Not Gulab Jamun, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai to star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Sahir Ludhianvi biopic

Master storyteller Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next production venture Sahir Ludhianvi biopic is in the discussions since a long time. The film has reached to several actors till now, first, it went to Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra but they didn't show the interest. Then it went to Irrfan Khan and Priyanka Chopra and the film was supposed to be done but then there were no reports on it.

Now finally, according to the media reports Sanjay Leela Bhansali has finalized Abhishek Bachchan to play the role of Sahir Ludhianvi and with him, his wife and actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan also has been roped to play a leading role. Reports are that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan could be seen playing the role of poetess Amrita Pritam in the venture.

Well, if it turns true then surely it is going to be a joyful moment for Abhi-Aish fans who have not seen the couple together since a long time. They were last seen in 2010 released film Raavan, directed by Mani Ratnam. Recently, Aishwarya also talked about bagging one interesting project. "Normally when it comes to announcing my future projects, I leave it to the prerogative of my directors and producers. I have just very recently okayed a wonderful script and idea and character. So, I’ll let them make the announcement. And that is to start much later this year," Aishwarya said.

However, earlier Aishwarya and Abhishek were supposed to make comeback together with Anurag Kashyap's film Gulab Jamun and the actors even confirmed it. Later it got to know that the actors have left the project due to creative differences with the makers.

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