24 Years After Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Aishwarya Says ‘Nandini Remains Special to me’

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was promoting her upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan – 2 when she was requested about having fun with the operate of Nandini as quickly as as soon as extra 24 years after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s ‘specific connection’ with Nandini (Photo: Movie Still/ Viral Bhayani)

Mumbai: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says she’s glad to be having fun with strong women on-screen all these years. The actor is as quickly as as soon as extra gearing up for a model new movie. This time, alongside together with her mentor Mani Ratnam for the second part of his magnum opus Tamil pan-India directorial – Ponniyin Selvan 2. At an event in Mumbai to promote the film, Aishwarya answered the media questions and highlighted how ‘special’ is Nandini, a persona that she first carried out in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam‘ in 1999.

The actor’s character in PS-2 will also be named Nandini and when a journalist talked concerning the coincidence to her, she requested once more: ‘Amazing na?’. Aishwarya talked about, “What a coincidence. It’s amazing na? Even Nandini in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was very very memorable. She has lived in people’s hearts and I’m so so thankful that I got to play Nandini then too. She had remained special to the audience and, of course, to me.”

AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN REMEMBERS ‘NANDINI’ FROM HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM

Talking about loving every little little bit of having fun with Nandini throughout the Mani Ratnam directorial, she added, “That was Sanjay Bhansali ji, and today for my Mani Garu, I got to play Nandini in Ponniyin Selvan. That’s just a tremendous blessing, to have gotten to play such strong women, such layered women, and women with characters that touch the lives of so many women out there. There’s a relatability and I am very very very grateful (sic).”

Aishwarya was paired with Salman Khan throughout the blockbuster film directed by SLB. The duo in no way appeared collectively in any full-fledged operate later. However, the earlier Miss World did a cameo look in his ‘Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam‘ throughout the 12 months 2002. In the 1999 film, Aishwarya carried out the operate of a Gujarati girl in a conservative music family who falls in love with Sameer, essayed by Salman, an individual launched up throughout the West.

Meanwhile, Ponniyin Selvan 2 is slated to hit the screens on April 28. The film moreover choices Trisha Krishnan, Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Jayam Ravi in very important roles. Watch this space for all the newest updates on PS-2!

Published Date: April 25, 2023 9:58 PM IST