Aishwarya to star in Indo-American film

Aishwarya, who made her foray into international cinema with ‘Bride and Prejudice’ in 2004 , has signed her new international project . Aishwarya’s upcoming project will be Indo-American and will be based on Rabindranath Tagore’s book Three Women, reports Filmfare.

Isheeta Ganguly, a theatre writer and fusion singer, will be making her directorial debut with the film and she is also adapting her own successful music theatre into the film .

Ganguly, while confirming the news, told a leading news website, “Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be playing the main protagonist in the film. While the play was called Three Women, we are changing the name and have titled our film The Letter as the film is based around the letter of Kadambari Devi who was Tagore’s sister-in-law. I am really glad that Aishwarya loved the script and agreed to be a part of my directorial debut.”

She further added, “While the musical theatre that I directed was crafted on the evolution of two protagonists from Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s novels — Bimala and Charu. Their lives are seen through the 21st-century eyes of Kadambari Devi, who was a ghost-like a Sex and the City-esque character. For the film, I have adapted the story into the modern-day context and made it into a mother-daughter story.”

Isheeta Ganguly also informed that she wanted the movie to be made in Hindi but it was Aishwarya Rai, on whose conviction, she decided to make it an Indo-American movie.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Aishwarya will soon reunite with filmmaker Mani Ratnam. The actress has signed up to play one of the leads in ‘Ponniyin Selvan’. Aishwarya will be essaying a double role in this film which is based on iconic writer Kalki Krishnamurthy’s historical fiction novel of the same name. Set in the backdrop of Chola Dynasty, the epic novel has been adapted for the big screen by Ratnam along with writer B. Jeyamohan, who has penned dialogues for the movie.