First look: Jackie Depp!

Before you jump to a bizarre conclusion, lets clear things up: Jackie Shroff [ Images ] is not playing Johnny Depp [ Images ]'s dad in the upcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean [ Images ]: The Curse Of The Black Pearl.

This is just Shroff's new look for his latest film, Bhoot Unkle [ Images ], and it seems like a peculiar film indeed.

A children's film is always welcome, and this Sumeit Sehgulz production -- with music by Baba Sehgal, no less -- tosses Jackie into a look impossible not to laugh at. Probably the desired effect.

From the posters, the film seems likely to be a version of Peter Ustinov's delightful Disney comedy Blackbeard's Ghost -- remember the Shah Rukh Khan [ Images ]-Naseeruddin Shah [ Images ] take, Chamatkar?

Those films were about a pirate's (okay, Naseer played a dead don) ghost helping out a helpless leading man, because he has to perform a good deed. In Bhoot Unkle, the hero seems to be a young boy.

After several forgettable supporting roles, its undeniably amusing to see Shroff in a role like this. And one must concede, Jaggu dada makes a pretty good pirate.