Priyanka Chopra's preparing for a challenging role
Priyanka Chopra is all set to play mother to Zaira Wasim of Secret Superstar fame in a film about Aisha Chaudhary to be directed by Shonali Bose.
Aisha was a girl who died in January 2015, at the age of 18, after a long and valiant struggle with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCIS), a severely debilitating condition characterised by a lung disorder that obstructs breathing. Her story will soon be brought to life on screen in The Sky Is Pink.
Before she lost her battle with the illness, Aisha wrote a book called My Little Epiphanies, and that too will be a part of the film’s narrative.
While Priyanka will play the ailing girl’s mother, Aditi Chaudhary, Farhan Akhtar will play her father. This will be Priyanka’s second time playing a character based on a real person, after Mary Kom.