Big B leaves ‘Te3n’ schedule midway for Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan who was shooting in Kolkata for an upcoming film ‘Te3n’, left the schedule mid-way after getting a call from producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Big B, along with Farhan Akhtar star in soon-to-release film ‘WAZIR’ which has been produced by Vidhu Chopra. It so happened that the producer who wanted the lead stars to sing a duet for the film, wasn’t finding a suitable song.

Vidhu Chopra said, "I went through 200 songs but couldn't find the one that explained the relationship between the two characters like Rochak Kohli's ‘Attrangi Yaari’ does. I had given up on finding the song but then I came across this one."

The producer was so elated upon finding the right song that he could not help calling the ‘Piku’ actor immediately to shoot this song.

Amitabh Bachchan who was in the West Bengal capital along with Nawazuddin Siddiqui shooting for Ribhu Dasgupta’s film, obliged and rushed to the sets of ‘Wazir’ to sing and shoot the song.

"This producer (pointing at Vidhu Vinod Chopra) keeps doing something or the other, I am currently shooting in Kolkata, Vidhu called me at night and said, 'this is the song, you have to sing it, and shoot for it as well.' He doesn't care that someone else's film is being shot. So here I am because I can't say no to Vidhu," Amitabh Bachchan was quoted by NDTV.

The ‘Shehenshah’ of Bollywood also shared a picture of the song’s shooting on his Twitter handle. “Recording new song for WAZIR, meeting the well wishers on Sunday, and the Best Actor Award at BIG Fm!” he wrote along with the image.

The song ‘Atrangi Yaari’ has been pened by Gurpreet Saini and Deepak Ramola and will feature in the end credits of the film.

Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of a wheel-chair bound chess-master named Pandit Omkarnath Dhar in the film, while Farhan will be seen as a tough Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) officer Daanish Ali.

The film also features Aditi Rai Hyadri, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham and Prakash Raj in important roles.

Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, ‘Wazir’ is set to release on January 8, 2016.