Kajol 'blessed by director's grandmother'

Kajol was blessed by actress Bina Rai, the inspiration behind her latest role in the domestic drama We Are Family.

The actress was given the blessing by director Siddharth Malhotra's late grandmother during a visit to the set, the Hindustan Times has reported.

Speaking to the site, Maholtra said: "Eerily my first shot was on the same floor of Filmistan [studios] where she had shot her two most well-known films Anarkali and Taj Mahal.

"She came back to the same spot at Filmistan after 40 years just to bless me, my film and Kajol. I was her first grandchild and therefore her favourite."

Bina Rai died shortly before production ended on We Are Family, which is a remake of the Julia Roberts film Stepmom.