Rani turns angel for Kunal

After giving an understated performance as the archetypal fallen woman in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Rani rises straight for heaven in director Kunal Kohli's next film. She plays an angel descending on earth with a rather sweet and heart-warming mission.

The talented actress apparently took her angel's role very seriously, even going as far as to abstain from her favourite fish dishes to feel the pure and positive energy of an angel. The still-untitled film is being produced by Yash Raj Films. "It's not easy playing an angel. It's a character absolutely without a reference point. Rani has gone into her inner resources to create the character," said a Yash Raj source.

Contrary to reports, she doesn't wear just one costume throughout the film, which will be completed in February and not in December as reported in the press. While Amitabh Bachchan plays god, ghost and djinn in God Tussi Great Ho, Bhootnath and Alladin respectively, Esha Deol has already played a ghost in Darling. But no one has played an angel in Hindi movies before unless we count Aftab Shivdasani who says his role as the angel in Anupam Sinha's Shukriya was his best ever. After Laaga Chunari Mein Daag — Journey Of A Woman, Rani Mukerji will again be seen as a prostitute in the much-hyped Saawariya. She says it is not a coincidence. "Not by chance, by choice," Rani laughed. "I play very different kinds of prostitutes in Saawariya and Pradeepda's Laaga Chunari Mein Daag.

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