Not Sujoy Ghosh, but Siddharth Anand to helm SRK, Suhana, and Jr Bachchan’s ‘King’
'Pathaan' director Siddharth Anand to helm SRK, Suhana Khan, and Abhishek Bachchan's 'King' and not Sujoy Ghosh.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan enthralled the audience with her inner rockstar avatar in Fanney Khan. Post the release of Fanney Khan, there were reports that Aishwarya’s next film will be Jasmine: Story Of A Leased Womb. She is learnt to have now decided to not do the film.
Earlier, Aishwarya had confirmed to media that she was in talks with writers Siddharth-Garima for the film Jasmine. “Our talks had stopped around February this year, but now, I will take the discussion further. Right now, I don’t know whether I’m doing it or not. I liked the concept, but asked them to make a few changes to the script,” she had told DNA.
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The 44-year-old diva has now taken a final call for the project. A source close to former beauty queen confirmed to DNA, “Aishwarya has turned down Jasmine. There were several loopholes in the script. Although Siddharth and Garima’s basic idea was strong, there were many problems with the story, which the actress had reportedly pointed out to the writer duo.”
Aishwarya had been reportedly approached with a fresh script too but she still felt she couldn’t relate to it.
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On the other hand, director Shree Narayan Singh who was supposed to be the producer of the film is also learnt to have backed out of the project.
Meanwhile, the actress will be seen sharing the silver screen once again with husband Abhishek Bachchan in Anurag Kashyap’s Gulab Jamun.
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