Abhishek calls senior Bachchan a ‘magician’

Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Actor Abhishek Bachchan says his father, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, has outdone his past performances with "TE3N".

After watching the Ribhu Dasgupta directorial, Abhishek tweeted: "'TE3n' has been seen. If you haven't, you must! Loved the film. Everyone is in such fine form."

Produced by Sujoy Ghosh, "TE3N" stars Amitabh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles along with Vidya Balan in a guest appearance.

Bowled over by his father's acting, Abhishek tweeted: “ Just when you think that he cannot out do his last performance, he does. Senior Bachchan is a magician. Not going to carry on tweeting about him. Am gonna go across and give him a giant hug."

The film was released on Friday.

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Vidyut's romantic side surprises Vipul Shah

Filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah is happy to see actor Vidyut Jammwal's romantic avAtar in the new music video "Dillagi", which also features actress Huma Qureshi. The "Commando" producer says he always believed has this capability.

"When we were working in 'Commando', Vidyut wanted to focus on the action films only. Now I am very happy to see this extension of him. I always believed that Vidyut has that capability (to be a romantic hero)," Shah said here.

He also shared that Vidyut wasn't keen to venture in the romantic genre.

"I am surprised, but very happy to see this," Shah added.

The filmmaker had given Vidyut his big break as a villain opposite actor John Abraham in the film "Force". They also collaborated on the film "Commando" and will also be working together in "Commando 2".

"I and Bhushanji (Kumar) are about to discuss a new film. We will be meeting very soon. Let's see what comes out of it. We are hoping to do something totally new again with Vidyut," he added.

Will Huma be cast opposite Vidyut in his film?

"I didn't say that I am making a film with Huma and Vidyut. I said there is a discussion with Bhushanji to make another film together. We have worked a lot in the past and are talking about another film now. Maybe Vidyut and Huma will be paired in the film.

"It's a long journey from discussing a film to the end result, so it's very difficult to predict the future."

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Shabana's 'heart wrenching' scene for 'Idgaah'

Veteran actress and social activist Shabana Azmi says she shot a "heart wrenching" scene for an upcoming movie "Idgah".

The 65-year-old actress took to Twitter to share that the scene will show her beating a boy.

"Shot a heart-wrenching scene for 'Idgaah' today with young Yohaan. The look of being betrayed in his eyes as I beat him will torment me forever," tweeted Shabana, who was last seen on screen in “Neerja”.

"Idgaah" is said to be based on Hindi writer Premchand’s similarly titled short story.