When Ashutosh Gowariker read a book based on the 1930s Chittagong uprising against the British, he made two decisions - to make a film and to cast Abhishek Bachchan in it because of the actor's "strong and towering personality".

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Gowariker has set about accomplishing both with his latest venture, "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se".

"I had a very faint idea of the Chittagong uprising (the area is now in Bangladesh) because I remember reading just a line about it in school. I didn't know much at all," Ashutosh told IANS over phone from Goa where he was working on the sets of the film.