He has always led a very reticent and reserved, exclusive life. He keeps getting bullied by his seniors who are tougher and stronger than him. He (Aladin) is a weak and timid person in college. Aladin’s parents were looking out for something, which would bring world peace and then it gets lost and they get demolished. The lamp has been integrated in a peculiar way. The location is interesting because it’s a make believe though it is contemporary. And I must say that the facts of the old story are just there in few places - there is the lamp, there is Aladin and there is the genie, and that’s it. Rajeev Masand: From an audience perspective what’s interesting is that it’s a modern take in an old fable and something to reconnect with that we have grown up with, isn’t it?Īmitabh Bachchan: Absolutely. It made a lot of sense and I just said fine, we will do it. It had an old world charm because of the association with the story of Alladin and the Magic Lamp, but also because it was being contemporarised. The moment I heard the story, I felt very attracted to it because it was very simple yet very cute. One particular idea that he was very persistent, it was not AladinAladin.

Rajeev Masand: Mr Bachchan, can you describe your reaction when the director of Aladin Sujoy Ghose approached you to be a part of this film?Īmitabh Bachchan: Actually, I’ll have to a little further back when Sujoy had been chasing me for several reasons to do films with him. Rajeev Masand: Amitabh Bachchan, welcome to the show.Īmitabh Bachchan: Thank you so much Rajeev.

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