Bachchan-Balki Teamed-Up to Celebrate 100-years of Indian Cinema

After working with Director R. Balakrishnan (Balki) in two unconventional films, “Cheeni Kam” and “Paa, superstar Amitabh Bachchan has once again joined his hands with R. Balakrishnan for 15-minute film celebrating 100 years of Indian Film Industry.

Though the project has not been finalized, but PVR Cinemas have commissioned eight leading filmmakers to make 15-minute films that would all be released as one feature film in 2013 when the Indian cinema celebrates 100 years of existence. Balki said,

“Doing a short film with Amitji would be a special challenge for me because I’ve never done a film in that format before, and neither has he. We’ve done numerous ads and two feature films together. Now let’s see what I can do with Amitji in the 15 minutes that we’ll be provided.”

“I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms. That man is addictive. Once you work with him there’s no way you can resist working with him over and over again.”

The challenge is that 15-minute film should showcase a comprehensive film with a plot and a background score. Balki will start his third film with Amitabh Bachchan by the end of this year.

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