The filmmaker, who has earlier directed Priyanka Chopra's Mary Kom, has roped in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Sarabjit Singh's sister Daljit Kaur, whose perspective the film will be from. Randeep Hooda has been signed on to play the role of Sarabjit in the film. Richa Chadha, who has earlier worked with Randeep Hooda in Main Aur Charles, will also be seen in a pivotal role.
Sarbjit is based on Sarabjit Singh, an Indian farmer who was convicted of terrorism and spying in Pakistan and was sentenced to death there. He was attacked by inmates at a prison in Lahore in April 2013 and died a few days later.
Before zeroing in on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play Sarbjit Singh's sister Daljit, Omung Kumar had said in an interview, "I have not thought of any actress yet. We also have been hearing about lot of actresses being finalised for this project, but it is not true. We are looking for strong, bold, powerful, bindaas, fiery ... Feisty (actress). We are not focusing more on getting the physicality right ... We are not looking to have a duplicate of Dalbir Kaur."
Dalbir's struggle is what had inspired the director to say a yes to the biopic. He had said, "The story of Sarabjit Singh, his sister ... Her struggle for 23 years to get her brother out of jail was something that interested me. I read the story, saw videos and it just shocked ... Surprised me."
The film was supposed to have gone on floors in October this year, but it finally did today.
Source:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-randeep-hoodas-sarbjit-goes-on-floors-sarabjit-singh-biopic-shooting-photos-release/1/546875.html
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