When asked whether he would consider casting his son Adam or beti Pooja, he said, My cast is not yet finalised. In the past Kabir (who has also acted in the Bond film Octopussy) had French and Italian women swooning over him when he played the lead in a popular adventure series on European TV called Sandokan.
Incidentally, Bedi was specially invited at the recently concluded India International Film Convention 2003 convened by Anil Nagrath. Addressing the media, the actor remarked: Its ironical that we have the largest showbiz industry in the world but our marketing network globally is quite disorganised. We need a professional breed of market-savvy movie agents, like in the West, and more international film festivals. Bedi also plays Emperor Shah Jehan in Akbar Khans historical movie Taj Mahal The Story of Eternal Love.
Amitabhs bachchpan?
Those who have seen sneak previews of Boom cannot get over Amitabh Bachchans wacky performance where he displays childish
idiosyncrasies.
Although he plays the dreaded don Bade Mia, he freaks out on a kiddy tricycle in a supermarket in Dubai and steals comics from the counter. His sweetheart, played by Zeenat Aman (incidentally they were cast together in Don) reminds him that when he is the owner of the superstore, why does he have to flick stuff?
Then there is the flipside to ABs natkhat bachpana where he has some sizzling scenes with glamorous Padma Lakshmi even as he masterminds the mafia operations to recover the stolen diamonds.
Manisha will play Indira
Producer Nittin Keni (Gadar) was quite perturbed over a Sessions Court case filed by a small-time actor challenging him over the decision to cast Manisha Koirala in the role of the late Indira Gandhi.
As a sex-worker: Manisha in a scene from MarketThe historical movie titled Indira Gandhi A Tryst with Destiny is being directed by veteran filmmaker N Chandra (Tezaab). According to the character actor Naseem Khans allegation, Manisha is the wrong choice because she has always been surrounded by controversy and she is now playing a commercial sex-worker in the Hindi movie Market.
Argues Keni, Every actor or actress has the right to play a variety of roles in their career to prove their versatility. Why has it been ignored that Manisha also played heart-warming roles in movies like Khamoshi and 1942 A Love Story.
In fact, Ajay Devgan is such a fantastic actor that he could play an underworld don in Company, a dreaded criminal in Qayamat and yet walk away with the National Award for his sterling performance as the legendary martyr Bhagat Singh. And for those cynics pointing fingers that Manisha is originally a Nepali citizen, they need to be reminded that a British actor, Ben Kingsley, played the role of Mahatma Gandhi. So our choice of Manisha is final and firm for playing the late Indirajis role, asserts Keni.
