Mumbai:
Vidya
Balan,
who
donned
Nargis'
look
from
the
1957
cult
film
Mother
India
for
a
magazine,
says
that
no
one
should
even
dare
to
remake
Mehboob
Khan's
Oscar-nominated
Mother
India
as
it
is
an
unachievable
feat.
She
also
says
that
if
someone
dared
to
attempt
this,
she
wouldn't
be
a
part
of
it.
As
a
tribute
to
100
years
of
Indian
cinema,
Vidya
has
donned
Nargis'
look
from
Mother
India
and
Meena
Kumari's
from
the
1962-classic
Sahib
Bibi
Aur
Ghulam
for
Cineblitz'
special
edition.
But
the
actress,
who
entered
filmdom
with
the
Parineeta
remake,
has
no
intention
of
working
in
a
Mother
India
remake.
"I
don't
think
anybody
would
even
dare
to
remake
Mother
India
and
if
someone
does
then
I
will
salute
him,
but
I
will
not
do
it.
It
is
unachievable,
really," Vidya
(35),
told
reporters
at
the
unveiling
of
the
cover
page
of
the
magazine.
Mother
India
is
known
for
Nargis
Dutt's
power-packed
performance
as
a
righteous
mother,
who
shoots
down
her
son,
played
by
Sunil
Dutt,
whom
she
married
after
the
movie,
for
being
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
law.
One
of
the
most
expensive
project
of
its
time,
the
film
is
said
to
be
a
remake
of
Khan's
1940
movie
Aurat
and
it
was
India's
first
submission
for
the
Oscars
for
the
Best
Foreign
Language
Film
in
1958.
Talking
about
dressing
up
as
Nargis
in
the
same
look,
Vidya
said,
"It's
an
honour
for
me
to
have
recreated
those
two
images.
One
is
the
image
of
Nargis
from
Mother
India
and
when
you
think
of
those
iconic
images
from
the
Indian
cinema
over
time,
it
definitely
features
in
the
top
3."
"The
other
image
we
recreated
was
Sahib,
Bibi
Aur
Ghulam
and
I
remember
seeing
that
picture
when
I
was
in
school
and
finding
it
extremely
intoxicating,"
added
Vidya
talking
about
Meena
Kumari's
drunk
look
from
the
film.
Vidya
is
currently
shooting
for
Shaadi
Ke
Side
Effects
with
Farhan
Akhtar
while
the
first
look
of
her
upcoming
film
Ghanchakkar
with
Emraan
Hashmi
has
already
released.
IANS
Vidya
At
Cineblitz
Special
Issue
Launch
As
a
tribute
to
100
years
of
Indian
cinema,
Vidya
has
donned
Nargis'
look
from
Mother
India.
Vidya
At
Cineblitz
Special
Issue
Launch
She
also
dressed
as Meena
Kumari
from
the
1962-classic
Sahib
Bibi
Aur
Ghulam
for
Cineblitz's
special
edition.
Vidya
At
Cineblitz
Special
Issue
Launch
Mother
India
was India's
first
submission
for
the
Oscars
for
the
Best
Foreign
Language
Film
in
1958.
Vidya
At
Cineblitz
Special
Issue
Launch
Mother
India
is
also
known
for
Nargis
Dutt's
power-packed
performance
as
a
righteous
mother,
who
shoots
down
her
son,
played
by
Sunil
Dutt.
Vidya
At
Cineblitz
Special
Issue
Launch
Vidya
is
working
on
two
films
these
days
-
Shaadi
Ke
Side
Effects
with
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Ghanchakkar
with
Emraan
Hashmi.