There have been lots of speculations regarding who will play the role of Dalbir Kaur in the much-talked Sarabjit Singh biopic, helmed by Omung Kumar. After a big thought, director Omung Kumar roped in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play the role of Dalbir Kaur in the film. After Mary Kom, the director has come up with another brave heart story that would showcase a real life struggle of an Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died after a brutal attack in Pakistan jail in 2013.
Dalbir Kaur is the 61 year older sister of Sarabjit Singh, who is a late farmer who crossed over to Pakistan in 1990 and was alleged of being an Indian spy by the Pakistani government. Director Omung Kumar who likes his films to be as realistic as possible has roped in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play the role of Dalbir Kaur in the film. Reportedly, earlier the role was offered to Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Deepika Padukone but ultimately the role landed to Jazbaa actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The former Miss World is currently busy working on her comeback film ‘Jazbaa’ while the first look of which was unveiled at Cannes Film Festival. Seems Omung Kumar has made a right choice to cast Aishwarya as Dalbir Kaur who can play the strong role in the film and would definitely give justice to it. Well, lets wait to see who plays Sarabjit Singh’s role in the film!
Sarabjit Singh was caught on an unmarked Indo-Pakistani border area in Pakistan and arrested by the Pakistan Rangers near Kasur border and his supporters claimed that the arrest was a case of mistaken identity and that he was only a poor farmer who was drunk and had strayed over the border. Singh was attacked on 26 April 2013 in the Central Jail Lahore by other few prisoners who tortured him badly with blades, knives.
Sarabjit Singh was more like a son than a brother for Dalbir Kaur who defeated every way to get back his brother back to India but that couldn’t happen. This would be one of the real lives story with an intense role of the Indian cinema that would crushing all the biopic till now.
