'I never got roles that Bachchansaab did'

After the huge success of East Is East comes its sequel named, what else but West is West. Directed by Andy DeEmmony, the film stars Om Puri in his old role of the London-based Pakistani, George Khan. In West Is West, though, George comes with his family to Pakistan.

Om Puri tells Patcy N about what other changes have been wrought in his character this time, and what he thinks of his own legacy. 

It's been 10 years since you first played the part of George Khan. Was it difficult to recapture the character?

It was not difficult as the character was well defined and so was the script. I have played the character before, but there is a bit of a change this time. The character is three dimensional. In East Is East he was an angry father, and we don't see any other emotions. But in West Is West you can see a variety of emotions. This is a mellow version of George Khan; he sees life in a different light today. He is sensitive, he returns to Pakistan after 25 years. He gets upset and sad and feels guilty after seeing the condition of his first wife, and wants to do something for her. He buys a house for her so that she lives comfortably. He has two daughters from his first wife, one of whom is married.