Not Sushmita Sen, But Kajol Was The First Choice For Ram Madhvani’s Aarya? Read On

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• Updated:June 10, 2020 11:19 IST

• Authors: Mahima Pandey
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One of the most gorgeous and phenomenal personalities of the Hindi film industry, Sushmita Sen has delivered many hits back in the day. Her last Bollywood film was No Problem, which released in 2010, after which the beauty featured in a 2015 Bengali film titled Nirbaak before taking a long break from films. Well much to the delight of fans, Sushmita is all set to make her comeback to the screen after 5 years with Ram Madhvani’s crime drama web series Aarya.

The trailer of the show was shared a few days ago and Sushmita’s performance was lauded by fans and celebs. But did you know that she wasn’t the first choice for Aarya? According to a report in Pinkvilla, Madhvani had originally planned the project as a feature film and wanted to cast Kajol as the lead actress. They were in advanced talks with her and she loved the concept as well as the storyline. However, she had to opt out of the project at the last minute due to ‘personal issues’.

A source was further quoted saying, “Aarya has the female lead playing the central protagonist and he wanted someone who has a commanding screen presence and is also a terrific performer. That's when he thought of Sush and offered it to her. Among the many offers that she had, Sushmita liked this the most and then, it was decided that it would be made into a digital series with Hotstar coming on board. Sush did take her time but eventually gave a green signal to Ram.”

Well, it’s great that things worked out for the best! The web series, also starring Chandrachur Singh, Sikander Kher and Namit Das, will be available for streaming on Hotstar from 19^th June and fans are extremely excited to see Sushmita back in action! She will be portraying the character of a mother who does everything she can to protect her family after her husband gets into trouble.