‘Script not inspired by Abhimaan’
19 Jan 2015 1:43 AM GMT
The story of Shamitabh revolves around the ego clash between two characters but Amitabh Bachchan says it bears no similarity with his 1973 hit Abhimaan.
In Abhimaan, Bachchan and Jaya played singers who get married. Their marriage, however, hits the rock when the husband finds it hard to deal with the growing popularity of his wife. “Abhimaan was the story of a couple where the wife was more talented than her husband. In ‘Shamitabh’ it’s a story of two people. One person having something which the other person doesn’t. Then comes the role of Akshara, who is a journalist. She is the one who will evaluate the two and get them to come together. The story is around these two people and their egos,” Bachchan said in an interview.
In Abhimaan, Bachchan and Jaya played singers who get married. Their marriage, however, hits the rock when the husband finds it hard to deal with the growing popularity of his wife. “Abhimaan was the story of a couple where the wife was more talented than her husband. In ‘Shamitabh’ it’s a story of two people. One person having something which the other person doesn’t. Then comes the role of Akshara, who is a journalist. She is the one who will evaluate the two and get them to come together. The story is around these two people and their egos,” Bachchan said in an interview.
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