Kareena to play Jessica Lal?

“Aamir” director Rajkumar Gupta’s next film is based
on the sensational Jessica Lal murder and he approached Kareena Kapoor to play
one of the two protagonists. But so far he hasn’t been able to finalise anyone
for the lead roles in “No One Killed Jessica”.I did approach Kareena Kapoor
initially to play one of the two protagonists. But nothing more can be said
about the casting right now. Jessica Lal was gunned down in a New Delhi
restaurant in April 1999. Manu Sharma, son of a former minister, is serving a
life term for killing her.

“All I can say at this moment is that the film and
its script which I’ve just completed is inspired by a headline that I saw in the
Times Of India in 2006 which said, ‘No One Killed Jessica’ (when all the accused
in the sensational case were acquitted). It immediately set me thinking. Over
the years, as the case dragged on, that headline acquired immense ironical
overtones,” he added

“No One Killed Jessica” will need two leading female performers - one will
play Jessica and the other will be cast as her sister Sabrina who fought for
justice on Jessica’s behalf.The director, whose edgy hard-hitting drama “Aamir”
earned rave reviews in 2007, intends to give the same gritty treatment to his
second film as well. Apart from “No One Killed Jessica”, Gupta had also written
the script of recently released “Barah Aana”.