New Delhi: He may have taken pot shots at media time and again in his blog but megastar Amitabh Bachchan had once dreamt of becoming a journalist himself.
And the actor gets to fulfill his long cherished dream in the upcoming film 'Rann', which sees him in the role of a media honcho.
"During the 70s I had thought of journalism as an ideal career. What could a better job be than being able to bring out the truth before the public," the actor said during a press conference in New Delhi to unveil the first look of 'Rann'.
From a revolutionary in his debut 'Saat Hindustani' to a man in love with a woman half his age in 'Cheeni Kum', Bachchan has done it all.
But the 66-year-old actor says that even at this stage of his career, he looks out for new challenges and his character in Ram Gopal Verma's latest film is one of them.
"It is not often that you get to play a character which is completely out of your realm of imagination. While doing the film I realised that media has a really tough job where you have to constantly make choices between conscience and commerce," said Bachchan.