This Article is From May 31, 2013

Amitabh Bachchan: Ritu da left a void in the world of progressive work

Amitabh Bachchan: Ritu da left a void in the world of progressive work

Amitabh Bachchan, who worked in Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear calls him a delight to work with

Highlights

  • Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with maverick filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh in his first English language film The Last Lear, said his death has left a huge void in the world of progressive cinema.
  • The 12-time National Award-winning filmmaker died of cardiac arrest on May 30 at his south Kolkata residence.
  • Mr Bachchan, 70, took to his blog to express his 'shock' on the sudden demise of the 49-year-old Bengali filmmaker.
  • "Rituparno Ghosh, that young and most respected director from Bengal, passed away...Suddenly, and most unexpectedly! It has been extremely shocking for all of us and indeed the entire film fraternity, at this most rude and unbelievable news. 49 years is no age to die, but Ritu Da as we affectionately called him has gone, and left a huge void in the world of some of the most progressive work done in recent times," Mr Bachchan posted on his blog. Mr Bachchan also recalls how the whole unit used to speak in Bengali during the shoot of The Last Lear and at the end of the day, Ghosh used to call up the former's wife Jaya Bachchan to laugh on the wrong pronunciations he made. Mrs Bachchan hails from a Bengali family.
  • "The unit spoke in Bengali, which was a joy, for it gave us all an opportunity to pick up the second most sweetest language in the world. The first being French. At the end of a days work he would call Jaya and share a laugh at all the wrong pronunciations that I was making in my Bengali...," he added.
  • The Sholay star also said that the filmmaker was a joy to work with.
  • "But he was essentially a delight to work with. Challenging, gently pushing for a correction, giving immense liberty to the actor on set without any interference, and readily accommodating any peculiar demands that most actors often tend to make when they are facing the camera," he said.
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with maverick filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh in his first English language film The Last Lear, said his death has left a hugevoid in the world of progressive cinema.

The 12-time National Award-winning filmmaker died of cardiac arrest on May 30 at his south Kolkata residence.

Mr Bachchan, 70, took to his blog to express his 'shock' on the sudden demise of the 49-year-old Bengali filmmaker.

"Rituparno Ghosh, that young and most respected director from Bengal, passed away...Suddenly, and most unexpectedly! It has been extremely shocking for all of us andindeed the entire film fraternity, at this most rude and unbelievable news. 49 years is no age to die, but Ritu Da as we affectionately called him has gone, and left a huge void in the world of some of the most progressive work done in recent times," Mr Bachchan posted on his blog.Mr Bachchan also recalls how the whole unit used to speak in Bengali during the shoot of The Last Lear and at the end of the day, Ghosh used to call up the former's wife Jaya Bachchan to laugh on the wrong pronunciations he made. Mrs Bachchan hails from a Bengali family.

"The unit spoke in Bengali, which was a joy, for it gave us all an opportunity to pick up the second most sweetest language in the world. The first being French. At the end of a days work he would call Jaya and share a laugh at all the wrong pronunciations that I was making in my Bengali...," he added.

The Sholay star also said that the filmmaker was a joy to work with.

"But he was essentially a delight to work with. Challenging, gently pushing for a correction, giving immense liberty to the actor on set without any interference, andreadily accommodating any peculiar demands that most actors often tend to make when they are facing the camera," he said.
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