Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to step into the legendary Nargis role and no it s not a double role

It looks like 2018 is going to be a very special year for the Bachchans. While Abhishek Bachchan is all set to play the poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi in a bio-pic to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, producer Prerna Aroraa is all set to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a role immortalized by the legendary Nargis.

The film is Raat Aur Din. Directed by Satyen Bose, this 1969 black-and-white classic with astonishing songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar featured Nargis as a woman with a split personality. For portraying two different personalities in one character,Nargis had won the National award for Best Actress.

For Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to encore a role immortalized by Nargis would be the biggest challenge of her career. Says Prerna Aroraa, It s too early to talk about this project. But yes, I d like to say it would be a tremendous challenge for Aishwarya to play a role for which Nargisji is remembered to this day. Let s not forget, Raat Aur Din was Nargisji s swan song. She never returned to acting after this film. Her fans still remember her in this film. It s her most iconic role after Mother India. And I m proud to be associated with this film.

While the Prernaa Arora-produced remake will be directed by Siddharth Anand, the iconic Lata Mangeshkar songs from the original Raat Aur Din, composed by Shankar-Jaikishan will also be used in the remake. The songs from the original Raat Aur Din Diya Jale , Awara Ae Mere Dil , Dil Ki Girah Kholdo , Na Chedo Kal Ke Afsane and Jeena Humko Raas Na Aaya are considered among the best songs of composer Shankar-Jaikishan s career.