Tabu to play Irrfan Khan�s mother?

One of the producers of the David Dhawan film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan has acquired the rights of a book to be made into a movie. The book titled Life, Bits and Pieces is written by noted film journalist Ali Peter John.

�The book marks 50 years of my life,� said Ali, �It was written three years back and I cannot express the response I got for it.� Ali went onto speak of the how the book came into being. �It was something that I had never imagined. I woke up at three in the morning and started writing it. After I completed it my friend took up the responsibility to get it published. He started a printing press just to get the book published.�

And his friend was not the book�s only fan. �M.F. Hussain was so impressed by the book that he painted the cover for it in one night. The late Sunil Dutt said that the book should be released in a big way so he himself organized a big function. It was attended by all the bigwigs of Bollywood. The Marathi version of the book is going to be launched within the next 10 days as well.�

Speaking about the book being made into a film, he said that it will mostly be directed by Sangeeth and Santosh Sivan�s younger brother Sanjeev Sivan. Talks are on with Irrfan Khan to enact the main character�s role of Ali himself. Tabu has been approached to play the author�s mother though nothing has been finalized as yet. Apparently, a Hollywood scriptwriter has been assigned to write the screenplay for the film.

This casting is on the producer�s part, but who does Ali Peter John feel would have been ideal to play his role in the film? �If Anupam Kher was younger then he would have suited it properly. But I definitely would want someone of his caliber.�

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