He is already all set to play the role of Dharmendra in the remake of Sholay , to be directed by Ram Gopal Varma , and now reports are that Abhishek has been zeroed in upon to play another important role.
NRI filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra is making a movie on the life of Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party. Mundhra is basing the movie on the biography of Sonia Gandhi written by Rasheed Kidwai, as a part of a British government's program "Bollywood Initiative".
Earlier, Preity Zinta was reported to play Sonia. However, the filmmaker found it better to sign Italian actress and Hollywood stunner Monica Bellucci to act, as Sonia so that the latter's life and surroundings look like real.
Sonia's life from 1960 to 2004 is likely to be depicted in the movie. Since Amitabh Bachchan and his family was very close to the Gandhi family, Mundhra thought of casting Big B in it too. But, Bachchan being too old to be cast opposite Monica Bellucci, Mundhra might now rope in Amitabh's son Abhishek who is quite young and thus perfect for the role.
So now you may see Abhishek opposite Monica Bellucci in the film.
But the question is will papa Bachchan give his approval to Abhishek for the role, as now things are not exactly hunky and dory between the Bachchans and the Gandhis.
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