Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan

Anupama Chopra was in Marrakech recently for their international film festival, where she interviewed a handful of Bollywood celebrities for her show, The Front Row. For one of the interviews, she spoke to Amitabh Bachchan, and asked him if there’s any role now that he really wants to play. Here’s what he said in response!

Anupama Chopra: Is there any role now, in literature or in films that you really want to play?

Amitabh Bachchan: I hope there is and I hope there are people who are thinking about it. I am a terrible thinker (laughs). Somebody will have to think for me. I like it when someone thinks for me and just pushes me into the deep end of a pool or a river or an ocean and says , ‘OK buddy, start swimming’. But I don’t have any particular choices. I would love for someone to challenge me. I would attempt it, I would give it a shot and if it works, fine, if it doesn’t I will accept defeat and sit at home.

Amitabh Bachchan and Anupama Chopra
Amitabh Bachchan and Anupama Chopra

Watch “The Front Row with Anupama Chopra” tonight at 8:30 p.m. on Star World for all the highlights from the Marrakech International Film Festival including conversations with Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Karan Johar and Monica Bellucci. Anupama Chopra also reviews Hotel Transylvania and Khiladi 786. For more details, visit the show’s website, Tumblr  or follow it on Twitter @thefrontrow2012  and on Facebook. You can also follow Anupama Chopra on Twitter @anupamachopra.