Paa to release on December 4, 2009

To avoid a clash with another Bachchan starrer, the talented director Balki who has directed Paa has shifted the release date of his film and changed it to Decemver 4, 2009 from November 13.




Though he was excitingly waiting for project Paa to release, but as Mr. Bachchan personally requested the producers of Teen Patti to not allow it to clash with Paa. So it’s Paa solo on December 4.Bachchan plays a character of a progeric person in the film.

Says Paa director Balki, “As far as I’m concerned it was only Paa on December 4. We were supposed to release on November 13. But that was only two weeks after another Amitabh Bachchan starrer Alladin. And we couldn’t ask Alladin to shift. They’ve gone through too many delays,”

Balki before leaving for patchwork shooting in Lucknow where the last schedule of the film is being shot and where the film is set on Tuesday said that, “though Paa is set in Lucknow this is the first time I’m visiting the city in my entire life,” said Balki.

The film also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan and has been shot in various places including Delhi and Cambridge University, London.

Abhishek watches Chelsea Vs Barcelona semi-final game

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Even the filmi folks have their own fanatism when it comes to sports and Abhishek Bachchan is no outsider to that. Abhishek, recently got his wish-of-a-lifetime fulfilled when he was invited specially by the Chelsea Football Club to witness the Chelsea v/s Barcelona's semi-final game at Stamford Bridge.

It was Abhishek’s seventh trip and he flew to London just to watch the game and flew back to India the next day. Abhishek is a self proclaimed Chelsea fan.
Abhishek is a self proclaimed Chelsea fan. Abhishek always tries his best to catch their games lives as much as he can whenever he is not shooting.

However, the interesting part was that Abhishek was not alone as he had, for his company, the likes of none other than Peter Kenyon, the much-celebrated CEO of Chelsea Football Club, England's national coach Capello, Hollywood actor Clive Owen, and Carles Puyol, Barcelona's Captain nonetheless.

Adding more excitement to this already delirious mix was when Abhishek became the first person to be presented with the new 'jersey' of Chelsea team.

Role Reversal

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Abhishek Bachchan is set to play Amitabh’s father in R. Balki’s forthcoming film “Pa”. This role reversal is indeed the USP of the film apart from Big B’s look in the film which is a huge secret and from what we hear, he takes about five hours to do his make-up.

The entire project is being shot in secrecy and no one from outside the unit is allowed in. People from the set are also not permitted to speak about the film to the media.

Our sources tell us that in “Pa” Amitabh plays the alienated and slightly retarded son of Abhishek. His look has been designed by make-up men specially flown in from London.

This is not for the first time that the father-son is playing likewise on-screen. They have shared screen as father and son in Sarkar series.

This is something to wait for... so wait and watch!!!