Bachchan being sought to play a Scotland Yard cop 27th May 2006
21.30 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra wants Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to essay a very important role in his film based on the July 7 bomb blasts in London last year.
Even as Mundhra’s latest film Provoked is yet to hit the theatres, the filmmaker has already moved to his next project, titled ‘Shoot At Sight’. The film will basically look at the way the lives of Muslims living in Britain was affected after the near-simultaneous terror attacks in London’s tube stations and one bus in July last year. The attacks were carried by four Muslim youths who were British nationals.
Mundhra is already said to have signed the highly talented Naseeruddin Shah to play an Imam (head of a mosque) and Om Puri to play a meat shop owner in the film.
Now, the filmmaker wants Amitabh Bachchan to play a Scotland Yard officer of Pakistani origin. The character is said to be modeled on the real-life Scotland Yard assistant commissioner Tariq Gaffoor, who got much prominence after the July 7 attacks.
An IANS report quotes Mundhra as saying: “Amitabh Bachchan would be perfect for the role of a 55-year-old cop who has risen from the rank of constable to commander and is in line for the post of assistant commissioner of police when July 7 happens.”
It may also be remembered that in those days the London Police was given the special authority to shoot any terror suspect in order to prevent a terrorist attack. A Brazilian national was mistakenly killed in one such shooting.
There has been no confirmation whether Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to act in ‘Shoot At Sight’ or not.
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Bachchan being sought to play a Scotland Yard cop
