Konkona
Sen-Sharma
is
really
going
places.
After
taking
the
elusive
Tabu's
place
in
Zoya
Akhtar's
directorial
debut
Luck
By
Chance,
Konkona
is
treading
into
Tabu's
territory
once
again.
Konkona
will
play
a
small
but
vital
part
in
Mira
Nair's
Shantaram.It
would
be
recalled
that
Konkona
was
Mira
Nair's
initial
choice
for
the
much-lauded
Namesake.
The
actress
begged
off
for
date's
sake.
Tabu
stepped
in.
Contrary
to
the
flights
of
fancy
in
certain
media
circles
about
Mira
Nair"s
ambitious
adaptation
of
Gregory
David
Roberts'
bestseller
Shantaram
being
aborted
due
to
Johnny
Depp"s
fancy
fee,
the
project
is
very
much
on.
Reacting
with
her
usual
chortle
of
incredulity
talk
back
home,
Mira
says,
"Alas,
We
have
been
stalled
temporarily
due
to
the
crippling
nature
of
the
writers'
strike
in
Hollywood.
Johnny
Depp
assures
me
that
this
is
just
a
pause,
and
that
we'll
rev
up
to
go
again
once
the
strike
is
resolved.
I"ve
spent
a
year
of
creative
endeavour
in
realising
Shantaram,
so
I
look
forward
to
the
time
when
it
will
all
come
together."
The
cast
which
initially
boasted
of
Bachchan
with
Depp
now
has,
among
others,
the
rapidly-rising
Konkona
Sen
in
a
very
special
role.
Divulges
Mira,
"In
addition
to
Johnny
Depp
and
Amitabh
Bachchan,
I'd
confirmed
Irrfan
Khan
in
a
major
role
and
Konkona
Sen
for
a
one
big
dramatic
scene.
I've
also
been
in
talks
with
Prabhudeva,
Arshad
Warsi,
Shreyas
Talpade
and
Ranvir
Sheorey.
I'd
also
love
to
work
with
Pankaj
Kapoor.
We
have
such
an
extraordinary
bunch
of
great
actors
in
India!"
Mira
should
know.
She
worked
with
a
slew
of
them
in
her
career-defining
musical
Monsoon
Wedding.
And
now
as
Shantaram
gets
shifted
to
end
of
2008,
Mira
prepares
to
do
a
Broadway-styled
stage
adaptation
of
Monsoon
Wedding.
Story first published: Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 16:04 [IST]