Leela Bhansali's bio-pic on the love that
bonded poet Sahir Ludhianvi and author
Amrita Pritam, it is time for the project to
get a quick casting re-shuffle.
Without wasting time, SLB has gone to his
other favourite, in fact his most favourite
actress, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to play
Amrita Pritam to Abhishek Bachchan's Sahir
Ludhianvi. The Sahir-Amrita bio-pic to be
directed by debutante Jasmeet Reen will go
on the floors early next year.
This would be the 9 film to bring
Aishwarya and Abhishek together. The first
time they co-starred was in Rohan Sippy's
Kuch Na Kaho in 2003. We saw the real-life
couple together last in Mani Ratnam's
Raavan in 2010.
Bhansali and Aishwarya have come
together in Hum...Dil De Chuke Sanam,
Devdas and Guzaarish. Aishwarya was
supposed to do the item song in Ram Leela
but opted out because lyrics of the song
were originally Thappad se nahin pyar se
darr lagta hai, Salman Khan's signature line
in Dabangg.
Ironically, Priyanka had replaced Aishwarya
for the item song in Ram Leela.
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