Shilpa  Shirodkar Joins The Cast Jatadhara

The cast  of  Prerna Arora, Umesh Bansal and Zee Studios’s  mythological-action film Jatadhara just got more interesting.

Shilpa Shirodkar, fresh out of  Bigg Boss, has joined the cast of Jatadhara in a  pivotal role. The film which stars Telugu  star Sudheer Babu commenced shooting last week.

Elaborating  on  the  hush-hush subject  producer Prerna  Arora says, “It is a fantasy film,but  a universal subject and based  on  a folk tale, like   Munjya which was  a folk tale based  in Maharashtra. Our is  based  on a South Indian folk tale, so it is a very, very different kind of supernatural horror film. Something which  audiences  have  never seen before.”

Like Mahesh Babu’s proposed  film with Rajamouli,  there will be a lot of jungle scenes in Jatadhara.

Shilpa Shirodkar is happy to  be back. “There’s so much happening in our cinema now; things have changed so much since I worked there.Everybody is more professional now. In the 1990s, I would be doing two shifts and running from one studio to another. Everything was haphazard. Now, everyone know his or her job. It’s a pleasure to be part of the industry again. For an actor my age, there are so many kinds of roles on offer. I’m not looking at playing the conventional romantic lead at this stage of my career.”

Shilpa’s 10-year career as a leading lady has left her feeling grateful for the experience.

“I think I’m the only actress of my generation, who got to work with Dev Anand saab in Return Of Jewel Thief and Dilip Kumar saab in Kalinga. Kalinga never released but I did get to work with the greatest actor of our cinema. I went to meet Raj Kapoor saab with my mother at his farm for a possible lead in Henna. He looked at me and said, ‘I wish I had met you when I was casting for Bobby.‘ I didn’t work with Raj saab but what he said has remained with me.”