Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to step into the legendary Nargis role and no its not a double role

2 Jan 2018

It looks like 2018 is going to be a very special year for theBachchans. While Abhishek Bachchan is all set to play the poet-lyricistSahirLudhianviin a bio-pic to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali , producerPrernaAroraais all set to castAishwaryaRaiBachchanin a role immortalized by the legendary Nargis. The film is RaatAurDin.Directed bySatyenBose, this 1969 black-and-white classic with astonishing songs sung byLataMangeshkarfeatured Nargisas a woman with a split personality. For portraying two different personalities in one character,Nargishad won the National award for Best Actress. ForAishwaryaRai Bachchan, to encore a role immortalized byNargiswould be the biggest challenge of her career. SaysPrernaAroraa, Its too early to talk about this project. But yes, Id like to say it would be a tremendous challenge forAishwarya to play a role for whichNargisjiis remembered to this day. Lets not forget, RaatAurDin was Nargisjis swan song. She never returned to acting after this film. Her fans still remember her in this film. Its her most iconic role after Mother India.And Im proud to be associated with this film. While thePrernaaArora-produced remake will be directed bySiddharthAnand, the iconicLataMangeshkarsongs from the original RaatAurDin, composed byShankar-Jaikishanwill also be used in the remake. The songs from the original Raat AurDin Diya Jale, AwaraAeMereDil,DilKiGirahKholdo, NaChedo KalKe Afsane and Jeena Humko Raas NaAaya are considered among the best songs of composerShankar-Jaikishans career.