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Abhishek Bachchan on playing Harshad Mehta: We haven’t tried to whitewash him
Updated On: 30 March, 2021 09:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Bringing a fictionalised tale inspired by Harshad Mehta in The Big Bull, Abhishek Bachchan says moral responsibility to not glorify the protagonist rests with the director and actors.
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Abhishek Bachchan in The Big Bull.
In early 2019, Abhishek Bachchan’s neighbour-friend Ajay Devgn called him to discuss a film he was producing. “He calls me only when he knows something is special. He is like an elder brother. Out of my love and respect for him, it’ll be a blind yes,” begins Bachchan, recounting how director Kookie Gulati, writer Arjun Dhawan, Devgn and he came together to create the world of The Big Bull, and more importantly, the character of Hemant Shah. “Ajay never accepts a blind yes. Kookie and Arjun (Writer) came over for narration and they walked me through the graph. It was intriguing because it was set in economically turbulent times. This is the triumphant story of that one man who wanted to make a difference. That attracted me to The Big Bull and the story developed thereon. Kookie’s vision was clear about the journey of a man with big dreams in his eyes, being sure that this is an emotional journey for the audience rather than getting trapped in the technicalities of the story itself. The basic DNA of the script was very clear.”
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