Bachchan, 69, said the legendary actor, whose eighth death anniversary was observed yesterday, had given him his first lead role in "Bombay to Goa".
"It is also the death anniversary today of Mehmood Bhai, whom we addressed as Bhaijaan, the greatest comedic actor of the Industry, of all time...
"Mehmood Bhai was among the early contributors to my career graph, he having faith from day one in me, much against the wishes and comments of naysayers. For some peculiar reason he would address me as 'Danger Diabolic', and was the first producer to give me a lead role
