JHANSI KI RANI

production status: SHELVED

cast: Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen might not have made it as a frontrunner actress like her rival Aishwarya, but Sen is nowing moving into a totally new aspect of film making.

Sen has decided to give direction a try and have taken the job of bringing the life of Rani Laxmi Bai, the indian queen who battled against the British colonists. In fact she is doing it all....Sushmita Sen will be producing, directing as well as acting in the upcoming Jhansi Ki Rani.

It must be noted that just last week Aishwarya Rai have rejected the offer of taking on the gruelling role in Ketan Mehta's version of the same tale. So thus we avoid another Rai vs Sen scenario. \

The film will be made in English and Sen is eyeing a global market to tell the tale.

UPDATE FEB 01:

This project has been shelved as per sources. It seems that while Sush was still trying to get hold of a saleable actor for the lead, a TV Channel had already taken up the idea and is rolling out a TV series by March. So at this point Sush believes that there is no point of spending such a money if the TV is going to kill the interest.