Konkona gets role in Mira's Shantaram

As much as I love Aparna Sen movies, I hope she lets Konkona do this one cause I really love the book Shantaram and Johnny Depp.

Konkona Sen Sharma bags Mira Nair's Shantaram By Subhash K. Jha, December 15, 2007 - 12:40 IST

Konkona Sen-Sharma is really going places. After taking the elusive Tabu's place in Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut Luck By Chance, Konkona is treading into Tabu's territory once again. Konkona will play a small but vital part in Mira Nair's Shantaram.It would be recalled that Konkona was Mira Nair's initial choice for the much-lauded Namesake. The actress begged off for date's sake. Tabu stepped in.

Contrary to the flights of fancy in certain media circles about Mira Nair's ambitious adaptation of Gregory David Roberts' bestseller Shantaram being aborted due to Johnny Depp's fancy fee, the project is very much on.

Reacting with her usual chortle of incredulity talk back home, Mira says, "Alas, We have been stalled temporarily due to the crippling nature of the writers' strike in Hollywood. Johnny Depp assures me that this is just a pause, and that we'll rev up to go again once the strike is resolved. I've spent a year of creative endeavour in realising Shantaram, so I look forward to the time when it will all come together."

The cast which initially boasted of Bachchan with Depp now has, among others, the rapidly-rising Konkona Sen in a very special role. Divulges Mira, "In addition to Johnny Depp and Amitabh Bachchan, I'd confirmed Irrfan Khan in a major role and Konkona Sen for a one big dramatic scene. I've also been in talks with Prabhudeva, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade and Ranvir Sheorey. I'd also love to work with Pankaj Kapoor. We have such an extraordinary bunch of great actors in India!"

Mira should know. She worked with a slew of them in her career-defining musical Monsoon Wedding. And now as Shantaram gets shifted to end of 2008, Mira prepares to do a Broadway-styled stage adaptation of Monsoon Wedding.

http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/12/15/10610/

I can't wait for all Konkona movies, she's one of my favorite actress, I like the fact that looks don't matter but acting matters most in her movies 😛

What is Tabu doing? All her films are going to someone.

Originally posted by: Maya_M

What is Tabu doing? All her films are going to someone.

Poor Tabu, all the actress are stealing her work.

Even Namesake, Rani suppose to do the movie but she was doing Kank at that time and than Konkona was offer to the movie but she was doing another movie so that's why Tabu got the movie I don't like Tabu as an actress anyway but I like her personality when I watched KWK

Originally posted by: Maya_M

What is Tabu doing? All her films are going to someone.

I don't know if Tabu was doing this film or not but she is going to do a film with K-Jo. He better do her justice though. Well he won't be listening to me, but I hope he does use her well even though it will be primarily be a SRK-Kajol story in My Name is Khan.

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=812964&T PN=1#13679797

Originally posted by: veryuniquestyle

I can't wait for all Konkona movies, she's one of my favorite actress, I like the fact that looks don't matter but acting matters most in her movies 😛

I agree 😊 and she does it so well... she's quite versatile.