Priyanka Chopra to settle back into the role of Chamki, Kareena also an option
Top filmmaker Shyam Benegal is to revive his film Chamki and has pencilled in original choice Priyanka Chopra for the lead role.
Says a source, “Priyanka Chopra was quite thrilled when she was offered to play the lead in Chamki. But she and the film’s then-producer Sanjay Gupta had a fall-out earlier when she had refused to do Musafir. The role was then offered to Urmila Matondkar who had monetary issues with the producer.”
The source adds, “Initially Kareena Kapoor was very charged about the role. And considering what Shyam Babu had done with her sister Karisma in Zubeida, she was all the more keen. However she opted out, (as she often does from offbeat challenges like Deepa Mehta’s Water and Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat) stating that it was too early for her to attempt something so unconventional.”
Now Chamki will go back to the two original choice of Priyanka. When contacted, Priyanka said, “But I had read the script ages ago. The whole project has to be evaluated afresh. And who wouldn’t want to work with Shyam Benegal?”
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