Bipasha Basu to play herself in 'Pankh'!

Bollywood's dusky beauty, Bipasha Basu, has signed her first ever art-house movie called 'Pankh', to be directed by Shudipto Chattopadhyay and produced by Sanjay Gupta's production house White Feather. It is being rumored that she will play herself in the film but refuses to use her real name for her character.

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Bipasha explains:

I really need to have a discussion with Shudipto on this. Yes, he's very keen that I be called Bipasha in 'Pankh'. But I'm not at all comfortable with my name being used for any character, even if I'm playing her. I'd rather stick to the character's name Nandini.

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The flick claims a very off-beat plot, a gender bender confusion in the life of a child actor, being played by a newcomer Maraddona, who grows up thinking he is a girl because of the female moppets he played as a child. Bipasha plays her real self, a Bollywood actor, whom the tangled protagonist adores. Bips adds:

'Pankh' is very special, and not just because it's my first so-called art film. But the minute I heard the subject I was bowled over. It deals with a very serious problem within the film industry. Let's not trivialise it by speculating whether the character I play is based on me. That's exactly what will happen if my name is Bipasha in 'Pankh'.

To many the plot would sound like the gender bender confusion that Antara Mali portrayed in 'Mr. Ya Miss', but this flick is not about biological changes but delves on psychological ones.

I bet Bipasha, playing herself in the flick, will surely do a fabulous job as this stunning sexy siren can bring back anyone to his senses!

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Via: Hindustantimes