Kookie
Gulati,
who
is
gearing
up
for
the
release
of
The
Big
Bull,
recently
opened
up
about
the
film
and
his
directorial
career.
The
anticipated
film
based
on
the
controversial
stockbroker,
Harshad
Mehta,
stars
Abhishek
Bachchan
in
the
lead
role
alongside
Ileana
D'Cruz,
Nikita
Dutta,
Sohum
Shah
and
Saurabh
Shukla
in
pivotal
roles.
The
film
set
to
release
on
Disney
Plus
Hotstar
is
not
the
first
time
Harshad
Mehta's
story
is
being
told
on
screen.
Back
in
2020,
Hansal
Mehta's
web
show
Scam
1992
created
quite
the
stir
with
Pratik
Gandhi's
portrayal
of
Harshad
Mehta.
After
The
Big
Bull's
trailer
release,
many
fans
compared
Partik's
performance
with
Abhishek's.
However,
Kookie
Gulati
had
a
special
reason
for
casting
Abhishek
in
the
role.
He
said
that
he
was
impressed
by
Abhishek's
performance
in
Guru
(2007)
but
"that's
not
the
only
reason." Praising
Junior
Bachchan
for
his
previous
performances
in
films
like
Yuva
and
Raavan,
he
added,
"If
you
give
this
man
a
detailed
character
and
something
that
he
can
sink
his
teeth
into,
he
has
always
done
a
phenomenal
job!
And
the
kind
of
arch
this
character
(Hemant
Shah)
of
mine
has,
you
need
somebody
who
has
the
intensity
and
somebody
who
can
give
you
a
spectrum."
Revealing
Abhishek
as
one
of
the
top
choices,
Gulati
told
Free
Press
Journal,
"I
believe
all
humans
are
grey
-
nobody
is
black
or
white.
They
show
their
shades
at
the
right
time
and
I
think
Abhishek
was
definitely
one
of
my
top
choices."
Talking
about
the
film,
director
Gulati
said
he
was
inspired
by
many
that
changed
the
financial
fabric
of
the
country.
But
most
of
all
he
was
inspired
by
his
own
father.
Talking
about
what
he
wants
the
youth
to
learn
from
The
Big
Bull,
he
shared
what
his
father
taught
him.
"Rather
than
making
it
big,
one
should
know
how
to
make
it.
But
also
realise,
how
the
ego
can
go
to
your
head.
This
is
something
I
wanted
to
tell
the
youth
of
our
country," he
added.
The
Big
Bull
is
all
set
to
release
on
Disney
Plus
Hotstar
on
April
8,
2021.