Amitabh Bachchan to do Hollywood film for free

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a special appearance in the remake of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The actor said that he will act for free in his Hollywood debut also starring Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Isla Fisher.
Apparently, Big B has waived off his fee for the role in the film. The actor, who will play the character of Meyer Wolfsheim, a Jewish gambler, will be seen in merely one scene and hence insisted on doing the role for free. The Great Gatsby is a classic novel written by F Scott Fitzgerald which talks about life post World War I.

The legendary actor, who has finally got a breakthrough in Hollywood with Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann’s new film, will waive his fee for the role

Luhrmann has already begun shooting the film in Australia which will be made in 3D at a budget of $126m. Luhrmann had met up with Amitabh last year, “Baz Luhrmann during his private visit to India, had dropped by my office to meet me and presented me with some paintings of a prominent painter that was accompanying him,” Bachchan wrote in his blog. “He called last month and wondered if I would do this small role in his film and I agreed. It is a friendly gesture,” he added. Big B went to Sydney for the script reading and dress rehearsal with the rest of the cast and crew of the film. “It has been a wonderful experience to be a part of their system and to observe with what detail and diligence they work,” he wrote. In an interview earlier, Luhrmann also spoke of his excitement to have Amitabh on board for his film. The director had also expressed his love for Bollywood movies and songs.

Amitabh Bachchan favours Indian cricket team

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is in favor of Indian cricketers even after the fact that they have lost the tag of being number one in test cricket. India has lost three test matches back to back in the four Test match series with England which started off on 21st July.

Team India is facing lot of criticism and there is much hue and cry of them losing three matches to England along with the World No.1 Test crown. Despite of this situation, Amitabh Bachchan is in support of Indian team and believes that rubbing them off completely after the loss is a ruthless way of dealing with the situation.

He wrote on a micro blogging site, “For years and till not too far away, our cricket team and its captain (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni were the masters. One loss in England and suddenly they are incompetent. People reaction is as subtle and as ruthless as this”.

He further wrote, “It requires immense acumen to be where they put you and in some manner to maintain it. Some understand the futility and the improbability of the situation and reconcile to it. Others and many others do not. Once there, they believe they are there and nowhere else. This is not entirely an adverse situation. It is quite possible that it thrives too. Others succumb to the moment, understand and accept. This is not entirely wrong too. Both can co exist; it’s a matter of reconciling with its complexity”.

Well, you are absolutely correct sir!