/> After an autobiographical take on his adolescence in Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar (MP3) director Robby Grewal wants to cast Amitabh Bachchan as Lord Krishna in a contemporary film.

"It isn't Lord Krishna in his mythical avatar but a modern coach of a basketball team who plays chess-like games with a group of youngsters and manipulates their lives into shapes that were never meant to be."

The film tentatively entitled Isht will feature young faces along with the Big B. " Only Mr Bachchan can play God convincingly. I've already approached him. And if things go well, the film will soon be on," says Robbie Grewal who started his career with the gritty Sushmita Sen thriller Samay four years ago.

"I agree MP3 is a long way off from Samay. MP3 is a film that I wanted to make first. It's the story of my own teen years. Many of the incidents from my protagonist Ruslaan Mumtaz 's life including the way he meets the girl are from my own life in the Delhi Army School. For that matter, all the hero's friends are based on guys I knew personally in school."

What sets Robby's love story apart is the tone. "I'm not saying the first love is the height of passion or that it decides all future relationships for the protagonist. First love is as special as a first film.

I love Samay, and though MP3 contains scenes from my own life it was harder to make. I think Isht would be tougher to do than both the films," sighs the ad maker turned feature filmmaker who's the second Mona Sardar to direct films in Bollywood after Gulzar.