Amitabh to play Bollywood Godfather

A.B. Corp has started filming Family starring Bachchan, believed to be loosely based on Mario Puzo's masterpiece The Godfather.

Family, to be directed by Santoshi, tells the tale of conflict between two families of completely different backgrounds.

Bachchan inevitably plays the big gangster while Akshay Kumar is a cook. Kumar had earlier worked as a real-life cook in Bangkok before making it big as an action hero in Bollywood.

Bachchan brushed aside any connection between The Family and The Godfather. 'It is not even remotely connected to The Godfather,' he said.

Family is tentatively scheduled for an August 2005 release.

Source: AFP