Talk to the people gathered outside the hospital, and you will get a sense of just how big an icon the man recuperating in the intensive care unit is.
Ramashankar Diwedi (in the picture) has come all the way from Gopalgunj, Bihar. He arrived in Mumbai on December 4, and has been standing outside Lilavati ever since.
He has even written a poem for Amitabh, and hopes he will be able to give it to the movie monarch.
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