New Delhi:
The Big B certainly seems to be having sleepless nights, not just over the controversy surrounding daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai's pregnancy, but also over the rather lukewarm response at the box-office to Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap. However the Big B still seems to be keen on a sequel to the film which has been produced by AB Corp.
The Big B refuses to comment further on the raging controversy surrounding Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy and the fall-out it has had on her producers. However, while Aishwarya herself has remained mum on the topic, the Big B has made his view rather clear in a recent interview to a Mumbai- based daily.
"Everybody knew that Aishwarya was married when she signed the film. So you mean to say that actors can't get married or have children? I don't think this can be a part of any contract that you cannot get married or have children if you working in a project," he said.
But it's not just the recent storm his son and daughter-in-law have found themselves in that are rumoured to be bothering the Big B who was in Ahmedabad for a promotional event for Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap, which to some looked like a last-ditch attempt at publicity for the film which hasn't exactly been doing stellar business at the box-office.
"We have had a very small budget for this film, about 10 or 10 and a half crore, and we have recovered about 75 per cent of the cost already, even before the film has been released. And with your blessings I am sure we will do well," he said.
Despite the lukewarm response, the Big B remains enthused over a sequel. "We have made this film keeping in mind we will make a sequel to it. However, the way in which the film ended, in an emotional and soft note, many viewers feel the same way but I will leave the decision to Puri Jagannath. If he decides to have one, I'll be willing to work," he says.
Well let's just hope this sequel doesn't end up releasing the same Friday as the rumoured sequel to Aamir Khan's Delhi Belly!
The Big B refuses to comment further on the raging controversy surrounding Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy and the fall-out it has had on her producers. However, while Aishwarya herself has remained mum on the topic, the Big B has made his view rather clear in a recent interview to a Mumbai- based daily.
"Everybody knew that Aishwarya was married when she signed the film. So you mean to say that actors can't get married or have children? I don't think this can be a part of any contract that you cannot get married or have children if you working in a project," he said.
But it's not just the recent storm his son and daughter-in-law have found themselves in that are rumoured to be bothering the Big B who was in Ahmedabad for a promotional event for Bbuddah... Hoga Tera Baap, which to some looked like a last-ditch attempt at publicity for the film which hasn't exactly been doing stellar business at the box-office.
"We have had a very small budget for this film, about 10 or 10 and a half crore, and we have recovered about 75 per cent of the cost already, even before the film has been released. And with your blessings I am sure we will do well," he said.
Despite the lukewarm response, the Big B remains enthused over a sequel. "We have made this film keeping in mind we will make a sequel to it. However, the way in which the film ended, in an emotional and soft note, many viewers feel the same way but I will leave the decision to Puri Jagannath. If he decides to have one, I'll be willing to work," he says.
Well let's just hope this sequel doesn't end up releasing the same Friday as the rumoured sequel to Aamir Khan's Delhi Belly!
