January 19th, 2009

Mumbai: Tintin, the perpetual boy reporter, has recently turned 80 years old. The creation of Belgian artist Georges Herg� Remi continues to amaze us, with Steven Spielberg being no exception. In fact the film-maker is making a live action film on this enchanting character and it's expected to hit theatres by next year. In the meantime, After Hrs decided to audition some Bollywood stars...

Tintin
Thousands of aspirants wanted to be in the shoes of our title character, but
Imran Khan was the lucky one. This kiddo looked lanky and fit the bill with his innocent boy appeal. We told him beforehand that he has to do away with his oh-so-average hairstyle for the look. Voila! (see illustration)

Captain Haddock
When the audition was midway, we got a call from Bhai; we mean our very own Munnabhai. For the captain minus the ship and the talli attitude, our vote went to Sanju Baba only (all the aspirants went back home including Anil Kapoor). The jury thinks he can do 'vaastav'isation of Haddock's cynical humour with proper zeal. If he feels grumpy going by the recent turn of events in his life, he can show it on screen too after a few real pegs.

Professor Calculus
Our original choice was funnyman Paresh Rawal, but Anupam Kher took the train skipping the traffic and timely auditioned for the role. (Paresh is still stuck in traffic; we're ignoring his incessant calls). And going by his apt height and semi-bald looks, he seems to be the 'calculated' choice for the absent-minded professor.

Thomson and Thompson
The jury did not like anybody and seemed a little biased. Later, we learnt that Hrithik Roshan and his kumbh mein gum brother Hurman Baweja have begged the role. And why not, they have their star power to add to the film!

Snowy
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