Director Sudhir Mishra to shoot Aur Devdas with new producer, new cast

Sudhir Mishra has not shelved Aur Devdas; he's making it with a new producer and cast

After Dev D released, there was buzz about Sudhir Mishra's Aur Devdas being shelved.

But the fact is that the filmmaker has taken the script to Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar and is now making the same project with a new cast.

A source reveals, "Aur Devdas was another take on the famous novel by Sarat Chandra and it went into production along with Anurag Kayshap's Dev D.

Shiney Ahuja, Chitrangada Singh and Lara Dutta were in the cast.

It was being produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. Now as things stand, Mishra has told PNC that he will make another film with them with the same star cast."

Desired Rani

The source continues, "Mishra always wanted big stars to act in his interpretation of Devdas and when he was casting earlier, he desired Rani Mukerji to play Paro.

He met Farhan, who has become a hot property after Rock On!! to play the title role and that's when Farhan offered to produce it too.

Mishra then gave a narration to Kareena who liked the script instantly and agreed to be a part of it.

Adds the source, "Mishra is not going to keep the title of the film the same. He is also looking for another actress from the big league to play Chandramukhi."

Ritesh Sidhwani says, "I don't know anything about Aur Devdas. We are doing some other film with him but nothing has been finalised as yet."