Actor Abhishek Bachchan on Monday said he always wanted to work with director Anurag Basu and when an opportunity presented itself in the form of "Ludo", he grabbed it with both hands. "Ludo", a dark comedy anthology, centres on unavoidable jeopardies of life and follows four different stories set in a quintessential Indian metro.

Besides Bachchan, the ensemble cast also includes Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Rohit Saraf, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pearle Maaney, Inayat Verma, Asha Negi and Shalini Vats. "Everybody who is associated with this film had this greed to work with dada (Basu). I have always admired his work and we both have been trying to work together for many years. "It was a no-brainer. In life, it is nice to take a leap of faith, to do work that sometimes takes you back to training," Bachchan told reporters at the film's virtual press conference. Tripathi said working on the film with a reliable director like Basu was like going on fun road trip.