Aish to play Devi Chaudhurani

In 2003, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan acted in the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Bengali film too. The actress mentioned that she haven’t spoken with Rituparno Ghosh till yet, the last she had a talk with the filmmaker was during the National Awards. Aishwarya Rai however confirmed the news asserting that she has discussed a screen adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s famous Bengali novel, Devi Chaudhurani, with the director with whom she had earlier associated on Chokher Bali, adapted from Rabindranath Tagore’s Binodini, and Raincoat, inspired by a short story by O Henry.


"Devi Chaudhurani” was first published in 1884 and later translated into English by Subodh Chunder Mitter. The film archives the revolutionary charge by a woman at a time when most were still following the veil system. Endangered by Devi Chaudhurani’s patriotic passion that brought more women out of the shells on the streets, the British banned the book. The ban prevailed only post-Independence. The ace filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh as reports suggests approached the former Miss World for the Hindi-Bengali bilingual when they were shooting for “Chokher Bali” and got a approval from the actress soon when she was in Kolkata last year to bag the Best Actress award for Raavan that also featured Abhishek Bachchan donning negative role..

Aishwarya Rai stated that her relationship with Rituparno Ghoshis not a matter of few seconds and that they have been knowing each other since a long time. Aishwarya also told that the filmmaker narrated almost every flick subject and Chokher Bali and Raincoat have bagged National Awards, for Best Feature Film in Bengali and Best Feature Film in Hindi, respectively. For now, the actress said that this particular movie is a subject that hasn’t been attempted on screen before and would be great experience. Rituparno wants to make Devi Chaudhurani only with Aishwarya Rai. And the actress is ready but now reports have it that, the filmmaker is busy with his another dance drama, Chitrangada—The Crowning Wish.

We wish that everything falls into right place. Rituparno also confirmed the buzz saying that Devi Chaudhurani is going to happen soon. He have always wanted to make this film with Aishwarya but she’s been really busy the last couple of years with other commitments and more recently, she was in limelight busy with Hugh Jackman. Let’s see when Aishwarya will get time to begin with her new project.

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