By Jilawatan

Vidya Balan is on a signing spree. Her career is on the upswing post Paa and Ishqiya. She has even started dressing better. She is currently working on Rajkumar Gupta’s No One Killed Jessica and is also considering Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children.

Sabyasachi is one of Vidya’s favourite designers, and he styled her look in Paa. She wears his creations at events and the duo is friends. So, it is no surprise that he wants her to be part of his directorial debut. He thinks she is the quintessential Indian beauty. Prateik Babber is the male lead in the film. Konkona Sen Sharma recently said that she finds Prateik sexy and she might also sign on the dotted line.

The unconventional casting makes sense and is in sync with the designer’s unconventional and Indian sensibilities. His designs are distinctly desi, and Konkona, Vidya and Prateik look very Indian. The film is an out-and-out romantic comedy and will take people by surprise because very few know that the reserved, shy and down-to-earth Sabyasachi has a funny side.

The movie is set in London and Punjab and based on NRIs. It will go on the floors in June, as some minor details have to be finalized and finishing touches have to be added.

Sabyasachi Mukerji said that it will be a while before the film goes on the floors because he is still writing the script. He has recently designed for Paa, Raavana and Guzaarish and for Baabul in the past.

By Jilawatan

That one of India’s most celebrated fashion designers, Sabyasachi Mukherjee will soon make his directorial debut is a well-known fact. The talented designer who has been painstakingly scripting his debut film is now ready to take his film on the floors in June this year.

Buzz is Sabyasachi’s close friend Vidya Balan and Pratik will star in his first film. Sabyasachi is also in talks with Konkona Sen Sharma, who had said during a recent interview that she finds Pratik very sexy. We won’t be surprised if she too signs on the dotted line.

As for Sabyasachi and Vidya, they became close friends when he designed her look in Paa. The designer’s admiration for Vidya was evident when he said in a recent interview: “Vidya is a naturally beautiful girl. I’ve often said that she looks much nicer off screen than she looks on screen so in Paa I have just reversed the process by making her look the way she is and not trying too hard to give her an identity because she is an Indian girl, she looks best in Indian clothes.” Vidya had also inaugurated his flagship store in Delhi recently.

A source said, “He had been scripting his film for a long time and is now adding finishing touches to it. His film, an out-and-out romantic comedy, is as unconventional as his clothes.”

According to the source, the film will be based on NRIs and will be shot in London and Punjab. The first two-week shooting schedule is expected to start in June in London.

Sabyasachi denied the news about starting his film’s shoot in June and said, “I am still scripting. It’s a long way before my film goes on the floors.”

However, our source maintains that things are almost finalised and the film is ready to roll soon. The designer is also in talks with several producers.

Sabyasachi is no stranger to Bollywood. He was the costume designer in Black and is also designing for forthcoming films Raavana and Guzaarish.