08 March,2022 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
The film is a spin-off of the 2012 hit, Kahaani
"When Sujoy [Ghosh, producer] met me, he said he's thinking about making a film about a hitman who has lost his memory. I thought it's an interesting premise. When he said Diya [Annapurna Ghosh] is directing it, I said yes before [hearing] the script. When she narrated it to me later, it turned out to be a cool script," recounts the actor. While Chatterjee was embedded in our minds as the cold-blooded hitman, Bachchan had little idea about the original rendition. "I saw Kahaani during the lockdown, after we had shot a chunk of the film. I got to know months later that this was a character from Kahaani."
The most challenging part was the physical transformation. The actor, who became a portly 100 kilos, says the appearance was crucial to the character. "Bob's takia kalam [greeting] is âNomoshkar, Bob Biswas. Ek minute.' I wanted to figure out where this âek minute' came from. [It was justified] in the scene where he is running up the stairs to catch up with the elevator, and [since he is heavy], he is trying to catch his breath."
Most actors are critical of their work. Did he analyse his performance after the thriller's release to see what he could have done differently? "In the climax, after the two hitmen kill Bob's wife and son, he holds them in his arms. In that moment, his world is taken away from him. That's why he becomes the cold-blooded murderer after that. I could have perhaps portrayed the scene in a more emotional way."
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Abhishek Bachchan has been nominated in the Best Actor (Male): Film category for Bob Biswas. The other nominees are:
. Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger)
. Dhanush (Atrangi Re)
. Farhan Akhtar (Toofaan)
. Sidharth Malhotra (Shershaah)
. Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham)
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