Vidya Balan blended well with the essence of Kolkata in ‘Kahaani’ and Delhi in ‘No One Killed Jessica’. Now, the actress is all set to explore the streets of Mumbai in Rajkumar Gupta’s next ‘Ghanchakkar’. This will be Gupta’s second film with Vidya after ‘No One Killed Jessica’.
The film will capture the streets of Mumbai with hidden cameras, just the strategy Gupta had used while shooting for ‘Aamir’ with Rajeev Khandelwal.
“This time I’ll be capturing another side to Mumbai, very different from Aamir. The metropolitan spaces occupied by Vidya in Ghanchakkar will be very different from what she occupied of Kolkata in Kahaani and Delhi in No One Killed Jessica,” Gupta says.
Vidya Balan has successfully played the very challenging roles of Sabrina Lal in ‘No one Killed Jessica’, Silk Smitha in ‘The Dirty Picture’ and Vidya Bagchi in ‘Kahaani’. Now, the actress accepts the challenge of playing a simple housewife in her next project. There are no dramatic incidents or mysterious murders in the script and the story revolves around the daily life of an average housewife.
“I had decided I wanted her for Ghanchakkar even when we were working together on Jessica. It is only now there’s a growing anxiety about Vidya’s positioning in the audiences’ perception,” says Gupta.
Emraan Hashmi has been cast opposite Vidya in the flick and his role is as important as that of Vidya. “Emraan Hashmi has just delivered a string of hits. Ghanchakkar is not Vidya’s film alone. It is Emraan’s film in an equal measure. Vidya is fine with sharing the limelight,” Gupta adds.
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