'Sairat' director Nagraj Manjule Ropes Amitabh Bachchan For His Next

Excitement holds no bounds when someone’s dreams come true. And something similar happened with the two time National award winning Marathi filmmaker, Nagraj Manjule. Nagraj, whose national 2016 drama, 'Sairat', went on to become the highest grossing Marathi film, is all set to  make his directorial debut in Bollywood.

And do know which actor he has approached for the flick? Well, it is none other than megastar Amitabh Bachchan. He had developed the concept some time ago and planned it to make it in Marathi, however, after the super success of 'Sairat' he changed his plan and decided to make it in Hindi.

"Nagraj worked on it for a year-and-a-half before taking the script to Bachchan in January. The project was locked soon after," reveals a source close to the development. The source further added that the flick will go on floors this year.

At an event which was held recently, the 39-yearold- filmmaker revealed that he was a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan. He went on saying that he decided to become a director after enacting some of Big B’s scenes from Ramesh Sippy's classic ‘Sholay’. And this admiration is not only one sided. Mr Bachchan too considers him as brilliant director. He even lauded 'Sairat' on social media and sent the filmmaker a personal letter after watching the film.

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Source:  www.bollywoodlife.com