Mumbai: Monalisa Bhosle, the 16-year-old from Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh who took the internet by storm during the Prayagraj Mahakumbh, will be soon be making her Bollywood debut with Sanoj Mishra’s ‘The Diary of Manipur’.
The director, known for his previous work on ‘The Diary of West Bengal’, recently met Monalisa and her family to discuss the project and announced to cast her in his forthcoming movie with a video post on Instagram.
“Instead of a rich, high-society ‘Nangi Lucchi’ girl who indulges in alcohol and drugs, I have chosen a poor and cultural girl for my movie.,” he wrote.
“Bahut khush hoon main. Mehnat karengey…zaroor karengey. Mehnat karenge tabhi to agey badhengey (I am very happy and will definitely work hard),” Monalisa was heard saying in a conversation with Mishra.
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This came a day after Kangana Ranaut questioned lack of ‘dark dusky’ actors In Industry.
Monalisa with her striking features, particularly her captivating eyes, shot to instant fame on social media after a content creator filmed her selling rudraksha garlands during the Mahakumbh.
She will be seen playing the leading lady opposite actor Rajkummar Rao’s brother Amit Rao. “We are starting the film in London with Amit Rao for a week and from April the film will be shot from start-to-end in Manipur as it’s a story of love and violence. She will be joining the cast after training,” Mishra told HT.
His last movie, The Diary of West Bengal was set up against the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. Though the Calcutta High Court rejected a petition to block the release of the film in the state, no movie theatre in Bengal screened it.
