“Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag” has bombed at the box office, but that hasn’t deterred Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan from wanting to work again with the director.
“Yes, he (Varma) wants to do ‘Time Machine’ with Abhishek and me. I’m comfortable working with Ramu. So why not another film? I haven’t done a sci-fi before,” Amitabh told IANS.
And he also defends the director’s take of the 1975 classic “Sholay”.
“I don’t know why so much is being made out this. That someone decided to remake it (”Sholay’) is a great compliment to the original. Nobody questions filmmakers who do so many varied interpretations of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Romeo & Juliet’. When Vishal Bharadwaj makes ‘Maqbool’ or ‘Omkara’ he’s praised for how well he has adapted Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann has done a very contemporary version of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. Then why not Ramu for re-interpreting ‘Sholay’.”
On the personal front he is happy to have Aishwarya as his daughter-in-law, but says that nobody can take his daughter Shweta’s place.
“No one can Shweta’s place in my life. She’s my daughter. But, yes, my bahu is like another daughter in the house,” said Amitabh.
Excerpts from the interview:
You’re a month away from your 65th birthday. How do you look back on the year?
Well, I think every year has its positives and negatives. It started with my son announcing his decision to get married. Then I got the Legion of Honour from the French government, then the marriage (of Abhishek), and Aishwarya as the bahu in the house. Now the National award for “Black” and another doctorate from Leeds University… such wonderful things happening.
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