Contrary to recent reports, Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ] -- who played the iconic cop Vijay in Prakash Mehra [ Images ]’s 1973 blockbuster Zanjeer [ Images ] -- will not be making a guest appearance in Apoorva Lakhia's remake starring Ram Charan Teja and Priyanka Chopra [ Images ].
Turns out, efforts to get the Big B [ Images ] to be part of the film have failed even though the team was very keen on it.
His beard is to be blamed for this, we hear.
A source cose to the project says, “Initially, Mr Bachchan’s other commitments prevented him from putting in a token appearance as a senior cop in the Zanjeer remake but just when it seemed that he would somehow manage to squeeze in the role in his schedule, his beard posed a problem.”
Bachchan has grown his beard longer than normal for his role of a social activist-politician in Prakash Jha [ Images ]’s Satyagraha and that would notsuit a senior cop character.
So the actor has said a final no to the cameo.
When contacted, Apoorva Lakhia said, “Although it would be an honour for any filmmaker to have India [ Images ]’s most iconic actor in his film, Amitji won’t be playing a role in Zanjeer. That would put more pressure on Ram Charan Teja, who plays the role Amitji had played in the original film.”
Photograph: Apoorva Lakhia with Priynaka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt [ Images ] and Ram Charan Teja on the sets of Zanjeer
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