Mom is the word for Manisha Koirala

The actress plays mother to a 20-year-old in a Hindi-Bengali film which rolls in Kolkata.
While speaking to Mirror earlier (August 4) Manisha Koirala had admitted that she is hungry for good roles but none of the offers have been substantial. Now, the actress has finally found a role that meets expectations and has given her nod to a Hindi-Bengali film.It marks the directorial debut of Promita Sengupta who has worked as an associate director to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Prakash Jha.
'It's a beautiful story about a mother who reunites with s her son after 20 years and how their relationship transforms him for the better. It's a strong woman-centric film which we have nurtured for two years before approaching Manisha with it,' says producer Himanshu Dhanuka. The actress who in the earlier interview had spoken about wanting to adopt a girl and a boy if she was declared cancer-free this year, has agreed to play the mother who like her, is 45 years old.

Manisha plays a BihariMuslim and is mostly swathed in a burqa. She will be speaking Hindi with a smattering of Urdu and colloquial Bengali. 'We will meet in July to start prepping up with reading sessions and workshops in Mumbai,' says Himanshu. This is his third film in the world cinema genre after Irrfan Khan's No Bed of Roses, directed by acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, and Anjan Dutt's The Bongs Again.
Bengali actor Anirban, last seen in Aparna Sen's Arshinagar, will be playing Manisha's 20-year old-son, named Maulali after the locality in Kolkata where he has grown up. The film will be shot in Kolkata in November and December in a start-tofinish two-month schedule.Manisha will be flying to the City of Joy two weeks before shooting kick-starts to get a feel of the story and her character.