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Come September, or around that month next year, Amitabh Bachchan will be seen ‘donning’ a similar role for two films, Rajkumar Santoshi’s Family and Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar.
Both movies were rumoured to be remakes of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather — assertions denied by the respective filmmakers.
While not much is known about the films at present, what’s clear is that in both, Bachchan plays the patriarch of a large Mafiosi-like enterprise.
So, what’s the difference? An early peek into the dons of the new era.
Rajkumar Santoshi’s Family
He is: The head of a large business house that has involvements in various nefarious activities.
His group is presently warring against another family-run firm (apparently led by Akshay Kumar’s character)
The look: Smokes a long cigar, sports Men In Black dark shades, suits of light shades and facial hair that’s a cross between stubble and a beard.
Will enter cinemas: August 2005
Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar
He is: A powerful political law-into-himself, a non-constitutional patriarch whose writ runs virtually in the entire city of Mumbai.
A character rumoured to be based on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray
The look: Red ‘tikka’ on the forehead, gold-rimmed spectacles, black kurta, well-trimmed goatee and relatively unkempt salt-n-pepper hair
Will enter cinemas: August-September 2005
Bhai-gones:
Yash Chopra’s Deewaar (1975)
In a role inspired by the famous Bombay smuggler Haji Mastan, Bachchan played the dockworker son of a union leader who turns against the law. A lengthier description of the pic or the protagonist should be unnecessarily even for the uninitiated
Mukul Anand’s Agneepath (1990)
In his first National Award winner, Bachchan is, as his Robin Hood puts it, “Naam, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Gaon, Mandwa, Umar….” Kohl-lined eyes, gruffy voice, white suits, ‘reel-lords’ hardly get larger-than-life than this.
Chandra Barot’s Don (1978)
Bachchan’s ruthless Don dies, to be replaced by his look-alike police informer. Then a dramedy of errors with the mainstream masala that’s always worth repeat-view.
Kaizad Gustad’s Boom (2003)
Well, here he was more a foul-mouthed dork . Nonetheless, Bachchan’s Bade Miya fit the bill of a Mafiosi chief. Never mind, the film fit no bills whatsoever.
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