When Big B turned A Dialogue Writer

Bollywood On My Mind (June 25)

Its going great guns. I've interviewed Aamir, Shahrukh, Salman in a span of a month. To top it, did a quick interview with Mr Bachchan a few days back and did a long and satisfying interview with Big B today. Its a treat talking to Mr B. We spoke about BHTB music and Abhi-Ash good news (Ash is tentatively due for delivery in November). Mr Bachchan also spoke about some of the famous props like the billa no 786 in Deewar, rope in Deewar etc. He also spoke about some of his colorful characters from movies like Naseeb, Namak Halal, Yaarana and Don.

Did you know, Mr B has written the 'I can talk english, i can walk english' dialogue from Namak Halal on the spur of the moment. Big B told us that he requested the director and the cinematographer to leave the room as they shot this scene. He also went down the memory lane remembering the shooting experience in Nepal for Mahaan, the lights in the Yaraana number and the hazards it had.

I met Singham director Rohit Shetty the other day. He is a hardworking bloke who believes in letting the box office numbers do the talking. For him the critics don't matter as almost all of them have their agendas while reviewing films.

I may have done some high profile interviews in the last few days but I've also done some immensely satisfying interviews with Prakash Jha, Ram Gopal Varma, Vikram Bhatt, Ram Sampath and Roshan Abbas. Also, recently interviewed Akshat Varma, the script writer of Delhi Belly. Quirky guy with a wicked sense of humour.