By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
September
12,
2007
"Jesus!
This
is
getting
a
little
scary!" exclaimed
the
senior
Bachchan
from
London
on
Tuesday.
He
was
on
the
way
back
to
Mumbai
from
the
Toronto
Film
Festival
where
the
response
to
his
performance
in
Rituparno
Ghosh's
The
Last
Lear
was
overwhelming
to
us
out
here,
scary
to
the
actor
himself.
Says
the
enraptured
director,
"In
all
my
life
I've
never
seen
an
Indian
actor,
or
for
that
matter
any
actor,
give
such
a
passionate
and
complete
performance.
Mr
Bachchan
just
sweeps
you
away.
I
can't
wait
to
work
with
him."
Preity
Zinta
adds,
"He's
even
better
in
Last
Lear
than
he
was
in
Black.
And
that's
saying
a
lot!"
Tell
AB
about
these
comments,
and
he
grunts,
"Did
she
say
that?
Oh
my
gosh!
This
is
getting
seriously
embarrassing.
I
won't
compare
Last
Lear
with
Black.
They're
different
films
and
different
roles
conceived
by
different
filmmakers.
I
know
Deepa
saw
Last
Lear
and
she
liked
it.
We
met
over
dinner
after
the
screening.
I've
worked
on
several
different
graphs
for
my
character
in
the
Last
Lear.
I
wonder
if
everyone
would
catch
them!
We
now
take
Last
Lear
to
the
Rome
and
London
film
festivals."
AB
lands
in
Mumbai
tomorrow
and
heads
straight
to
Delhi
to
receive
his
National
award
for
Black.
"I'm
rushing
to
Delhi
before
they
change
their
minds,"
he
deadpans.