This story is from November 26, 2019

Internet is not too thrilled with Abhishek Bachchan playing Bob Biswas: "Bad casting"

Internet is not too thrilled with Abhishek Bachchan playing Bob Biswas: "Bad casting"
Saswata Chatterjee aka Bob Biswas, the creepy contract killer who posed as an LIC agent in 2012 release ‘Kahaani’, is getting a spin-off but the lead actor has been changed! Abhishek Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan joined hands for ‘Bob Biswas’ , as Red Chillies announced that Bachchan Junior will be playing the lead in ‘Kahaani’ spin-off. Bengali actor Saswata Chatterjee , who played the popular character in Sujoy Ghosh directed ‘Kahaani’ has been dropped from ‘Bob Biswas’ and internet is not very pleased with this casting.
Saswata Chatterjee aka Bob Biswas, the creepy contract killer who posed as an LIC agent in 2012 release ‘Kahaani’, is getting a spin-off but the lead actor has been changed! Abhishek Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan joined hands for ‘Bob Biswas’ , as Red Chillies announced that Bachchan Junior will be playing the lead in ‘Kahaani’ spin-off. Bengali actor Saswata Chatterjee , who played the popular character in Sujoy Ghosh directed ‘Kahaani’ has been dropped from ‘Bob Biswas’ and internet is not very pleased with this casting. Several fans of ‘Bob Biswas’ took to Twitter to voice their opinions of how Saswata Chatterjee fit perfectly in the role and that Abhishek Bachchan may not do justice to the film.
‘Bog Biswas’ will be directed by Sujoy Ghosh’s daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh.
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