Amitabh Bachchan To Play Himself In Vikram Gokhale's Marathi Film 'AB Ani CD'
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is set to make a guest appearance in veteran actor-theatre personality Vikram Gokhale's upcoming Marathi film, directed and penned by Milind Lele.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
is
set
to
make
a
guest
appearance
in
veteran
actor-theatre
personality
Vikram
Gokhale's
upcoming
Marathi
film,
directed
and
penned
by
Milind
Lele.
The
76-year-old
actor
will
be
playing
himself
in
the
film,
titled
"AB
Ani
CD",
the
makers
of
the
movie
said.
"Bachchan
sir
is
playing
himself
in
the
film.
He
will
be
seen
as
a
megastar
and
the
role
is
about
15-minutes-long,"
producer
Akshay
Bardapurkar
told
PTI.
Bardapurkar
said
it
was
Gokhale
who
recommended
Bachchan's
name
for
the
film.
"We
narrated
the
story
to
Mr
Gokhale
first
and
it
was
him
who
suggested
that
Mr
Bachchan
would
be
suitable
for
a
role
like
this
(of
an
star).
"He
made
the
call
to
him
and
that's
when
we
went
and
met
Bachchan
sir
and
he
immediately
agreed
to
be
a
part
of
our
film,"
he
added.
In
the
film,
Bachchan
and
Gokhale
will
be
seen
as
childhood
friends.
"They
both
start
their
journey
together.
Bachchan
sir
and
Ghokale
sir
are
school
friends
and
they
meet
almost
after
70
years
for
a
birthday
party,"
Akshay
added.
Talking
about
the
film's
title,
Bardapurkar
said,
"AB
stands
for
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
CD
for
Gokhale's
character,
who
is
called
Chandrakant
Deshpande."
The
upcoming
family-comedy
drama
will
release
in
December
this
year.
Bachchan
and
Gokhale,
78,
have
previously
featured
together
in
cult
films
like
Agneepath
and
Khuda
Gawah.
Bachchan,
who
started
shooting
for
"AB
Ani
CD" on
Tuesday,
is
also
working
on
Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt-starrer
Brahmastra,
Sairat
fame
Nagraj
Manjule's
Hindi
directorial
debut
Jhund,
a
family
comedy
titled
Gulabo
Sitabo
with
Ayushmann
Khurrana;
and
thriller
Chehre
with
Emraan
Hashmi.