Filmmaker
R
Balki
says
he
has
so
much
love
for
actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
that
he
approaches
the
megastar
with
a
script
almost
everyday.
He,
however,
clarified
that
there
is
no
film
in
the
pipeline
with
Big
B
at
the
moment.Balki
has
worked
with
the
75-year-old
actor
in
"Cheeni
Kum",
"Paa" and
"Shamitabh".
His
latest,
"Padman",
features
Bachchan
in
a
cameo
appearance.
There
were
reports
that
Balki
is
gearing
up
to
collaborate
with
the
"Piku" star
yet
again,
but
Balki
dismisses
them
as
rumours.
"I
approach
Mr
Bachchan
everyday
for
a
film.
But
whatever
you're
hearing
now
is
not
true,
they
are
all
rumours.
There's
nothing
on
cards.
The
film
people
are
talking
about
is
not
mine,
but
a
friend's.
I'm
just
helping
him
do
it,
I'm
not
directly
involved,"
Balki
toldPTI.
The
director
says
currently
he
has
a
few
ideas
for
his
next
project
but
he
is
yet
to
write
something
new."Padman"
is
a
fictionalised
account
of
Tamil
Nadu-based
Arunachalam
Muruganantham,
who
created
affordable
sanitary
napkins
for
the
women
of
his
village.
The
film
released
today
and
the
director
is
looking
forward
to
the
audience
reaction,
both
positive
and
negative."I
don't
read
reviews,
but
I'm
ready
for
all
kinds
of
reactions
from
people."
"I
don't
get
angry
unless
people
write
silly
things,
neither
do
I
get
overwhelmed
by
something.
People
react
the
way
they
do
if
they
like
or
don't
like
something.
I'm
very
neutral
about
it."
The
director
insists
that
though
the
film,
also
featuring
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Radhika
Apte,
deals
with
menstrual
hygiene,
at
its
core
it
is
a
love
story.
"Anything
which
hasn't
been
done
before
is
an
opportunity
for
any
filmmaker.
This
subject
was
new.
But
one
has
to
be
sensitive
in
every
film,
in
every
topic.
It's
a
love
story,
but
it's
sensitive
too.
It's
not
hiding
anything
from
the
viewers,"
he
said.
Balki
was
speaking
at
a
special
screening
of
"Padman"
hosted
by
Nayantara
Jain,
President
of
IMC
ladies
wing,
yesterday.
Credits:
PTI