Over a year or so ago, director Aditya Bhattacharya, whose "Dubai Return" premieres at the 36th
IFFI on Dec 3, was all set to start a film "Avtaar" with Lucky Ali. It ran aground at the last minute as
the production company wound up its business without warning.
Bhattacharya has nursed the script with care all these months and is now ready to give the project
another shot. Will he cast Lucky Ali again? "No," is his firm reply. "I don't think he will suit the part
anymore."
He reveals that he has Ali Azmat of the Pakistani fusion band Junoon in his mind for the title role.
Well, even if Lucky doesn't get the role back, he should have no regrets. It was after he was signed
for "Avtaar" that he got two acting assignments - the music guru in the Pooja Bhatt production, "Sur
- Melody of Love", and as one of the cranky gangsters in Sanjay Gupta's "Kaante".
Not so Lucky afterall
Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:17 IST
