Sanjay Dutt has always had a deadly sense of style, but this role is taking it to the extreme.
Sanju's next film, Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi sees him playing Yamraj, the Lord of Death.
Mind you, he won't come with a mace on his shoulders or a handlebar moustache as you would think. Instead, Dutt will play a suavely dressed, modern-day collector of souls.
Accompanying him in the film will be Shahid Kapur and Amrita Rao, the pair of 2003's Ishq Vishq.
A surprise element in the film is Shahid's eight-year-old brother Ishaan, making his first big-screen appearance.
Shahid, handling a bunch of kids of various ages, is
Sangeeta Ahir, the film's producer, is excited. "Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi is my first film, and it is a very ambitious project. It will appeal to kids of all ages with spectacular, never-seen-before special effects on Indian screen. I'm sure the kids will just love it," she claims.
The film is loosely based on two earlier hits, Mr India and Koi Mil Gaya -- a perplexing combination if ever there was one.
Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi releases in time for Christmas, on December 23.
Text: Syed Firdaus Ashraf