Amitabh Bachchan to recreate Pag Ghunghroo magic in Aladin

The comic moves and classic attire of Amitabh Bachchan donned in the popular song ‘Pag Ghunghroo’ is back. The magical feel of the number that took nation by the storm will be recreated with superstar Amitabh shaking-a-leg again for the song.

Twenty-seven years after the song went to rule the charts, filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is all set to recreate the magic in his film ‘Aladin’. The film that stars Amitabh in the lead role will have him grooving to a song dressed in the same attire as his previous hit.

Amitabh will be seen wearing a white ‘kurta’ and pink ‘pagdi’ that is strikingly similar to the one he wore in the Prakash Mehra’s film. In this sequence, Jacqueline Fernandes (Jasmine) is trying to woo Riteish (Aladin) while Amitabh Bachchan (Genius) keeps popping into the scene at various points.

Big B says no to Projects with Dear Son Abhishek

Bollywood is finding it hard to believe but it appears to be true that superstar Amitabh Bachchan has refused to work with beloved son Abhishek in the much-awaited flick ‘Aladin’.

Sujoy Ghosh, the director of Aladin wanted to rope in Abhishek Bachchan for Aladin. Sujoy had narrated the film’s script to Big B, after which Big B requested Sujoy not to cast Abhishek in the role. Instead he recommended Riteish Deshmukh for the same.

Amitabh wishes to work with fresh faces in filmdom so has requested Sujoy not to cast Abhishek for the role Big B supposedly said that since he and his son are already working together in ‘Pa’, he is looking forward to work with someone else this time.

Amitabh writes on Aladin’ again and a song

On the sets of ‘Aladin’ again and a song !! This is the latest blog entry by Amitabh Bachchan.There are exclusive the-making-of-Aladin pics, plus loads of info. Excerpts...

“...Petrified! Songs have always been a nightmare for me. But more of that later. The above stills are from ‘Aladin’. The climax song. The first, at the start of song and the second with all the dirt on the coat, the start of the action...

The story is contemporary but set in a fantasy world of make belief. The dresses are modern or well, seemingly modern but the surroundings and the settings, larger than life and imagined...

My role is that of the genie and yes I will appear at the rub of the lamp to fulfill the three wishes of the one that carries the object of desire.”