February 5, Abhishek Bachchan turns 35 this year and wishes to do more work with his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aishwarya Rai seems to be busy with her schedule with Guzaarish, Action Replay, Endhiran.

Abhishek Bachchan is also scheduled to appear in almost 5 filsm this year. He have also recently started up with the new TV show hosting National BINGO Night. This year seems to be good for Junior Bachchan.

Bollywood star son Abhishek Bachchan, who plays father to real life dad Amitabh Bachchan in R Balakrishnan’s upcoming movie Paa feels that it is a lifetime opportunity for him.

“This is a role of a lifetime. Very few actors get such an experience and opportunity especially a son to play father to his own Paa. We are only and perhaps the first actor father-son duo to have played themselves in a role reversal,” Abhishek told PTI in an interview.

He said that Paa, where Big B plays a 13-year-old boy suffering from progeria, a rare genetic disorder which accelerates ageing, is a simple, light hearted and happy film.

“Paa is not a film about progeria. It is a happy film about a father and his son and the sweet moments that they share,” Abhishek said.

“The genetic disorder is just the unique backdrop of the film… just like Mili where my mother (Jaya Bachchan) is suffering from a disease but the film was not about the illness,” he said.

Actors are known for frequently changing costumes in their films, but Abhishek Bachchan shot 90 per cent of his upcoming film Paa dressed in a single costume.

The junior Bachchan is seen wearing a white kurta pyjama for a major portion of film because he is playing the role of a politician, a production house source said.

To ensure that the clothes worn by the actor remain neat and clean, director R Balakrishnan had even ordered 10 sets of the same kurta pyjama.

Interestingly, for the remaining 10 per cent of the movie, the Abhishek had over thirty costume changes.

“Abhishek plays a young forward-thinking politician who follows in the footsteps of his father played by Paresh Rawal,” explains Balakrishnan.

By galatta
Friday Sep 25 6:51 PM
Ace director Mani Ratnam is busy wrapping up the schedule of his bilingual Raavan and Ashokavanam. The historic Malshej Ghat close to Pune is the venue of the long-drawn climax planned by the unit. Reportedly, Mani has asked music composer A.R. Rahman to add a family song which will involve all the big names of the movie – Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Prabhu, Govinda, Karthik, Aishwarya and Bipasha. The cameo of Bipasha is seen as one of the highlights by industry folks. Originally, it was offered to Nayantara but the actress turned it down citing some pressing reasons.

Amitabh Bachchan is said to have a very busy schedule and even at his age, he is probably busier than most of the younger stars. But these days, the actors seems to be on a short sabbatical of sorts in Singapore.

The actor is actually in Singapore to be at the side of his best friend Amar Singh, who is recuperating from a kidney transplant. But the actor is said to be really enjoying his break from work. It has probably been a long while since Big B took a proper vacation. Back home, there are filmmakers who are waiting eagerly for him to be back. One of them is Pritish Nandy’s son Kushan, who will be directing him in a film titled ‘Actor’, which also stars Kangana Ranaut. The film will be shot in parts of Europe. Composer Aadesh Srivastav will also be waiting for Big B to arrive and lend his voice to an album which is in the form of homage to the victims of 26/11. Meanwhile, Bachchan’s fans have a lot to look forward to as there are two of his films which will be up for release soon this year. The first of these is Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Aladin’, a fantasy flick which also stars Sanjay Dutt and Ritesh Deshmukh. The second is the much awaited movie R Balki’s ‘Pa’, which has Big B playing son to his son Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan. Big B is expected to return to Mumbai soon enough and resume his busy schedule.