First draft of Kahaani featured Abhishek Bachchan as Bob Biswas Sujoy Ghosh
Mumbai Nov 22 PTI Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has revealed that he had approached Abhishek Bachchan for the role of menacing contact killer Bob Biswas while making his acclaimed thriller Kahaani but the actor couldnt do the film due to scheduling issuesThe 2012 thriller was headlined by actor Vidya Balan who played Vidya Bagchi a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in KolkataPlayed by actor Saswata Chatterjee Bob Biswas –an LIC agent who moonlighted as a cold-blooded contract killer– became the breakout character from the filmIn an interview with PTI Sujoy said the first draft of the film focused on the characters of Vidya Bagchi and Bob Biswas but later underwent a change as Bachchan couldnt do the filmThe first draft of Kahaani that I ever wrote was about this pregnant woman coming to Kolkata looking for her missing husband and she meets this one man at the airport who takes pitty on her and helps her to find her husbandBut that man was conflicted He couldnt understand why would someone want to kill this woman- because he was given the contract to kill So Bagchi and Bob come at the same time The director said in his original draft the film explored the conflict of Bob who is intrigued why would someone would hire him to kill a helpless innocent womanBob helps her to find her husband without understanding why is he doing it The curiosity that why would someone want to kill her gets to himI had given this script to this actor who was so busy at that time he couldnt do it Then I thought lets make it about Vidya Bagchi only keep him out he addedWhen Sujoy started working on the spin-off Bob Biswas he went back to Bachchan to play the titular partWhen I started creating the new Bob I went back to that same person and asked him if he would do it now if he has the dates He immediately said yes That was AbhishekWhen I was thinking of the new one he just happened He was always the first Bob when we wrote the first draft which never happened Backed by superstar Shah Rukh Khans Red Chillies Entertainment along with Sujoys Boundscript Production the film is directed by Diya Annapurna GhoshThe filmmaker said with Bob Biswas his intention was to create a character like a James Bond which doesnt depend on any one actorI thought it would be exciting if we can take someone like Bob and create a completely new character which establishes Bob rather than an actor Its a character and itll go on may be like how Don or James Bond areCreating that character and the world was exciting Because we wanted to create a character it was a concious decision to go with someone fresh he addedBob Biswas is set to premiere on streaming service ZEE5 on December 3 PTI JUR SHD SHD
Mumbai Nov 22 PTI Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has revealed that he had approached Abhishek Bachchan for the role of menacing contact killer Bob Biswas while making his acclaimed thriller Kahaani but the actor couldnt do the film due to scheduling issuesThe 2012 thriller was headlined by actor Vidya Balan who played Vidya Bagchi a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband in KolkataPlayed by actor Saswata Chatterjee Bob Biswas –an LIC agent who moonlighted as a cold-blooded contract killer– became the breakout character from the filmIn an interview with PTI Sujoy said the first draft of the film focused on the characters of Vidya Bagchi and Bob Biswas but later underwent a change as Bachchan couldnt do the filmThe first draft of Kahaani that I ever wrote was about this pregnant woman coming to Kolkata looking for her missing husband and she meets this one man at the airport who takes pitty on her and helps her to find her husbandBut that man was conflicted He couldnt understand why would someone want to kill this woman- because he was given the contract to kill So Bagchi and Bob come at the same time The director said in his original draft the film explored the conflict of Bob who is intrigued why would someone would hire him to kill a helpless innocent womanBob helps her to find her husband without understanding why is he doing it The curiosity that why would someone want to kill her gets to himI had given this script to this actor who was so busy at that time he couldnt do it Then I thought lets make it about Vidya Bagchi only keep him out he addedWhen Sujoy started working on the spin-off Bob Biswas he went back to Bachchan to play the titular partWhen I started creating the new Bob I went back to that same person and asked him if he would do it now if he has the dates He immediately said yes That was AbhishekWhen I was thinking of the new one he just happened He was always the first Bob when we wrote the first draft which never happened Backed by superstar Shah Rukh Khans Red Chillies Entertainment along with Sujoys Boundscript Production the film is directed by Diya Annapurna GhoshThe filmmaker said with Bob Biswas his intention was to create a character like a James Bond which doesnt depend on any one actorI thought it would be exciting if we can take someone like Bob and create a completely new character which establishes Bob rather than an actor Its a character and itll go on may be like how Don or James Bond areCreating that character and the world was exciting Because we wanted to create a character it was a concious decision to go with someone fresh he addedBob Biswas is set to premiere on streaming service ZEE5 on December 3 PTI JUR SHD SHD
