Amitabh Bachchan to play Lord Krishna?

After an autobiographical take on his adolescence in Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar ( MP3), director Robby Grewal wants to cast Amitabh Bachchan as Lord Krishna in a contemporary film.

"It isn't Lord Krishna in His mythical avatar but a modern coach of a basketball team who plays chess-like games with a group of youngsters and manipulates their lives into ways that were never meant to be."

The film tentatively entitled Isht will feature young faces along with the Big B.

"Only Mr Bachchan can play God convincingly. I've already approached him. And if things go well, the film will soon be on," says Robbie Grewal who started his career with the gritty Sushmita Sen thriller Samay four years ago.