Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan is an enigma, and leaves all his co-stars in awe of him. The latest to be completely bowled over by him is none other than Farhan Akhtar. Akhtar, who had previously directed Bachchan Sr in 'Lakshya', will be seen sharing screen space with him for the first time in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming 'Wazir'.
Akhtar said, “I was happy to spend time with him. We are all huge fans of him and grown up watching his films. I spoke to him a lot about the past, about him approaching other roles, about his association with Salim Saab and my father, how they worked together. We spoke a lot about 'Deewaar'. He is very witty, very funny.” The antagonist of the film, Neil Nitin Mukesh said he was extremely nervous when he was approached for the role. He said, “I had a mammoth task as my character had to intimidate Bachchan's character. I said how can you intimidate someone whose name itself intimidates you? But then I thought my career would be incomplete if I don't work with him, Vidhu Sir and the team.”
An action thriller starring Bachchan, Akhtar, Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham and Aditi Rao Hydari, 'Wazir' releases in cinemas worldwide on 8th January 2016, produced by Vinod Chopra Films and distributed by Reliance Entertainment
