Abhishek Bachchan was offered the role of 'Bob Biswas' in 'Kahaani' almost a decade ago but had to decline. The film was a sleeper smash, and the character, played by Saswata Chatterjee, became so popular that the character was given its own feature.
Bachchan now acts alongside Chitrangda Singh as 'Bob Biswas' in the film of the same name. When asked if he has any regrets about leaving 'Kahaani', he told Hindustan Times, 바카라There is no way to answer this question without stepping on people바카라s toes but I바카라ll try. In all fairness and honesty, I didn바카라t know that he was offering me the role of Bob Biswas in 'Kahaani'. Yes, it바카라s true that we had spoken, as we have been for the last two decades about doing a film together.바카라
바카라He had told me a plotline, the story idea that he had, which at that point I couldn바카라t do because I was about to leave for an outdoor (shoot) for a movie I did, 'Bol Bachchan'. Due to my unavailability, he went and made that film (with someone else). That film happened to be 'Kahaani', I didn바카라t know it was going to be 'Kahaani' and the role he was offering me turned out to be 'Bob Biswas'. I am not somebody who believes in regrets, you get what you deserve. You can바카라t live your life in regret and keep looking over your shoulder all the time,바카라 Bachchan added.
Bachchan expressed his delight at the role of 'Bob Biswas' being revived." I was more than happy when he came to me because it was a great role. I don바카라t know any actor who would say no to a role like this,바카라 he said.
Saif Ali Khan stepped into Bachchan's shoes in 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' earlier this month. Bachchan takes over from Chatterjee as the insurance agent who moonlights as a hired assassin in 'Bob Biswas'. 바카라It바카라s immaterial what I think, it really doesn바카라t matter. At the end of the day, the audience that goes and watches the film is going to decide whether they like the film or not. Contrary to what we actors like to believe, it isn바카라t all about us. It is about the film.바카라 Bachchan replied when he was asked about what he thought of it.
Junior Bachchan urged the audience to give 'Bob Biswas' a 바카라fair chance바카라. 바카라If you enjoy the film, you get your answer right there,바카라 he said. He added that it would be 바카라premature바카라 to form an opinion based on the trailer alone.
He stated it was a conscious decision not to put on a Bengali accent in his depiction of 'Bob Biswas'. 바카라Just because you are from Kolkata, doesn바카라t mean you have to sound Bengali all the time. I am from Mumbai, I don바카라t sound Marathi. We were very clear that we wanted to stay away from that. Barring one phrase, which is kind of like his taqiya kalam (signature phrase) - 바카라nomoshkaar바카라 - which only comes once in the film.Even Chitrangda바카라s character Mary to our children in the film, there is no attempt at an accent or any such thing. Kolkata is a character in the film, which is the backdrop, the setting of our story,바카라 he said.
The greatest obstacle, according to Bachchan, was maintaining the weight he put on for 'Bob Biswas' throughout the lockdown. 바카라I had put on a crazy amount of weight. I had become between 100-105 kilos and it was very difficult to keep on during the lockdown. You have to understand that during the lockdown, we were leading a very enclosed life, we can바카라t move around too much. So having that kind of weight which your body is not used to is very, very difficult.바카라
While his father, Amitabh Bachchan, was effusive in his admiration for the 'Bob Biswas' video, Bachchan stated the rest of his family was "reserved." 바카라The ladies of the house (his mother Jaya Bachchan, wife Aishwarya Rai and sister Shweta Bachchan) are very reserved with their comments because they don바카라t like to say anything that will not come true. So they like to keep quiet till the film comes out. But I still get food when I go home, I haven바카라t been thrown out, so I presume it바카라s okay,바카라 he said.
바카라Well, she has seen me throughout the making of the film, so nothing adverse that way. She found it quite cute, actually. She doesn바카라t really know what Bob does (laughs),바카라 Bachchan stated when asked about his daughter Aaradhya's reaction to witnessing him as a killing machine.
'Bob Biswas', according to Abhishek Bachchan, was conceived as a theatrical release. 바카라Obviously, we would love to see it on screen but the circumstances are what they are. There is something else that you have to consider, that there is a huge business side to it that comes into play. We are talking about a film which already had to wait for 10 months and the producer had to foot that bill,바카라 he said.
Abhishek Bachchan discussed the differences between big-screen and over-the-top (OTT) films. According to him, the latter must be constantly engaged. 바카라You can바카라t bore them for more than a minute because if it is more than a minute, I believe they press that button and they are out of there, gone.바카라
'Bob Biswas', on the other hand, is considered by Bachchan to be in the sweet spot between cinema and OTT. 바카라It was written for the big screen but it seamlessly and perfectly fits into the kind of content that is being consumed on OTT. I think the subject matter, the approach, the execution is something that seamlessly fits perfectly in the OTT space. We have all been very lucky to get an opportunity to collaborate with Zee5,바카라 he said.
