‘Paro’ Kareena to lure Devdas from ‘Chandramukhi’ Rani Mukerji

How would you like to see bewitching Kareena lure Devdas from the arms of the dusky damsel Rani playing Chandramukhi? Sudhir Mishra is coming up with his own version of Devdas after previous portrayals. This time glamour queen Kareena Kapoor will play Paro, and tease Devdas away from Rani Mukerji’s arms, who is playing courtesan Chandramukhi.

‘Aur Devdas’, as the film is titled, is an ambitious project of Mishra, to be produced by Farhan Akhtar. Ritesh Sidhwani is scripting it.

A source has reportedly revealed, “ ‘Aur Devdas’ is another take on the famous novel by Sarat Chandra and it went into production along with Anurag Kayshap’s ‘Dev D’. Shiney Ahuja, Chitrangada Singh and Lara Dutta were in the cast. It was being produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. Now as things stand, Mishra has said that he will make another film with them with the same star cast.”

The source adds, “Mishra always wanted big stars to act in his interpretation of Devdas and when he was casting earlier, he desired Rani Mukerji to play Paro. He wanted Farhan, who has become a hot property after ‘Rock On!!’ to play the title role and that’s when Farhan offered to produce it, too. Mishra then gave a narration to Kareena who liked the script instantly and agreed to be a part of it. Mishra is not going to keep the title of the film the same.”

However, Sidhwani clarifies that this movie with Farhan is not called ‘Aur Devdas’ and it’s a whole new film with Mishra.

With so many versions already out, comparisons will be tough and highly critical. Hope Kareena’s ada adds something new to the eternal love story.