Amitabh Bachchan to work with Anurag Kashyap

“I am delighted to be working with Anurag,a director,who has through his rugged belief in his kind of cinema compelled us to fall in line with him. I have a general concept of the story and anxiously wait for him to begin shooting,” Bachchan said.

The duo recently worked together on short film Bombay Talkies.

“I’m thrilled. Like everyone,I have also been a fan of Mr Bachchan from my growing up years. Though I wanted to make a film with him for the longest time,I wanted to be sure that the role is something he has never done before. While working on the short film with him,I got this idea,which we discussed and he agreed,” Kashyap said in a statement.

The movie will be produced by Phantom Films. PTI AYM

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