Alia Bhatt, Shabana Azmi to team up for film on Kashmir band Pragaash
By - Team RadioCity
SEPTEMBER 08,2016
Now a credible casting coup is in the pipeline.After directing the damp squib 'Aisha', director Rajashree Ojha has approached Alia Bhatt and Shabana Azmi for a film based on the Kashmiri band Pragaash.Pragaash is an all-girls rock band started by three Muslim girls namely Noma Nazir, lead guitarist and vocalist, drummer Farah Deeba and Aneeqa Khalid on the bass guitar in 2012. However post severe political and societal resistance, the band has been lying low.While Alia will be playing the lead singer of the band, a Kashmiri actress and a Pakistani actress will be finalized to play the other two members of the band. Azmi on the other hand, will be playing the role of a separatist inspired by Asiya Andrabi.We shall wait for official announcements on this one.
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