by Subhash K Jha

Paresh Rawal is very excited about his film Maharathi being released.

It's an adaptation of Paresh's hit Gujarati play which ran for seven years. But it wasn't easy to get the film in place. The Big B was supposed to play one of the key roles in the flick. But he opted out because it had shades of the negative.

Naseeruddin Shah, who was supposed to do another role, stepped into the Big B's shoes. Paresh himself play a pivotal part. It seems the Big B is not too inclined to continue with his maharathi of Bollywood image!