Post by 007singh on Dec 15, 2006 12:54:03 GMT
quick interview with abhishek on Guru!
007 Singh: Do you look at Guru as a biopic or a love story?
Abhishek Bachchan: It is a love story within a biopic. It’s not very tough when you have a director like Mani Ratnam who is very precise about what he wants and more than precise about what he needs. He is a director who is willing to involve his actors into the script of the film to such a degree that you get to contribute a lot and build something good.
007 singh: You have put on 11 kg for this film, was that tough?
Abhishek Bachchan: It is very tough actually. Initially you think that this would be a ‘cakewalk,’ no pun intended, but after about a week when you pile on the kilos it becomes very demanding. But then it was what Mani had demanded and asked me to deliver long time ago.
007 Singh: There is going to be a slew of Abhishek Bachchan films, Umrao Jaan last week, now Guru and then Dhoom 2. Good times looking up for you?
Abhishek Bachchan: I have always believed if you can’t beat them with quality, kill them with quantity. Don’t give them a choice and they would love you. The date of release is not in my hands, it’s up to the producers. It just so happens that every year there is a period where about four-five of my films come up at the same time. I am keeping my fingers crossed, we have worked very hard on all these films whether its Umrao Jaan, Dhoom 2 or Guru. Let’s hope for the best and see what happens.
007 Singh: Trust me, no one is really complaining about getting an extra dose of Abhishek Bachchan on the celluloid platter. Thank you for talking to us at punjab 2000.
Synopsis,
Idhar village, Gujarat.
Don't dream. Dreams never come true, my father, the headmaster of our village school often told me when I was a young boy. But I did dream. As I grew, so did my dreams. Bigger than my outstreatched arms, bigger than my small house, bigger than my village.
I loved Idhar. It was quiet, peaceful, lazy and green. But I knew that my destiny was beyond this village...
I knew that my destiny had to be made by me.Guru.