Filmmaker
Vikas
Bahl
has
managed
to
pull
off
an
interesting
casting
coup
in
his
upcoming
film
Goodbye.
The
film
stars
Bollywood
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
South
sensation
Rashmika
Mandanna
in
leading
roles.
Recently,
it
was
announced
that
veteran
actress
Neena
Gupta
has
been
roped
in
to
play
Big
B's
wife
in
the
film.
Now,
as
per
a
report
in
a
leading
entertainment
portal,
it
was
Amitabh
Bachchan
who
suggested
Neena
Gupta's
name
for
the
film.
A
Spotboye
report
quoted
a
source
close
to
the
Bollywood
star
as
saying,
"In
recent
years
he
has
been
progressively
feeling
the
scarcity
of
co-stars.
Actresses
like
Jaya
Prada
and
Dimple
Kapadia
have
been
paired
with
Bachchan
Saab
once
too
often.
He
needed
a
fresh
co-star,
and
Neena
Gupta
seems
just
right."
The
report
further
stated
that
Mr
Bachchan
was
keen
to
have
Neena
Gupta
on
board
as
he
was
impressed
with
her
career-changing
performance
in
2018
film
Badhaai
Ho.
A
friend
of
Big
B
told
the
portal,
"That
time
has
come
now.
Mr
Bachchan
and
Neenaji
would
be
the
hottest
autumnal
couple
since
Clint
Eastwood
and
Meryl
Streep
in
Bridges
Of
Madison
County."
Earlier,
Neena
Gupta
had
expressed
her
excitement
about
being
a
part
of
Goodbye
in
a
statement
and
said,
"When
Vikas
narrated
the
film
to
me,
I
was
so
happy.
It
is
a
wonderful
script
and
one
doesn't
think
about
anything
else,
when
the
script
is
this
exciting.
Even
the
role
is
beautifully
written
and
I
am
very
excited
to
be
sharing
the
screen
space
with
Mr.
Bachchan.
It
is
a
dream
come
true
for
me
and
I
am
quite
ecstatic
about
it."
Goodbye
recently
went
on
floors
in
Mumbai.
If
the
buzz
is
to
be
believed,
this
Amitabh-Rashmika
starrer
is
a
father-daughter
story
which
revolves
around
the
protagonist's
journey
of
self-discovery
with
undertones
of
humour.