Manisha to play Bahu to Jaya ji

Manisha Koirala was out of sight for a while, but now she is back with bang. And with her comeback she is all set to play her first negative role in Revathy Varma’s Aap Ke Liye Hum as the veteran actress Jaya Bachchan’s cunning daughter-in-law.

With this film, Manisha has got more than one reasons to be happy. One is that she has got play the challenging negative role and another that she got to share screen with Jayaji.

Revathy, director and co-producer of the film confirmed the news that Manisha is in the film and is excited to play the negative role. “It’s the role of Ranvir Shorey’s wife. This woman is so wicked that she doesn’t think twice about turning to her angelic mother-in-law and saying, ‘Why did you produce only one son and expect him to look after you? If you had a couple more we wouldn’t be burdened’. It’s the daughter-in-law who sends Jayaji to the old woman’s home. That beautiful angelic face saying such horrible ugly things to a frail, old woman would be the biggest challenge of Manisha’s career,” said Revathy.

The same role was first offered to actress Urvashi Sharma, who backed out when she didn’t get paid her remuneration. On that note Revathy said uneasily, “Well, yes. It’s the same role. But Manisha doing the role makes all the difference. And of course her remuneration too makes all the difference. Besides, Manisha loved the thought of sharing screen space with Jayaji. We start shooting right after Jayaji’s winter parliamentary session gets over.”

Meanwhile playing a negative role is not new to Manisha, as she previously played a character of a terrorist in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se. The actress will join the film’s unit in January.