There
was media speculation an year back that Aishwarya
Rai was going to be the next Bond girl and that
turned out to be a downer. But the latest buzz
making the rounds is that our very own Bad Man,
Gulshan Grover will play the lead villain in the
next James Bond movie titled Casino Royale. Grover
seems to be really excited with the role and said he
will try to finish all his prior commitments before
he commences shooting early next year in Prague.
Other Indians to star in a Bond film previously are
tennis star Vijay Amritraj and actor Kabir Bedi both
of whom acted in Octopussy (1983).
Gulshan has done quite a few International films,
some of them including The Second Jungle Book,
Monsoon, Tail Sting and Eastside. It may be recalled
that he was bitter when he lost the part of Captain
Nemo in the film The League of Extra-ordinary
Gentlemen to Naseeruddin Shah.