After
playing
Auro
from
Paa
in
a
number
of
off-screen
events
and
campaigns
Big
B
will
now
assume
the
personality
of
Vijay
Harshwardhan
Mallik
the
media
commentator
in
Ram
Gopal
Varma"s
Rann",
to
appear
on
30
December
on
a
news
channel
(Times
Now)
to
do
a
year-end
round-up
of
activities.
“And
we
aren"t
just
talking
about
entertainment-related
activities," marvels
'Rann"s
co-producer
Sheetal
Talwar
who
was
present
when
Mr.
Bachchan,
in
what
would
rank
as
the
last
in
a
chain
of
firsts,
became
the
first
actor
from
anywhere
in
the
world
to
go
on
national
television
as
a
news
anchor
holding
forth
on
events
of
the
year
from
the
world
.
“And
it
was
events
from
the
world
of
global
politics.
Mr.
Bachchan
just
took
over
the
television
space
as
though
he
had
done
news
analysis
all
his
life.
It
was
an
amazing
experience,"
says
Talwar.
On
Thursday
night
we"ll
hear
Mr.
Bachchan
talking
on
roughly
6
global
issues
of
2009:
Indian
national
politics,
terrorism,
cricket,
swine
flu,
recession
and
Obama
on
an
hour-long
segment.
This
would
be
the
first
of
several
media-related
activities
that
Big
B
is
scheduled
to
participate
in
before
Rann
releases.
Apparently
he
intends
to
assume
whatever
character
he
plays
in
his
forthcoming
films
and
promote
the
film
as
the
character
rather
than
'Amitabh
Bachchan".