Kolkata, Jan 09: One of India's best known woman filmmakers, Aparna Sen, is all set to start her first Hindi film "Gulel" with Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan.
The project fell through, first with producer Pritish Nandy Communications backing out and then with the two principal stars revealing a reluctance to get into the project.
She was also considering making another Bengali film with her daughter Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead.
But now the director of "Paroma" and "Paromitar Ek Din" has gone back to making an English-language film. Entitled "15 Park Avenue", the film will feature her "Mr & Mrs Iyer" stars Rahul Bose and Konkona.
Konkona is also excited about coming together with Rahul again after "Mr & Mrs Iyer".
"We do share a very special on-screen bonding. And we're close friends in real life. But '15 Park Avenue' won't be anything like 'Mr & Mrs Iyer'. It's the story of two non-Bengali sisters living in Kolkata.
"It'll hopefully complete a trilogy of well-received English-language films by mom."
The film puts an end to Sen's year-long ordeal when her other directorial projects fell through.
Meanwhile, Konkona is all set for the release of her first Hindi film Madhur Bhandarkar's "Page 3" and also to begin work on Mira Nair's "The Namesake".
Call her the new age Shabana Azmi, and Konkona blushes with joy.
"Now that's what I call a compliment. Shabana sweetly keeps sending a lot of projects and scripts to me. By some strange coincidence, a lot of socially relevant films are coming my way. I like that, “she said.
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