HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Finally, Big B gives nod to Deepa Mehta's film18th Feb 2007 22.00 IST By Nikhil Kumar After months of deliberation, superstar Amitabh Bachchan has given his nod to Deepa Mehta’s movie Exclusion . It was at the last year’s Toronto Film Festival when Deepa Mehta first approached Amitabh Bachchan for the role of a revolutionary in her movie based on the true story of the ship Komagata Maru’s voyage from India to Canada and then back home in the 19th century. 
Bachchan was in Toronto to promote Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna while Deepa was there for her movie Water . Back then, Bachchan had shown interest in ‘Exclusion’, but he did not give his final nod to the project. And now, two days back (on Friday), Deepa Mehta flew down to Mumbai and met Bachchan. The superstar finally agreed to act in the film. Mehta says it is her “dream come true” to be able to direct Mr. Bachchan. Besides Big B, the film also stars John Abraham . ‘Exclusion’ tells the tale of Indians who fled the country and sailed for Canada to escape persecution at the hands of the British in the early 19th century when India was still under the British rule. It was a voyage marked with tragedy. The Indians on the ship, Komagata Maru, weren’t allowed to enter Canada. A legal battle followed, which the Indians lost. Dejected and homeless, the ship sailed back to India. Upon reaching India the ship came under fire from the British forces. The voyage was carried under the leadership of Gurdit Singh, the protagonist of Mehta’s movie. Amitabh Bachchan will play this role. Related Amitabh Bachchan Exclusion Deepa Mehta Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Water John Abraham | ALSO READ scoop ~ Dil Kabaddi – Movie Preview ~ Youngsters need to understand Islam in the right way: Shahrukh Khan ~ Terror could not stall this film's shoot ~ When Asin got shoes worth Rs 2 lakh! ~ Who inspired Aamir Khan's look in 'Ghajini'? ~ Nayantara returns to home turf ~ Indian model Diana Penty is the new face of Maybelline ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Aamir Khan on the cover of GQ ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Dil Kabaddi , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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