Aishwarya Rai to debut as a singer with 'Fanney Khan'
| Jun 29, 2017, 15:45 IST
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was last seen with Anil Kapoor in 'Taal' is all set to the reunite with the actor after almost 17 years in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's ‘Fanney Khan’. While not much is not about the project, according to the reports, the two will not be playing each other's love interest in this film. Aishwarya, who was last seen in ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' will be back on screen after almost nine months.
Talking about the venture, co-producer of the movie, Prernaa Arora revealed, "The team starts building the set in Mumbai next month and Anil will kick off shooting in the first week of August. Aishwarya joins him by the month-end and the film will wrap up in a start-to-finish schedule by October."
When quizzed about Aishwarya's role in the film, Prernaa revealed, "Ash was blown away by her glamorous and 'highly stylised' character. We took the script to her two months ago and she immediately gave her nod."
'Fanney Khan' is the Hindi adaptation of the 2000 Dutch release ‘Everybody's Famous’, which was directed by Dominique Deruddere. The film will be helmed by debutant Atul Manjrekar and is a story of a 17-year-old aspiring singer whose career takes off after her unemployed father, who also harbours the dreams of becoming a musician, decides to kidnap the top singer of the country. The original movie was nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 73rd Academy Awards.
However, the industry reports suggest that Aishwarya was brought onboard for the project after Priyanka Chopra rejected the script. However, the makers have denied this news and said that Aishwarya had always been the first and the last choice for the film’s character.
Reports suggest that it will be 'Fanney Khan' that Aishwarya, too, may debut as a singer and belt out her single. Prernaa concluded saying, "Everyone will be surprised by Ash’s turn."
Talking about the venture, co-producer of the movie, Prernaa Arora revealed, "The team starts building the set in Mumbai next month and Anil will kick off shooting in the first week of August. Aishwarya joins him by the month-end and the film will wrap up in a start-to-finish schedule by October."
When quizzed about Aishwarya's role in the film, Prernaa revealed, "Ash was blown away by her glamorous and 'highly stylised' character. We took the script to her two months ago and she immediately gave her nod."
'Fanney Khan' is the Hindi adaptation of the 2000 Dutch release ‘Everybody's Famous’, which was directed by Dominique Deruddere. The film will be helmed by debutant Atul Manjrekar and is a story of a 17-year-old aspiring singer whose career takes off after her unemployed father, who also harbours the dreams of becoming a musician, decides to kidnap the top singer of the country. The original movie was nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 73rd Academy Awards.
However, the industry reports suggest that Aishwarya was brought onboard for the project after Priyanka Chopra rejected the script. However, the makers have denied this news and said that Aishwarya had always been the first and the last choice for the film’s character.
Reports suggest that it will be 'Fanney Khan' that Aishwarya, too, may debut as a singer and belt out her single. Prernaa concluded saying, "Everyone will be surprised by Ash’s turn."