By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
October
04,
2007
The
resourceful
Aparna
Sen
who's
in
the
process
of
completing
her
latest
Bengali
film
The
Japanese
Wife
with
Rahul
Bose
in
the
lead,
is
ready
to
hit
the
road
with
her
first
Hindi
film
Gulel.
Says
Aparna,
"For
Gulel
I
really
want
Abhishek
and
I
know
Abhishek
wants
to
do
the
role.
He
has
said
yes.
In
fact,
earlier
on
he
had
even
allotted
dates
when
the
late
Ismail
Merchant's
nephew
Naeem
wanted
to
make
it.
Abhishek
told
Naeem
that
if
Aparna
Sen
is
doing
Gulel
he'd
do
it.
Then
Ismail
died
and
the
project
fell
apart.
But
I'm
ready
to
make
Gulel
with
Abhishek
as
soon
as
he
gives
the
dates."
Abhishek
says
he
had
an
affinity
to
Bengal
and
Bengalis.
"At
the
moment,
there're
lots
of
films
under
consideration.
I'm
on
the
verge
of
completing
Laaga
Chunari
Mein
Daag.
That
was
great
fun.
I've
known
the
director
Pradeep
Sarkar
from
before.
We've
done
a
couple
of
ads
before.
It
was
a
very
sweet
unit.
They
had
already
shot
for
8-9
months
before
I
joined
them.
But
I
immediately
felt
at
home.
And
yes,
there
were
lots
of
Bengalis
including
my
mom,
the
director
and
Rani
who's
a
good
friend,
on
the
sets.
I
do
love
working
with
Bengalis.
I've
worked
in
two
Bengali
films
with
Ritu-da
(Rituparno
Ghosh)
in
Antar
Mahal
and
in
a
film
called
Desh
directed
by
Raja
Sen
where
I
played
my
own
mom's
son.
It
would
be
delightful
to
work
with
Aparna
Sen."