Amitabh Bachchan says he wishes his long-delayed movie Shoebite, which got caught in a tiff between Percept Picture Company and UTV, gets a chance to see the light of day.
On Friday, a Twitter user made a request to ‘Big B’, posting: “We want this movie Shoebite to be released. Please do something UTV, I’m sure that with a little effort it can happen.”
Bachchan replied: “Yes... put aside the internal debate, issues, or personal view points and give this labour of love from Shoojit Sircar a chance for others to appreciate this novel story and film... Please.”
Sircar had taken Shoebite to production house UTV after it could not release with Percept Picture Company.
Percept Picture Company then filed a lawsuit against UTV to stall the release, which was later dismissed.
The film is the story of a man named John Pereira, who in his early 60s sets out on a journey of self-discovery.
Its cast also has Sarika, Dia Mirza, Jimmy Sheirgill and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
In 2016, Sircar had said he has “moved on”.
“We are making films and we are still trying if something can happen [about Shoebite] but I think that I am repaying back Mr. Bachchan with Piku or even Pink as we could not do that film and that film could not release. So this is my debt that I am repaying him,” he said of the two movies that he made with Bachchan, which were hits.
