Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; November 5, 2016)

Juhu Chowpatty is barely a kilometre from Amitabh Bachchan’s mansion, Jalsa, but he has hardly had the privilege of taking a walk on the beach. But, Ram Gopal Varma has found a way of getting his Sarkar 3 actor to soak in the sand and surf with a special song shoot. It’s a Ganpati visarjan number, which will be choreographed by Ganesh Acharya and involve 3000-plus extras, we hear.

A unit hand informs, “Acharya is still working on the choreography that Bachchan sir can master in a few days of practice. At the moment, the makers are still working out the details of the song shoot since cordoning off the area requires multiple permissions. But, in all likelihood, it will happen between November 8 and 10 ” Ahead of the Ganpati Chaturthi festivities this year, Big B had recorded the Siddhivinayak aarti in his deep baritone.

Meanwhile, the superstar will shoot most part of the film at a special set in Filmistan studios. Varma was unavailable for comment, but a production insider confirms the news.