J.P.Dutta’s Aakhri Mughal
Chronicling the life and times of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and his troubled relationship with his son, Aakhri Mughal was to be directed by JP five years ago as Abhishek Bachchan’s launch film. The mighty Dilip Kumar was to play Bahadur Shah Zafar while Abhishek was to be cast as his son.
Divulges JP, Of course the film will have to be completely re-cast now. The story still belongs to my friends from the Amrohi family. And they’d be more than happy to see me finally make a film that the great Kamal Amrohi was to make once.
Will the film feature JP’s blue-eyed boy Abhishek? “Let’s see…It all depends on his availability and how the script’s requirements. I know Abhishek will never say no to me. But I’d never force him to do a film for me. See, there’re basically six saleable actors today. I wouldn’t like to run after any of them.”
