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Nineteen-year-old Jiah 'Lolita' Khan says she fell in love with Amitabh Bachchan while shooting, but could not express it. Now, she plans to write him a letter! Having spent 20 days in close proximity (shooting for Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd) with Amitabh Bachchan, Ramu's new discovery Jiah Khan is yet to recover from the Bachchan spell. But the sexy 19-year-old is clear that she doesn't want to come out of the spell! "It's a beautiful world I have created," she says bashfully. "He is immensely sexy and smells so good. When Mr Bachchan would enter the sets, I would tell everyone it's him, without even seeing who's come because of his perfume." It's clear that nothing charges the dusky beauty up as much as the Bachchan topic. So, has Mr Bachchan become the object of her affection? "In a way, yes...

I think I've fallen in love with Mr Bachchan.



He is the most charming man I have ever met in my life. But he is married! I have never admitted my feelings to anybody. Please don't make me blush more," she says, going red in the face. "I have always told the guys I dated that I will fall in love with someone who will make me laugh. Mr Bachchan has done that. He is everything that I wish for in a guy. Intelligent, humourous, magnetic and protective..." She recalls the time they spent together while shooting. "He would crack jokes but most of the time, would keep to himself. One day, during our shoot he told me that I suited my character in the film (rebellious and in love with an older man) very well. I don't know what he meant by that," she says. She was also flattered when he told her that he has to learn acting from her since she's from the Lee Strasberg acting school. Jiah, who is from London, has been brought up single-handedly by her mother Raabiya. Even though she doesn't miss her father, she's aware that a girl who grows up without a father seeks 'a father figure' unconsciously in every man she meets. So, are the feelings for Mr Bachchan an unconscious way of seeking a father figure? "Maybe. The costumes in this film are very bold, wild and revealing. When I'd dress up and come in front of Mr Bachchan, he would look at me from top to bottom with a very disapproving and confused look. So sometimes, he came across as fatherly." Now, with the shooting over, Jiah is suddenly lost because she had to abruptly part ways with the man she adores. "He just came, shook hands and left. I had so many things to tell him which I couldn't," she says with sadness. "Now, I'm writing a letter to him, expressing whatever I felt," she says.

Jiah was born and brought up in London. She was supposed to be making her debut in Anurag Basu's Tumsa Nahin Dekha, but was replaced at the last minute by Dia Mirza. Jiah however now has more than she could have ever imagined. Her first film is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and she is acting opposite a legend, Amitabh Bachchan.

An Experiance with Amitabh Bachchan

Lately Ramu has been caught in a controversy regarding his scrapped film with superstar Shahrukh Khan. However he didn't bother to much about it and has proceeded to complete the shooting of his film Nishabd, in the quiet solace of South India.Verma has been shooting with one of his favourite actors Amitabh Bachchan. Nishabd is the love story of an older man played by Amitabh and a younger woman played by newcomer Jiah Khan.Reveals Verma: "It's an intense love story between an older man and a younger girl. Bodies age, but feelings don't."

Director Says About Jiah

"Older men get attracted to and fall in love with younger girls but because of their position and maturity, cannot do anything. It's the story of a man caught between his rationality and the strength of his feelings towards her."About casting Jiah the director says: "I had Mr Bachchan's dates and we were discussing various scripts and story ideas. One day, I told him a storyline about an older man falling in love with a younger girl. He was excited, but he asked me 'what about the girl'? The first name that popped up in my mind was Jiah."

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