People must be thinking that since he has got success with ‘Rang De Basanti', he want to work with the best but it might not be known to many that Rakeysh has always Bachchan's in mind.
He told in an interview that after Aks he wanted to make - ‘Samjhauta Express‘ featuring Abhishek as a Pakistani terrorist who infiltrates to India to rescue his father, but the project was abandoned by the filmmaker.
He also revealed, "Seven years ago, even before ‘Aks', I wanted to do ‘Awaaz‘. I wanted to make it with Abhishek. It was about a bunch of boys working in a garage - the haves and have-nots. You will find shades of ‘Awaaz' in ‘Rang De Basanti'." Even this wish of his working with Abhishek could get fulfilled.
Now finally his ambition will come true with Bhairavi. The movie is set in the world of classical Indian music and also deals with the themes of familial strife and competitive creativity. And for this he wants the Bachchan family - Amitabh Bachchan with wife Jaya and son Abhishek Bachchan. He wants to show the real-life roles of husband, wife and son.
He has narrated the script to Amitabh and Abhishek who agreed to work on the same. As far as Jaya Bachchan is concerned, Mehra says, "She has to! I'll go on a hunger strike until she agrees. Bhairavi must be made, probably this very year." Meanwhile Rakeysh is planning to work on his autobiographical script called Delhi-6 before he starts with Bhairavi.