Cashing in on the new trend of powerful women characters in films, two leading ladies from two different genres and vastly different bodies of work, have been signed on to play two special roles in two different projects.
While Madhuri Dixit will
be seen as the leader of a gang - a Godmother prototype in Gulab Gang,Bipasha Basu will
be seen as the charming seductress in Rohit Roy's remake of Basu Chatterjee's
1982 blockbuster Shaukeen.
Gulab Gang, conceptualized by Soumik Sen and Anubhav Sinha had
been in the offing for a while now. The story about a gang of women fighting
social injustice in the heartland of India, will mark the directorial debut of
Sen. Inspired by real life, this film will be released on March 8,
International Women's Day next year.
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When contacted, producer Anubhav Sinha confirmed, "Yes,
we have signed Madhuri for the film. She will play the protagonist Gulab. We
want to start shooting by the end of the year. After the release of RA.One, I
was visiting Benaras to finalise the script fro
my next film, when Soumik came up with this idea. And I immediately gave it a
go ahead." Mirror has learnt that director Sen is now looking at actors
like Mahie
Gill and Shilpa Shukla to complete his gang of women in the film. The
film will be made under the banner Benaras Media Works. On the Shaukeen remake
front, director Rohit had already finalised Rishi Kapoor, Naseeruddin
Shahand Boman Irani to play the aging Lotharios
portrayed by Ashok
Kumar, Utpal Dutt and AK Hangal in the original. And now, to reprise the
role of their object of affection, he has chosen Bipasha Basu. Talking to
Mirror, Rohit explained that his film is not exactly a replica of the 1982
blockbuster. "It has been thirty years since the release of Shaukeen. We
had to change tweak the story accordingly. The three sixty-year-old men in my
film won't be lusting for a girl as it was in the original," revealed the
filmmaker. "My film is more like a Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara meets 1982
Shaukeen. These three men have always gone out for trips, once every five
years. This is their last," he added.
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