Bachchan family - All in Pradeep's film?
By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
November
21,
2006
Rumours
have
a
way
of
gathering
momentum
if
unchecked.
The
cast
of
Yashraj
Films'
untitled
film
now
being
directed
by
Pradeep
Sarkar
in
Varanasi,
has
undergone
a
lot
of
changes,
both
real
and
imagined.
When
Sarkar's
blue-eyed
girl
Vidya
Balan
opted
out,
Konkona
stepped
in
to
play
her
role.
Shabana
Azmi's
name
was
also
mentioned
in
the
cast.
But the latest brainwave to hit the television channels like an unseasonal meteor is that all the three Bachchans - Amitabh, Jaya and Abhishek will be seen together in Sarkar's film. The 'news' , if such flourishes of the imagination can be termed that, turns out to be absolutely false.
Says the Big B, "Jaya and Abhishek are in Pradeep Sarkar's film. I am not. No one has approached me. And to my knowledge there's no role for me in this film. Of course all three of us are keen to be seen together. And it will happen soon. But not in Pradeep's film."
The project being designed to bring the Bachchans together is called Bhairavi. Rakeysh Mehra has already scripted the film, set against the backdrop of music and familial heritage. He plans to make it after his next project, the autobiographical Delhi - 6 which stars Abhishek Bachchan. (Leading lady, contrary to rumours is undecided)
About the ambitious opus the Big B confirms, "Yes Bhairavi is definitely in the pipeline. Rakeysh has already sounded us out. All three of us - Jaya, Abhishek and me are agreeable. But since it's a very big project it requires a great deal of planning. As of now, Bhairavi is the only film bringing us together."
Incidentally, Jaya and Abhishek are not really 'together' in Pradeep Sarkar's film. Abhishek plays Rani's love-interest. And Rani plays Jaya's daughter.
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