After
playing
a
Bal
Thackeray
doppelganger
in
Ram
Gopal
Varmas
'Sarkar'
series,
it
is
time
for
the
indefatigable
Amitabh
Bachchan
to
play
yet
another
real-life
character
in
Sairat
director
Nagaraj
Manjules
new
film
--
his
first
in
Hindi.
In
the
film
which
is
yet
to
get
a
title
Big
B
plays
Vijay
Barse
who
more
than
a
decade
ago,
established
the
Nagpur
based
NGO
Slum
Soccers
which
helps
slum
kids
find
their
bearings
through
the
game
of
football.
Though
he
is
more
than
happy
to
speak
about
his
adulation
for
Bachchan,
Manjule
is
reluctant
to
talk
about
the
project
he
will
start
shooting
with
the
megastar
in
October.
"Let's
just
say,
it
is
based
on
a
real-life
character.
But
the
way
I've
written
the
part
and
the
film,
it
moves
very
far
away
from
the
original
source," he
said.
Manjule
has
been
writing
his
new
Bachchan
film
for
a
good
two
years.
"And
before
that
I
was
researching
on
the
subject.
I
don't
mind
spending
time
on
my
script.
I
spent
a
good
8
years
on
the
script
of
Sairat.
I
wrote
it
with
only
Bachchan
Saab
in
mind.
I've
been
his
fan
from
childhood.
"I
grew
up
copying
his
clothes,
speech
and
mannerisms
from
Majboor
and
Deewaar.
I'd
go
to
school
with
my
shirt
tied
like
Bachchan
Saab
in
'Deewaar'
and
get
severely
reprimanded
by
my
teachers.
But
the
punishment
had
no
effect
on
me.
I'd
still
do
it," he
said.
Manjule,
a
self-confessed
Bachchan
bhakt,
says
when
he
met
Bachchan
he
was
somehow
able
to
control
his
adulation.
"I
don't
know
how
but
I
managed
to
remain
calm,
restrained
and
dignified.
I
actually
wanted
to
jump
out
of
my
seat
and
dance
around
him.
But
I
narrated
my
script
in
an
even
tone.
I
am
happy
I
did
that.
I
didn't
want
to
come
across
as
just
a
fan.
Of
course
I
am
a
fan
for
lifetime.
And
someday
when
I
complete
my
film
with
him
I'll
tell
him
how
much
effort
it
took
me
to
not
gush
and
rave
when
I
met
him
for
the
first
time," he
said.
The
director
wants
to
focus
on
making
a
good
film.
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He
said,
"I
don't
feel
burdened
by
the
responsibility
of
living
up
to
'Sairat'.
But
yes,
I
want
the
audience
to
say
I
made
a
good
film
again.
I
don't
want
people
to
say,
"Yeh
Nagaraj
ne
kya
banaya
hai?""
With
inputs
from
IANS.