MUMBAI: Abhishek brings more Bollywood to the Harshad Mehta story

MUMBAI: The first trailer for Abhishek
Bachchan’s The Big Bull is out. Starring the actor as a relentless stock trader
with dreams of becoming India’s richest man, the film is inspired by ‘true
events’ of stock market kingpin Harshad Mehta’s life.

In this
version, Abhishek plays stockbroker Hemant Shah. Last year, filmmaker Hansal
Mehta had delivered web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. The show was
a grand success with critics and viewers alike.

The
trailer shows glaring similarities between the two. However, director Kookie
Gulati indeed seems to have a more dramatic, Bollywood flavour to the mix.
There are high speed car sequences, stylish dialogues and even a romantic song
or two.

The movie
also features an ensemble cast including Ileana D’Cruz, Nikita Dutta and Sohum
Shah in pivotal roles and is produced by Ajay Devgn, Anand Pandit and
co-produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Vikrant Sharma.

The movie
is all set to stream exclusively for the subscribers of Disney+ Hotstar VIP and
Disney+ Hotstar Premium on 8th April 2021.

The
recently-released teaser for the film also featured scenes from Mumbai in 1987,
as Ajay’s voiceover is heard. He said, “Chote gharon mein paida hone walon
ko aksar, bade sapne dekhne se mana kar deti hai duniya. Isiliye usne apni
duniya khadi kar di (People born in poor families are always told to never
dream big. And so, he created his own world).”

The film
was earlier set to release in October 2020 but was delayed owing to the
coronavirus-led pandemic. The makers then decided to go for a direct-to-OTT
release.

Abhishek
was seen last year in Netflix movie Ludo and Amazon Prime Video’s second season
of Breathe. Apart from The Big Bull, Abhishek also has Bob Biswas, a spin-off
to Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani. He stars with Chitrangada Sen in the movie.