<p>I can still do it,” says megastar Amitabh Bachchan on playing an 'angry young man' that pitch-forked him to stardom in the 70s. <br /><br />“With time, you have to change. You don’t have the same temperament that you had when you were in school or college. And I guess the roles that come your way are also like this. That is not to say that it is lost. If there is anger to be depicted in a film, I can still do it. It depends on characterisation, what the director or the story demands from you,” said Bachchan. <br /><br />The 71-year-old has had a varied and impressive career in films, playing roles of a father seeking justice for son in Viruddh, teacher of a blind-deaf-mute girl in 'Black', a self-obsessed chef in Cheeni Kum, a man in love with a much younger girl in Nishabd or a child suffering from progeria in Paa. </p>.<p>Bachchan feels fortunate to be considered more than just a serviceable senior character actor and be given the opportunity to experiment. <br /><br /> “I think as you age, you can’t be playing the romantic hero. There obviously are more character-driven roles. When you are reaching 72, you automatically go to certain regions in terms of characters in films. But I am just very fortunate that all kinds of roles are coming my way,” he said. <br /><br />With a career spanning more than four decades and having starred in over 180 films, the National award-winning actor says even now he does not feel burdened with work and gets up every morning, all rejuvenated and excited to go on to the sets. <br /><br />“I enjoy the fact that I have to get up and go to work. In fact, there are days, when it is an off or a holiday and I wonder what to do. I don’t know whether to spend time with the family, play games, write, read, watch TV, there are so many scripts that one has to read. Sometimes it is a boon to be occupied and I am quite happy to do that,” Bachchan said. <br /><br />The actor’s last film Satyagraha in which he played a man striving to bring change in the system and upcoming film Bhoothnath Returns both have political undertones. </p>.<p>But he says it was not intentional to do politically charged films back-to-back. <br /><br />“It is purely co-incidental. Prakash Jha (director of Satyagraha) has always made very topical films and he has been consistently making films of that genre. </p>.<p>This (Bhoothnath Returns) is more of a satire, it has got lots of humour and there are kids in it. It does have a serious comment about the state of the nation but in a humourous manner,” he said. <br /><br />The film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, will hit theatres this Friday. <br /><br />In Bhoothnath Returns, a sequel to 2008 film Bhoothnath, Bachchan will reprise the role of the friendly ghost. </p>
<p>I can still do it,” says megastar Amitabh Bachchan on playing an 'angry young man' that pitch-forked him to stardom in the 70s. <br /><br />“With time, you have to change. You don’t have the same temperament that you had when you were in school or college. And I guess the roles that come your way are also like this. That is not to say that it is lost. If there is anger to be depicted in a film, I can still do it. It depends on characterisation, what the director or the story demands from you,” said Bachchan. <br /><br />The 71-year-old has had a varied and impressive career in films, playing roles of a father seeking justice for son in Viruddh, teacher of a blind-deaf-mute girl in 'Black', a self-obsessed chef in Cheeni Kum, a man in love with a much younger girl in Nishabd or a child suffering from progeria in Paa. </p>.<p>Bachchan feels fortunate to be considered more than just a serviceable senior character actor and be given the opportunity to experiment. <br /><br /> “I think as you age, you can’t be playing the romantic hero. There obviously are more character-driven roles. When you are reaching 72, you automatically go to certain regions in terms of characters in films. But I am just very fortunate that all kinds of roles are coming my way,” he said. <br /><br />With a career spanning more than four decades and having starred in over 180 films, the National award-winning actor says even now he does not feel burdened with work and gets up every morning, all rejuvenated and excited to go on to the sets. <br /><br />“I enjoy the fact that I have to get up and go to work. In fact, there are days, when it is an off or a holiday and I wonder what to do. I don’t know whether to spend time with the family, play games, write, read, watch TV, there are so many scripts that one has to read. Sometimes it is a boon to be occupied and I am quite happy to do that,” Bachchan said. <br /><br />The actor’s last film Satyagraha in which he played a man striving to bring change in the system and upcoming film Bhoothnath Returns both have political undertones. </p>.<p>But he says it was not intentional to do politically charged films back-to-back. <br /><br />“It is purely co-incidental. Prakash Jha (director of Satyagraha) has always made very topical films and he has been consistently making films of that genre. </p>.<p>This (Bhoothnath Returns) is more of a satire, it has got lots of humour and there are kids in it. It does have a serious comment about the state of the nation but in a humourous manner,” he said. <br /><br />The film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, will hit theatres this Friday. <br /><br />In Bhoothnath Returns, a sequel to 2008 film Bhoothnath, Bachchan will reprise the role of the friendly ghost. </p>
