Subhash K Jha
We first saw them together in the item song in Shaad Ali's Bunty Aur Babli. Now Amitabh, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are being teamed together by Ram Gopal Varma in his sequel to Sarkar.
Says Ramu, "Yes, it's true that Aishwarya has agreed to be a part of Sarkar 2. We only need to work out her dates. She'll play the lead opposite Abhishek."
Despite their not-so-memorable pairing (Kuch Na Kahon and Dhai Akshar Prem Ke) in the past, the couple do look compatible in the promotional clippings of J.P. Dutta's Umrao Jaan. "I don't think that's the primary motivation for my casting Aishwarya. I've been meaning to work with her for some time. But the vehicle has to be worthy of her presence. I did approach her on a few occasions earlier. But things didn't work out. I'm glad we are working together finally."
Sarkar 2, which will carry forward the story of the Godfather-like political clan, will now have Abhishek playing the savior of the downtrodden. The senior Bachchan has confirmed his comparatively lesser presence in the sequel to Sarkar.
"Right now, I can't say how much scope the three main stars will have in Sarkar 2. But Amitji, Abhishek and Aishwarya are going to be seen in a new light, they have not been cast together like this before," says Ramu. "Sarkar 2 starts in February 2007. Ironically I've got the principal cast for that project in place. But the actors to play some of the characters in Sholay, which I start in November, are yet to be finalised."
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