Amitabh Bachchan to shoot for Kerala in Kolkata

It’s back to Kolkata for Amitabh Bachchan, who had previously shot a portion of Shoojit Sircar’s Piku in the city. We have learnt that the Big B, who has had several meetings with Sujoy Ghosh for an upcoming movie, has allotted his dates for the same. While Sujoy has penned the script of this film, Vibhu Puri will be directing it. Nawazuddin Siddiqui also stars in the movie.

A source connected to the film told us, “Sujoy will be meeting Mr Bachchan again this week and finalise the other details of the project. The fact is that Mr Bachchan has given his dates and the shooting will take place in Kolkata. Earlier, it was going to take place in Kerala but now it seems there is a change of plan.”

Reportedly, it was Bachchan’s idea to get Sujoy to write a story keeping him and Nawaz in mind.

Our source says, “Mr Bachchan was keen to collaborate with Nawaz on screen and he trusted Sujoy to pen an engaging script. Now, everything is finalised and the shooting will take place next month. Mr Bachchan is excited to go back to Kolkata again. Currently, he is also committed to a TV show that requires him to shoot once in a week.”

The film is reportedly titled Kerala.