/> Arshad Warsi has turned into an incorrigible gambler. And it's all because of the Big B.

"I 'm doing a film with him called Teen Patti with my career's first female director Leena Yadav.. And there I learnt to play cards because I play a gambler.

But it was neither a female director nor the cards that lured me into Teen Patti. Of course I love the idea of working with Leena. She's so talented and so sure of herself "

But Leena's lure will have to wait. "The main reason I grabbed Teen Patti is Mr Bachchan. I so badly wanted to work with him.

Believe it or not, the only film I've done so far with him is the unreleased Zamaanat which was the second film I had signed in my career. Since then Mr Bachchan has evolved so much.

Man, what a rock star! To share screen space with him would be just the challenge I would welcome at this point in my career."

And that challenge is around the corner.

Also, the challenge of working with a female director.

Chuckles Arshad, "Forget working with a female director, I hardly get to do films with females.

I think the first fully romantic film I'll do would be a remake of Brokeback Mountain. At least I'm not being taken for granted any moree. Producers now listen to me. I'm dying to direct a film."