Having worked with international stars like Cate Blanchett and Heath Ledger on his movies, internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has now pitched a role to Oscar-award winner Christoph Waltz for his long pending project "Paani".

" (It was) just one of those days where I was going to drudge around complaining to myself about not believing in the scene I just wrote for 'Paani'...I sat and it suddenly came to me.

Something I have been wanting to do for long. Very long. I picked the phone and called my agent and said I want to speak to Christoph Waltz, the amazing actor that won the Oscar for his performance in 'Inglourious Basterds', " Kapur posted on his blog www.shekharkapur.com/blog Sunday.

"...And so that evening I spoke to Christoph and pitched him 'Paani'. I told him the story and the world of 'Paani'. I told him about the character I wanted him to play. And he said he loved it. And we decided to meet to see how we can work it out etc., " he added.

Waltz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 82nd Academy Awards recently for his portrayal of a Nazi officer in the Quentin Tarantino outing.

After having a word with Waltz, the 64-year-old didn't take long to complete writing the scene.

"That evening I wrote the troubled scene in 'Paani'. I had a great actor in mind so it suddenly got easier, " he wrote.