Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire.
"My role is just small and hardly of a minute. Baz Luhrmann was touring India on a motorcycle couple of years ago... Going all over the country. He dropped in at my office with a friend who did some painting work for me. We just had a casual conversation and he left," Bachchan told reporters here at a promotional event of KBC.
"A year-and-half ago he called me and said he has a small role for me, which he felt was not worthy of me. He asked if I would do it and I readily agreed. I did it as a gesture. It is not remunerative... I have not charged anything," he said.
The 69-year-old actor, who essays the role of Meyer Wolfshiem, is seen sporting a moustache and beard in the trailer of the film.
"I still don't have the liberty to talk about the film. It is the contract that binds me. All I can is that I am very happy and delighted to have work with a genius like Baz Luhrmann," he said.
"Many films have been made on it (novel), this is the third edition. A huge amount of detailing, research and their whole system of working is so well organised... It is a great pleasure to be working with them," Big B said.
Bachchan is happy about sharing screen space with Hollywood biggies like DiCaprio, Manguire and others. "My experience of working with Baz, Leonardo, Tobey, Carrie (Mulligan) is wonderful. I am happy to be working with them," he said.
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