“Who says Gabbar was disinterested in sex?” – RGV
14 October 2006 | Movies | No Comments
It's Day 2 of Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay and the indefatigable Ram Gopal Varma is shooting with his new-age Gabbar in a house near Yari Road in suburban Mumbai. "It's Mr Bachchan's introductory scene. I had to start with Gabbar Singh's scenes first. And what can I say? Thirty years of the impact that Amjad Khan had on me as Gabbar Singh, has disappeared in one days' shooting. In the very first shot Amitji just bowled me over. For a guy like me who has grown up on Gabbar Singh and everything that I know about filmmaking came from watching Sholay….to forget the earlier Gabbar wasn't easy. Mr Bachchan has made the impossible happen." Ramu warms up to the topic. "For me Gabbar Singh is now Amitabh Bachchan. And I'm sure that's how it's going to be for audiences when the film releases." …
One radical change from earlier plans. Himesh Reshammiya will no longer sing Mehbooba o mehbooba. "Male vocals didn't fit into the song any longer. Asha Bhosleji will sing the song for Urmila and Amitji will pitch in a few lines. That's a change from the original. Because in the earlier Sholay Amjad Khan never danced or sang. I'd have loved to have Himesh sing Mehbooba. But it just didn't fit in." So does Gabbar Singh still remain the guy with no overt sexual desires? Ramu nearly falls off his directorial chair. "Are you crazy? Did you see Gabbar's lust when Helen was dancing? Who says Gabbar was disinterested? He was looking at Helen as though he'd eat her up. Trust me. I'm the lust expert. The same sort of chemistry will exist between Mr Bachchan and Urmila." ….read more
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