Vishal Bhardwaj and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are seemingly set
to direct movies on two different female gangsters based on the same source
material.
Years ago Bhardwaj had gone to Bhansali with a script about
reincarnation, which he wanted the latter to direct. That movie never happened.
But now both the distinguished filmmakers' destinies are joined in a strange
way.
Both the filmmakers have secured filmmaking rights from
chapters out of S. Hussain Zaidi's bestseller "Mafia Queens Of
Mumbai", about female gangsters.
While Bhardwaj would soon be making a movie based on Zaidi's
account of Ashraf Khan alias Sapna, the gangster whose only mission in life is
to eliminate her husband's killer Dawood, Bhansali would be directing a movie
based on the life and crimes of female gangster Gangubai Kothewali, the dreaded
female crime-lord, known as 'The Madame Of Kamathipura'.
Fascinatingly both the movies on female gangsters by
Bhansali and Bhardwaj are expected to go on the floors at the same time time
next year.
A source told, "Bhansali is as fascinated by Gangubai's
life as Bhardwaj is by Ashraf Khan.
"The important thing is the principal casting. Both the
directors have gone into other projects before taking on Hussain Zaidi's female
gangsters' stories because they're still searching for the right actress. In
the next couple of months, they would crack the casting."
In the meantime, another filmmaker Shashi Ranjan is already
halfway through his biopic on another female gangster Archana Sharma.
Ranjan confirmed he is shooting Sharma's story with Mahima
Chowdhary in the lead.
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