Aishwarya Rai Bachchan To Step Into The Legendary Nargis’  Role,And No  It’s Not A  Double Role

The  film is Raat Aur Din. Directed by Satyen Bose  this 1969  black-and-white classic  with astonishing songs  sung by Lata Mangeshkarfeatured Nargis as a woman with a split personality. For  portraying two different personalities in one character, Nargis had won the National award for best actress.

For Aishwarya Rai , to encore a role immortalized  by Nargis would be the  biggest challenge  of her career.

Says Prerna Aroraa, “It’s too early to talk about this project. But yes, I’d like to say it would be  a tremendous challenge for Aishwarya  to  play a role for which Nargisji is remembered to this day. Let’s not  forget, Raat Aur Din  was Nargisji’s swan song. She  never returned to  acting after this  film.Her fans still remember her in this film .It’s her most iconic role  after Mother India.And  I’m proud to be  associated with this   film.”

While the Prernaa Arora-produced remake will be directed bySiddharth Anand,the iconic Lata Mangeshkar songs from  the originalRaat Aur Din, composed by Shankar–Jaikishan will also be used in the remake. The songs from the original Raat aur din diya jale, Awara aemere dil, Dil ki girah khol do, Na chedo kal ke afsane and Jeenahumko raas  na aaya are considered among the  best songs of composer Shankar-Jaikishan’s career.