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At a time when filmmakers of his ilk often struggle to raise funds for a single movie, Rituparno Ghosh is almost ready with as many as three films, including one that stars Amitabh Bachchan.

Here to present the black-and-white "Dosar" in the Tous les Cinemas du Monde section, he spoke about the experience of working with Bachchan in "The Last Lear", an English adaptation of late Utpal Dutt's celebrated Bengali play, "Aajker Shah Jahan".

"I can do a thousand films with Amitabh Bachchan. He is such a pleasure to work with," the prolific director told the news agency.

"He has redefined professionalism," said Ghosh. "By bringing warmth and humility into his work. He is so human.

"He is like a newcomer with the experience of a veteran. That combination is absolutely delightful. I now know exactly why filmmakers want to work with him repeatedly." Ghosh's other two films that have been wrapped up are "Khela", a Bengali film starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Manisha Koirala and Raima Sen, and the Hindi-Bengali bilingual "Sunglass", a comic fantasy featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Jaya Bachchan and Konkona Sensharma. Tota Roychowdhury and Madhavan play the male leads in the Bengali and Hindi versions respectively.

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