Kolkata: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachan hasn’t got any formal invitation to play Rabindranath Tagore, but says he would love to play the Nobel laureate if given a chance.
“I have been reading in newspapers that somebody has made a formal proposal (to play Tagore). I have been getting some messages from other people. I would be very honoured to portray the role. But no formal proposal has been made till now,” Amitabh said here Wednesday.
There have been reports in B-town that Bachchan will portray Tagore in a Bengali film called The Sound of Silence, based on the poet’s life.
Big B, along with filmmaker Prakash Jha, was in the city to promote their forthcoming movie Aarakshan, a socio-political drama which deals with the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions.
The 68-year-old also revealed about his first job in the city, “Kolkata .. Calcutta then .. first job as executive in Bird & Co.,.. salary Rs 500/- per month, after cuts etc. Rs 460/- !!”
“Just landed in Kolkata for promo of ‘Aarakshan’ .. so nostalgic ! Spent 7 years of my early life in this great city,” Amitabh posted on microblogging site Twitter.
“All the familiar haunts, the streets, the restaurants, the people, the air, environment ..had landed here in 1962 to look for a job! Those were the days my friend ..the first salary, and the first feel of being independent ..those days will never return ..pity!! (IANS)