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Rohit Roy reprises Big B's role in 'Abhimaan' adjustment
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New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Actor-director Rohit Roy is all set to footfall into Amitabh Bachchan's shoes for the Bengali adjustment of 1973 hit blur "Abhimaan", best remembered for its songs like "Teri bindiya re" and accomplished performances by the Big B and Jaya Bachchan.

"I'm accomplishing a above activity alleged 'Pa Ma Ga Re Sa', which is a avant-garde agreeable adulation story.

It will be my aboriginal Bengali blur and it is appropriate because it is based on 'Abhimaan'. It is basically an adjustment of the film," Rohit told IANS over buzz from Mumbai.

"The blur has Gauri Karnik, who was apparent in 'Sur' before. And above Miss India (Earth) Reshmi Ghosh will be apparent as the added woman. It is getting directed by Surajit Dhar," he added.

The aboriginal agenda of the blur has already been attempt and Rohit, who has afresh stepped in as the host of the third division of TV ball absoluteness appearance "Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa", will anon arch to Kolkata to shoot a few added scenes of it.

Rohit has abutting "Jhalak..." amid and is co-hosting the appearance with TV extra Shweta Tiwari.

"This appearance is actual abutting to my heart. I watched the aboriginal season, hosted the additional and now I'm hosting the third mid-way. I anticipate even the producers accept developed to like me and I'm absolutely aflame to be aback on the host's seat," he said.

On the Bollywood front, the amateur has a boutonniere of films like "Mittal Vs Mittal", "Apartment" and "Alibaug" in his kitty. And the actor, who had fabricated his aboriginal assignment with the arclights with accepted TV appearance "Swabhimaan", is aflame about essaying altered roles in anniversary of these movies.

"In 'Mittal Vs Mittal', I'm arena an calumniating bedmate to Rituparna Sengupta, in Jagmohan Mundra's 'Apartment', I'm arena a actual jovial, guy-next-door array of a role and in 'Alibaug', my role is of a doctor who cheats on his wife. As an actor, I can't draw a band and adjudge a set affectionate of roles that I ambition to do, I accept to be assorted and I am adequate accomplishing it," said Rohit, who aswell featured in hit blur "Shootout At Lokhandwala".

Besides this, he is aswell dabbling with the abstraction of scripting his next authoritative venture, which will be a accommodate of Basu Chatterjee's 1981 archetypal "Shaukeen".

Chatterjee's film, about the adventures of three old men in Goa, starred Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt and A.K. Hangal, but Rohit's "grand wishlist" for the casting of his "glamorous" adaptation of the blur includes Rishi Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Boman Irani.

"We are aggravating to accomplishment the scripting of this mad comedy. Though the abstraction of the blur will be based on 'Shaukeen', the acumen for their adventures would change and the ambience would be added alluring - maybe they would go to Las Vegas instead of Goa.

"As for the cast, I achievement these humans in my ambition account would ambition to plan in the blur afterwards audition the script," said Rohit.

 
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