors advised him rest, but he was insistent on coming over. He had made a commitment he said. He had been asked to speak, one among four others that did that evening, over the sit down dinner. His words still ring in my ear and what remains are the resonance of his goodness and feeling that he exuded towards me... It was his last public speech and appearance. The pictures you see above are his last visuals. His whispered words, the last he made to me, at the 10th October celebrations for my birthday. The visuals that one shall see tomorrow will be his last before the cremation, those that he shall never know of.'

Bachchan added, 'I have just one regret with regard to him. For some months lately, he had been calling and telling me to drop by in the early hours of the morning as I returned from the gym for ‘just a chat - no work, no issues, just a chat’. I had promised him that I would, and I never was able to.' The actor had worked with Chopra in several films including the blockbusters 'Silsila', 'Deewar', 'Kabhi Kabhie' and 'Kala Patthar'. To read the entire blog post by Bachchan, go here.