The buzz was that Prakash Jha is casting Madhuri Dixit opposite Ranbir Kapoor in a Mrs Robinson kind of role (remember the Graduate?) when, actually, the filmmaker is pulling the great actress out of retirement to play Draupadi.
And a battle beyond the Mahabharata over this is most likely, because Rituparno Ghosh is also planning a film on the mythological princess with Bipasha Basu playing the pivotal role.
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