By Jilawatan

Now that designer Sabya-sachi Mukherjee is over with the couture week, he’s taken a week off. Unlike fellow fraternity members, his work now is of a more filmi kind – he’s started work on his first directorial venture. “It’s one of my priorities at the moment,” said Sabya. He began writing the script from August 1.

There are two parallel stories and he’ll work on the one which appears stronger in the discussion stage. He says, “It’s all in my head right now. I’m going to take a week off from work and start it with my writer.” He refuses to give the writer’s name, saying, “It wouldn’t be fair on her. She’s quietly writing two other films too, besides this one. I don’t want to upset her apple cart.”

By Jilawatan

Vidya Balan’s next film, No One Killed Jessica, sees her donning a real life character.

And she says it was a fulfilling experience.

” We are done with the shoots and it was challenging. We shot at real locations in Delhi but what made it even tougher was the city’s scorching climate.

But overall, it was a very fulfilling experience,” Vidya says.

The film is expected to be released in December this year. No One Killed Jessica has been directed by Rajkumar Gupta and is based on the Jessica Lall murder. It also stars Rani Mukerji.

By Jilawatan

On Monday, swelling crowds, unexpected rain and irked college authorities played spoilsport as the cast and crew of No One Killed Jessica tried to can two sequences at the campus. It was the last day of admissions at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), and students who had come for admission were pleasantly surprised when they found actress Vidya Balan there. Vidya plays the role of Jessica Lall’s sister Sabrina in the flick.

By Jilawatan

There’s been gossip about designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s directorial venture and who among his favourites will star in it — Rani Mukerji or Vidya Balan.

While both are Sabya’s close friends and favourite Bollywood clients, and despite rumours of Vidya being the ‘obvious’ choice, the designer recently said that, if he has to choose from among the two, it will have to be Rani. And why? Sabya says he’s a bit of a loyalist and his loyalties lie with Rani.

By Jilawatan

Rani Mukerji, apparently, took Vidya Balan under her wing when these two were shooting for Rajkumar Gupta’s Who killed Jessica Lal? in New Delhi.

Visitors to the set say it was pleasant to see the once hoity-toity Rani share jokes and tips with Vidya. Of course Vidya is thrilled.

She was overheard saying, “Rani is such a doll. She is so simple and uncomplicated. We get along like a house on fire.” Honestly, Rani was this sweet-natured girl even earlier. For those who remember history, Rani was best friends with Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai and even Kareena Kapoor in the initial phase of her career. It is only after she made it to the position of Queen Bee that she started keeping a distance.

By Jilawatan

The shooting of the Rajkumar Gupta directed No One Killed Jessica took off in Delhi around February 20, but Vidya Balan joined the cast and crew a week later. The shooting will take place in several locations all over Delhi over a two-month schedule. The entire film, which is based on the infamous Jessica Lal murder case, will be shot in the capital. Vidya Balan plays Jessica Lal’s sister Sabrina who fought the case, while Rani Mukerji plays a feisty journalist.

By Jilawatan

She is the thinking man’s dream. Whether she plays the unwed mother, or locks lips with her co-star, or suggestively sucks a thumb, her dignity remains intact. And then a pretty face and a voluptuous figure do not hurt. Vidya Balan is on a roll.

By Jilawatan

Vidya Balan is the latest big name being linked to Deepa Mehta’s upcoming film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel, Midnight’s Children.

The actress recently confirmed that she has met with the acclaimed director to discuss the possibility of playing Rani Mukerji’s sister in the film. Balan is reportedly very excited at the prospect of working with Mehta – especially given a previous attempt at collaboration a couple of years ago with a project titled Stella fell through – and though no role is confirmed yet, has put on record her statement that she “would love to work with her [Mehta]”.

By Jilawatan

Don’t know if you’ve noticed but Vidya Balan, who’s making a big comeback to Bollywood with Paa this week, is suddenly one of the nattiest dressers in tinsel town. And, just by repeating stylish variations of the same Indian garment once popularised by Madhubala as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam.

Vidya, who was notoriously considered Bollywood’s worst fashionista after her disastrous wardrobe in Heyy Babyy, has glamorously reinvented herself. And, by choosing to wear the Anarkali-styled salwar-kameez in different avatars, the actress has inadvertently become a trendsetter of sorts.