Arjun Rampal readies for The Last Lear

Arjun Rampal readies for The Last Lear
(NSI News Source Info) Thursday - September 4, 2008 Mumbai: Good days are in for actor Arjun Rampal. The cheers for Joe Mascarenhas, his character in Rock On, have barely subsided and already he's touting his next in The Last Lear which releases across India on September 12. After playing a rock star he now plays filmmaker in this critically acclaimed Rituporno Ghosh directed venture. "It is a very different kind of film and it's wonderful to know that such kind of films also co-exist. It's wonderful to work with actors like Mr Bachchan, Preity, Shefali. It is once in a lifetime that you get a chance to do film like this. I am glad that it came to me so soon," said Arjun Rampal. The Last Lear was first written and performed as a play by the legendary Utpal Dutt but in adapting Aajker Shahjehan from Benagali, Rituparno chose English as the language for the film."When we were making The Last Lear nobody thought that okay we are making a blockbuster or we are going to make it into a big commercial success. I think it was made out of a passion for the script, the writer or the filmmaker who was making it," said the actor.This is the third time Arjun has starred oppostie the Big B, they have earlier worked together in Ek Ajnabee and Aankhein but according to the actor you can't get too much of a good thing. "I think we share good chemistry onscreen simply because offscreen also we are very fond of each other. He is extremely affectionate towards me, which makes me extremely comfortable," said Arjun.Will this work as well with the audiences as Rock On? In keeping with the Shakesperean theme of the film they'll probably just say to be or not to be.