Mumbai:
Bollywood
director
Prakash
Jha,
who
is
set
to
release
his
film
Satyagraha,
says
that
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
social
activist
Anna
Hazare's
movement.
Contrary
to
what
the
reports
have
suggested,
the
director
revealed
that
Amitabh
Bachchan's
character
has
no
link
to
Anna
Hazare.
"I
have
not
commented
on
this
before.
The
film
is
not
based
on
Anna
Hazare
and
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
movement.
The
entire
process
of
satyagraha
comes
from
Gandhiji.
Mr.
Bachchan
plays
the
role
of
a
satyagrahi
who
believes
in
truth," he
said
at
the
global
launch
of
the
trailer
held
here
Wednesday.
Talking
about
the
experience
of
working
with
Bachchan,
the
director
said
that
he
is
fortunate
to
be
able
to
work
with
the
veteran
actor.
"It
is
very
fortunate
for
us
that
someone
from
our
generation
gets
to
work
with
Mr.
Bachchan,"
he
said.
The
film
stars
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Kareena
Kapoor,
Ajay
Devgn,
Manoj
Bajpai
and
Arjun
Rampal.
Talking
about
the
concept
of
of
a
global
launch,
Ajay
Devgn
said
that
since
the
promo
was
nice,
they
wanted
to
do
something
big.
Prakash
Jha
along
with
Amrita
Rao,
Manoj
Bajpai,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Sidharth
Roy
Kapur
were
present
here
while
Kareena
Kapoor
and
Ajay
Devgn
were
present
via
video
chat
from
London.
"It
was
a
great
idea.
I
was
here
and
so
was
Kareena.
The
idea
came
when
we
were
dubbing
for
the
promo.
We
liked
it
so
much
that
we
felt
that
we
should
launch
it
in
a
big
way,"
Ajay
said.
Most
of
Jha's
films
like
Arakshan
and
Gangajal
revolve
around
controversial
subjects
and
the
director
said
this
is
what
triggers
protests,
but
they
all
stop
once
the
film
is
released.
"When
you
make
a
film
on
a
social
subject,
everyone
has
different
perspectives.
So
protests
are
natural.
But
when
the
film
releases,
it
becomes
better,"
Jha
said.