Updated On: 21 March, 2021 06:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Shaheen Parkar
Co-producer Pandit recounts how Amitabh Bachchan, deeply invested in Chehre, decided to back the thriller, six years after his last production

Anand Pandit and Amitabh Bachchan
Almost a year after Gulabo Sitabo (2020), Amitabh Bachchan returns with the mystery thriller, Chehre. The veteran actor has deeply invested in the Rumy Jafry-directed venture—the megastar not only designed his look that includes a beanie, thick frames and the beard in a ponytail, but also wrote a 14-minute monologue over two days. Taking his involvement with the Emraan Hashmi-starrer a step further, Bachchan decided to back the film as well.
“Usually, a producer evinces interest in making a film, [thus setting the ball rolling on a project]. The producer then ropes in a writer and a director, along with whom the cast and crew is finalised, and then comes the announcement. But for Chehre, it was the opposite,” reveals co-producer Anand Pandit. “The producers were the last to come on board.”