Ram Gopal Varma’s Department with Big B as a Gangster-Turned-Politician

Posted by admin on Oct 3rd, 2010 | 0 comments

The never-ever-quit director Ram Gopal Varma is all set to embark on his new project ‘Department,’ which he is very gung-ho about. One of the reasons for his enthusiasm is that he has roped in Amitabh Bachchan to play a gangster turned politician in the film. It is believed to be the most expensive RGV production till date and for a change, Ramu will be paying more attention to the script. .

The shooting for the film will begin early next year. Citing the developments, Ramu says, “All I can tell you at the moment is that Mr. Bachchan plays a gangster turned politician in Department. Whom he’s modelled on is open to conjecture and I am certainly not telling. There’re too many misconceptions floating around about the project. Mr. Bachchan is not playing a cop in Department. It is not a sequel to Company (I wonder where that came from) nor a prequel to Ab Tak Chappan.”

Ramu wants the Big B’s character to be a kind of a super-hero with a mass-appeal “I’ve always seen Mr. Bachchan as a hero of the masses. I want him to be cast as larger-than-life hero in Department.”

Abhishek Bachchan who too, plays a part in the film, in the role of a cop will be share a pupil-mentor relationship in the film with none other than Sanjay Dutt. In ‘Department’, Abhishek will not be playing son to Big B as he had played in the ‘Sarkar’ series.

When asked about his role in Department, Mr. Bachchan said, “Oh is that what Ramu has cast me as in Department? I’ve not yet discussed the antecedents of my role with him.”