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Jacqueline Fernandez bowled over Director Sujoy

It was one ‘walk in the room’ that film maker Sujoy Ghosh will never forget in his entire lifetime. Busy auditioning dozens of girls for the part of Jasmine in his flick ‘Aladin’ produced by Eros International and Boundscript, the ‘Jhankaar Beats’ director was eagerly awaiting that one face which could make him lock the heroine opposite Riteish Deshmukh. However, little did he know that he would eventually himself get tongue tied the moment he would come across someone as perfect as Jacqueline Fernandez.

Riya sheds ultra chic image for her next film

When Riya Sen debuted 8 years back in STYLE [1999], the PYT made an instant impact. Her child-woman features made quick a few hearts skip a beat and one instantly knew that she pretty much fitted into the bracket when there was a requirement for an urban chic girl. She was always visualised as someone who was extremely stylish, fashionable and ultra cute, as evidenced in her subsequent movies like DIL VIL PYAAR VYAAR, JHANKAAR BEATS, QAYAMAT, PLAN and SHAADI NO. 1 to name a few. No one could have ever imagined her to be anything lesser, least of all being a construction worker.

“Riteish was mighty excited about ‘Aladin’” – Sujoy Ghosh

Sujoy Ghosh fondly remembers the support he received from Riteish Deshmukh, Vishal, Shekhar and others when he embarked on his long journey called ‘Aladin’. Even though he had delivered a flop in ‘Home Delivery’, each of these youngsters stood by him and ensured that he got their full support in the making of ‘Aladin’.

‘Aladin’ arrives in Tinseltown

“Two people sat in the coffee shop of Mariott and believed that they will make a film which has never been seen before on the Indian screen…”

This one line by Sujoy Ghosh on his blog is enough to arouse the curiosity of get cinema lovers.