This
would
be
the
first
Big
B
film
to
have
a
profanity
attached
to
its
title.
But
Budha
Don't
F**k
With
Him
-
yup,
that's
what
the
next
Big
B
flick
is
titled-is
about
an
aging
dude
with
an
attitude.
Koi
Shaq?
Well,
f..k
that
shaq!
Telugu
super-director
amitabh
bachchan,budha,poori
jagannath
who
has
to
his
credit
the
biggest
hit
ever
Pokiri
(remade
with
Salman
Khan
as
Wanted
recently)
in
Andhra
Pradesh,
is
all
set
to
enter
Hindi
cinema
with
an
actioner
which
will
star
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
and
as
Budha.
The
unusual
and
eyeball-grabbing
tagline
for
this
out-and-out
masala
film
is,
Budha
Don't
F**k
With
Him,
obviously
a
brainwave
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma
who's
going
to
produce
the
film.
Laughing
at
rumours
that
he
is
making
a
film
on
the
life
and
teachings
of
Gautam
Buddha
amitabh
bachchan,budha,poori
jagannath
says,
"Mr.
Bachchan's
character
is
actually
quite
angry
and
very
violent.
I've
written
the
role
especially
for
him.
It
is
that
of
a
60-year
old
man
who
refuses
to
accept
his
age.
Any
time
someone
calls
him
budha
(old
man)
he
flies
off
the
handle."
A
diehard
Bachchan
fan
Jagannath
wrote
the
screenplay
especially
for
The
Big
B.
"Budha
is
not
a
remake
of
any
of
my
Telugu
films.
It's
an
original
screenplay
written
especially
for
Mr.
Bachchan.
The
challenge
was
to
cast
him
as
a
character
he
hadn't
done
before.
After
seeing
Paa,
I
wonder
what
any
director
can
make
him
do
that's
new!
I
wanted
to
cast
him
again
as
the
Angry
Young
Man
I
grew
up
watching
in
Zanjeer
and
Deewaar.
But
the
character
had
to
be
modified
to
suit
his
age.
So
I
thought
of
a
60-year
old
man
who
thinks
acts
and
fights
like
a
young
man."
Budha
will
have
lots
of
action
sequences,
some
of
them
of
a
very
intricate
and
potentially
dangerous
kind.
Would
Mr.
Bachchan
perform
them?
The
diffident
director
is
evasive
on
the
stunt
front.
"We're
yet
to
work
out
the
details.
But
yes,
there
are
action
scenes.
Like
I
said
Budha
is
a
film
about
a
man
who's
60
but
feels
he's
20
in
body
and
mind.
I
wrote
the
film
with
Mr.
Bachchan
in
mind."
This
would
be
the
hotshot
Telugu
director's
first
full-fledged
foray
into
Hindi
cinema,
not
counting
the
2004
Tusshar
Kapoor-Amrita
Rao
starrer
Shart
which
Jagannath
remade
from
his
own
Telugu
blockbuster
Badri.
The
director
would
rather
not
think
about
his
ill-conceived
beginning
in
Bollywood.
"Shart
was
being
directed
by
someone
else,
then
I
was
brought
in
later...It
just
didn't
work.
I
don't
really
think
of
Shart
as
my
film.
So
for
all
practical
purposes
Budha
will
be
my
Hindi
debut."
Ask
him
to
comment
on
the
quality
of
Wanted,
the
remake
of
his
blockbuster
Pokiri
and
Jagannath
shies
away.
"Boney
is
a
very
good
friend
of
mine," is
all
the
director
will
say.
"Right
now
my
focus
is
entirely
on
Budha.
We
start
as
soon
as
Mr.
Bachchan
allots
the
dates.
Hopefully
in
April."