Krishna
Bhanji,
who
is
known
all
over
the
world
as
actor
Sir
Ben
Kingsley,
who
has
had
his
strong
roots
in
India,
is
all
set
now
to
don
the
grease
paint
to
play
yet
another
legend-
Shah
Jahan.
Twenty
seven
years
after
he
rose
to
fame
playing
the
part
in
Richard
Attenborough"s
film
after
playing
the
role
of
Mohandas
Gandhi
way
back
two
decades
ago.
Now
he
is
all
set
to
play
the
important
personality
who
paid
his
tribute
to
love
by
ordering
the
construction
of
the
monument
Taj
Mahal.
Though
the
media
is
agog
with
the
breaking
news
that
Aishwarya
Bachchan
is
all
set
to
play
the
role
of
his
wife
Mumtaz
Mahal
in
his
epic
film,
when
I
met
him
for
this
interview
in
Goa
where
he
has
come
to
take
Master
Classes
during
the
IFFI,
Ben
denied
that
Aishwarya
has
been
signed
for
the
role.
“I
am
planning
to
raise
the
funds
to
start
my
project.
I
know
there
is
great
interest
in
the
venture.
The
script
was
readied
only
four
days
ago
and
it
has
been
sent
to
Aishwarya
Bachchan,
who
is
yet
to
say
confirm
for
working
in
the
project",
he
quipped
as
a
matter
of
fact.
However,
Ben
confessed
that
his
real
life
wife
will
be
playing
his
first
wife
Nasari
begum
in
the
film.
Ben
confessed
that
he
has
always
been
inspired
by
the
rich
culture
and
heritage
of
India
and
stated
that
Indian
culture
and
infrastructure
are
being
exported
all
over
the
world.
He
is
stated
that
he
will
be
making
his
ambitious
film
Taj
on
a
budget
of
27
million
U.S
dollars.
Ben
admitted
that
it
had
been
his
ardent
wish
to
make
a
great
film
in
India
after
Gandhi.
Ben
acknowledged
that
that
he
had
a
great
experience
working
with
an
actor
of
the
caliber
of
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
the
Hindi
film
Teen
Patti.
“Mr
Amitabh
Bachchan
is
wise,
kind,
intelligent
and
a
joy
to
work
with.
I
also
found
working
with
actors
of
the
caliber
of
Nina
Gupta
and
Roshan
Seth
extremely
exhilarating",
Ben
added.
He
also
confessed
that
though
it
is
true
that
some
actors
are
forced
to
play
the
same
role
again
and
again,
he
says
that
it
helped
him
swim
the
troubled
waters
because
you
cannot
replicate
Gandhi
again
and
again.
Ben
admitted
that
he
is
quite
happy
as
an
actor
and
said
that
he
has
no
plans
to
direct
his
project
because
he
finds
direction
a
very
difficult
job
and
hence
not
his
cup
of
tea.