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Piggy Chops and Jr Bachchan to share the silver screen in Shonali Bose's next?

Priyanka Chopra's and Abhishek Bachchan's chemistry on the silver screen has always been unmissable and talk of the town is that the two might share the same screen soon in Shonali Bose's next.

Based on a real-life story about of Aisha Chaudhary, a motivational speaker since the age of 15 diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, Shonali Bose is all set to direct her next after making her debut with Margarita with a Straw starring Kalki Koechlin.

Priyanka and Abhishek who have previously worked in hits such as Dostana and Bluffmaster already have the Bollywood buffs buzzing about their reunion in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Gustaakhiyan. With another project in their kitty, the fans of the two are sure in for a treat.

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A source close to a media house reported, "Shonali met with Abhishek recently on the sets of Manmarziyan and shared the idea with him. He liked it and she will be giving him the final narration soon. If he comes on board, Priyanka and he will play parents to the young protagonist casting for which is currently underway. Meanwhile, Shonali is working on the script and hopes to start shooting by the year-end."

On the work front, Priyanka will be seen opposite Salman Khan in Ali Abbas Zafar's Bharat. The film is slated to release on Eid in 2019. Abhishek Bachchan, on the other hand, will be seen in Anurag Kashyap's Manmarziyaan opposite Taapsee Pannu which will hit the theatres on September 7, 2018.

 

For the uninitiated, Aisha who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 13 hasn't let her illness determine her fate. Rather the young prodigy has gone on to release a book titled My Little Epiphanies. Unfortunately, she breathed her last at the age of 18 on January 24, 2015.

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