Saswata
Chatterjee's
portrayal
of
a
hitman
Bob
Biswas
in
Vidya
Balan's
Kahaani
has
achieved
a
cult
status
over
the
years.
Recently
when
this
popular
character
got
a
standalone
spin-off
Bob
Biswas,
the
makers
roped
in
Abhishek
Bachchan
to
play
the
role
of
the
assassin.
Recently
in
a
tete-a-tete
with
Hindustan
Times,
Saswata
opened
up
on
getting
replaced
by
Abhishek
Bachchan
in
Bob
Biswas
and
said,
"I
thought
Bob
met
with
an
accident
and
was
dead."
On
being
asked
if
he
was
disappointed
with
the
makers'
decision
of
replacing
him
in
the
spin-off,
Chatterjee
said,
"Why
should
I
be
disappointed?
They
are
making
it
for
the
Hindi
market;
they
will
look
for
a
bigger
name.
I
did
the
film
in
2012,
why
will
I
be
bothered
about
it
being
made
in
2021?
I
did
several
characters
in
between.
If
I
was
upset
I
would
have
come
out
and
given
so
many
statements.
(But)
I
didn't
bother."
He
went
on
to
say
that
he
is
proud
of
himself
of
making
this
character
so
iconic
that
someone
like
Abhishek
Bachchan
stepped
into
his
shoes.
"I
was
proud
of
myself
because
I
just
did
a
role
for
10
minutes.
If
a
full-length
feature
film
is
happening
with
someone
whose
name
is
Abhishek
Bachchan,
then
I'm
indeed
proud," the
tabloid
quoted
him
as
saying.
Chatterjee
further
revealed
that
neither
Abhishek
Bachchan
nor
Sujoy
Ghosh
reached
out
to
him
when
they
were
working
on
Bob
Biswas
and
added,
"When
a
character
is
played
by
two
different
people
it
should
be
played
in
two
different
ways.
Say,
James
Bond.
Every
actor
has
played
it
differently
and
we
should
accept
that.
Bob
has
become
a
franchise
like
James
Bond.
So
you
should
go
to
a
movie
hall
with
an
open
mind."
When
asked
his
views
about
the
makers
casting
Abhishek
in
the
film,
the
actor
said
that
he
won't
be
able
to
comment
on
it
since
he
has
seen
any
visual
of
the
film.
"I
have
full
sympathy
for
Abhishek.
I
love
Abhishek
because
even
I'm
a
star
son.
So
I
understand
what
he
has
gone
through
his
entire
acting
career," he
told
the
leading
daily.
Helmed
by
Diya
Annapurna
Ghosh
and
written
by
Sujoy
Ghosh,
Bob
Biswas
revolves
around
the
titular
character,
a
hitman
who
comes
out
of
a
prolonged
coma
and
suffers
a
moral
dilemma
as
he
struggles
to
recall
his
identity.