<p>He also clarified that his next directorial venture is neither a sequel to Company nor a prequel to Ab Tak Chhappan.<br /><br />“All I can tell you at the moment is that Mr Bachchan plays a gangster-turned-politician in Department. Whom he's modelled on is open to conjecture and I am certainly not telling,” said Varma, whose last film with Big B was Rann. <br /><br />The film, said to be the most expensive project of Varma, is being feverishly scripted. Details are being kept under wraps since it involves some volatile characters.<br /><br />In the film, Varma wants Big B's character to be that of a grassroot-level superhero. <br />“I've always seen Mr Bachchan as a hero of the masses. I want him to be cast as larger-than-life hero in Department,” he said.<br /><br />Interestingly, Varma who has cast Amitabh and Abhishek in father-son role in Sarkar and Sarkar Raj, has not cast them in the same role in Department.<br /><br />“No, Mr Bachchan and Abhishek are not father and son in Department. Abhishek and Sanjay Dutt are cops. They share a pupil-mentor relationship,” he explains.<br /><br />In real-life too Abhishek looks up to Dutt. “That's why I cast them as mentor and pupil,” said Varma.<br /><br />When asked about playing a gangster-turned-politician in Department, Big B said: “Oh, <br />is that what Ramu has cast me as in Department? I've not yet discussed the antecedents of my role with him.”</p>
<p>He also clarified that his next directorial venture is neither a sequel to Company nor a prequel to Ab Tak Chhappan.<br /><br />“All I can tell you at the moment is that Mr Bachchan plays a gangster-turned-politician in Department. Whom he's modelled on is open to conjecture and I am certainly not telling,” said Varma, whose last film with Big B was Rann. <br /><br />The film, said to be the most expensive project of Varma, is being feverishly scripted. Details are being kept under wraps since it involves some volatile characters.<br /><br />In the film, Varma wants Big B's character to be that of a grassroot-level superhero. <br />“I've always seen Mr Bachchan as a hero of the masses. I want him to be cast as larger-than-life hero in Department,” he said.<br /><br />Interestingly, Varma who has cast Amitabh and Abhishek in father-son role in Sarkar and Sarkar Raj, has not cast them in the same role in Department.<br /><br />“No, Mr Bachchan and Abhishek are not father and son in Department. Abhishek and Sanjay Dutt are cops. They share a pupil-mentor relationship,” he explains.<br /><br />In real-life too Abhishek looks up to Dutt. “That's why I cast them as mentor and pupil,” said Varma.<br /><br />When asked about playing a gangster-turned-politician in Department, Big B said: “Oh, <br />is that what Ramu has cast me as in Department? I've not yet discussed the antecedents of my role with him.”</p>
