Manisha Koirala plays Nargis |
Bollywood`s one time top actress Manisha Koirala is playing Nargis in Sanjay Dutt biopic. Late actress Nargis was mother of actor Sanjay Dutt. Manisha Koirala says after her cancer treatment, she used to look like an alien as she lost her hair. Now she is “quite kicked” to play late actor Nargis . Manisha, known for her roles in films like 1942: A Love Story`, `Agni Sakshi`, `Saudagar` and `Bombay`, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. She is all praise for her family`s support during her illness. The film industry welcomed her after her cancer battle, she said. Sharing the story behind bagging the role of Nargis Dutt, Manisha said, though she wanted to get back to work, she was nourishing her body and focusing on her health as chemotherapy damaged some of her body cells, she got a call from director Rajkumar Hirani. She is now busy in watching Nargis Dutt`s films again and again and talking to Sanjay`s sister Priya Dutt a lot to know how she was in real life, her body language, how she used to talk, smile. In fact, she she is trying to get all the nuances right. Manisha says that nowadays the audience is accepting films on experimental subjects so, these new-age films are getting financial success. It is no more those melodramatic films in Hindi cinema. So, filmmakers are ready to make films with different subjects, she added.
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