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Abhishek Bachchan: Saw Kahaani after I shot a chunk of Bob Biswas
Updated On: 08 March, 2022 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
Vying for the Best Actor: Film trophy in Hitlist OTT Awards for Bob Biswas, Abhishek on how he was unfamiliar with Saswata’s rendition of the hitman
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The film is a spin-off of the 2012 hit, Kahaani
Minutes into our chat, Abhishek Bachchan surprises us when he reveals that he watched Kahaani (2012) only during the lockdown in 2020. The spine-chilling character of Bob Biswas and the indelible performance of Saswata Chatterjee, he claims, were unknown to him until then. Bachchan walked blind into Bob Biswas (2021), the spin-off of Kahaani — a decision that has benefitted him. His performance as the unusual contract killer has earned him a Best Actor (Male): Film nomination at the mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards.
“When Sujoy [Ghosh, producer] met me, he said he’s thinking about making a film about a hitman who has lost his memory. I thought it’s an interesting premise. When he said Diya [Annapurna Ghosh] is directing it, I said yes before [hearing] the script. When she narrated it to me later, it turned out to be a cool script,” recounts the actor. While Chatterjee was embedded in our minds as the cold-blooded hitman, Bachchan had little idea about the original rendition. “I saw Kahaani during the lockdown, after we had shot a chunk of the film. I got to know months later that this was a character from Kahaani.”
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