Aparna Sen, India's one of the prominent art house cinema makers will rope in Abhishek Bachchan for her first mainstream Hindi movie, Gulel. Sen who is in the process of post production of her latest The Japanese Wife with Rahul Bose and Raima Sen said
For Gulel I really want Abhishek and I know Abhishek wants to do the role. He has said yes. In fact, earlier on he had even allotted dates when the late Ismail Merchant's nephew Naeem wanted to make it. Abhishek told Naeem that if Aparna Sen is doing Gulel he'd do it. Then Ismail died and the project fell apart. But I'm ready to make Gulel with Abhishek as soon as he gives the dates.
If Sen is keen to cast Jaya Bachchan's son for the movie, Abhishek Bachchan also says he has an affinity towards Bengali literature and culture. He said
At the moment, there're lots of films under consideration. I'm on the verge of completing Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. That was great fun. I've known the director Pradeep Sarkar from before. We've done a couple of ads before. It was a very sweet unit. Before I joined them, they had already started the shooting. But I immediately felt at home. And, yes, there were lots of Bengalis, including my mom, the director and Rani, who's a good friend, on the sets.
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