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Abhishek Bachchan plans for a hot new bod!
To play the lead of a gangster in Businessman, Bachchan Jr needs to be in great shape and has three months to work out
Abhishek Bachchan prides himself on being able to transform himself into whatever role he takes on. In Guru, for instance, he gained a lot of weight, while in Paa he made himself look older and more serious than he really is. Now he has to get himself into the right shape, physically and mentally, to play a fast-moving, fast-talking, fast-thinking gangster in Puri Jagannadh’s many-pronged new project, Businessman. This is the story of a man who treats his racketeering ‘business’ like an organised corporation, but does get out from behind a desk to deal with some tough and exciting action sequences. Click here to read more1 Comment
My undying love affair
Why, after so many years, am I so in Bollywood’s thrall? It’s the stories, really. The ones you never see turned into films
Last week, a journalist asked me why, after nearly 20 years, I was still so enamoured of Bollywood. What was so compelling about the Hindi film industry? It’s the films, of course, but it’s also the outsized personalities, epic egos and the sheer, beguiling insanity of the place. Bollywood has the best stories—and I’m not talking about the ones on screen. Here are a few tales that I love to tell again and again. Click here to read moreRahul Bose in a new avatar
Rahul’s most hatke role in a long time…
Parallel cinema specialist Rahul Bose will be seen in Kuch Love Jaisa, a Hindi movie by debutante director Barnali Shukla (Saurabh Shukla’s wife), with Shefali Shah. It is said that he’s playing a street criminal, a ‘tapori gangster’ in the movie. Click here to read more
