Back in 1996 the Hollywood comedy-drama, JACK, directed by GODFATHER fame Francis Ford Coppola, had master actor Robin Williams playing a school going child, diagnosed with an exaggerated form of Werner syndrome, an aging disease. The film could not quite score at the box-office, despite the presence of such big names.
Cut to Bollywood 2009, and we have the mighty Amitabh Bachchan essaying the role of a witty 13-year old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated ageing, a Progeria like syndrome. Mentally, he is a normal child, but physically, he looks six times older.
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