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It was said about the legendary Sahibaan that when she stepped out into the gallis of Punjab, the nine angels that guard the spheres died on seeing her beauty.
And Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood’s IT girl, is all set to play the ethereal Sahibaan in an ambitious screen adaptation by filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
While there have been many screen adaptations in Hindi and Punjabi of legendary romances like Heer-Ranjha, Laila-Majnu and Sohni-Mahiwal, so far no prominent film in Hindi is based on the Mirza-Sahibaan love story. And it’s probably because of the complicated nature of their relationship.
According to sources, the idea came to Rakeysh during the making of Delhi-6.
“Rakeysh would address Sonam as ‘Bittu’, the character she played in Delhi-6. Then suddenly one day he started calling Sonam ‘Sahibaan’. At first Sonam was baffled by this new name from Rakeysh who would pamper her to no end. But as the historical perspective and the literary antecedents of the character began to seep in, Sonam grew excited about the project and began to pester Rakeysh about the project,” said the source.
For the actress, who is at the moment busy playing the Delhi socialite’s version in Ayesha, which is based on Jane Austen’s Emma, this would be the first occasion to do a costume drama. The fact that Sonam had was dressed in elaborate costumes in her debut Saawariya gave Rakeysh the idea that his ‘Bittu’ could indeed be his ‘Sahibaan’.
It’s not yet known who will play Sahibaan’s lover, Mirza. But rumours have it that Abhishek Bachchan will play the role.
Confirming that Mirza-Sahibaan is indeed in the pipeline, Rakeysh Mehra said, “But, I still have to get down to writing it.”
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About Mirza-Sahibaan
Mirza and Sahibaan were cousins and childhood playmates who fell in love with each other. When Sahibaan was promised to another suitor, she sent a message to Mirza asking him to rescue her, which he did on her wedding day. After travelling for some time, the couple decided to rest for some time. However, when Sahibaan’s brothers learnt that the couple has eloped, they went in search for her. When Mirza was asleep, Sahiban feared that Mirza would kill her brothers. So she quietly took Mirza’s quiver and hung it on a branch, out of his reach. When her brothers caught up with them, Sahibaan woke up Mirza who reached for his quiver. But before that one of her brothers’ arrows hit him. Before dying, Mirza looked accusingly at Sahibaan and said, “Bura kitoyee Sahibaan, mera turkish tangiya jand!” Which means: Sahibaan, you did a terrible thing by hanging the quiver away from my reach!
A sobbing Sahibaan threw herself over Mirza’s body to cover him from being injured further. She too died.
By: Subhash K Jha
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Sonam-is-Rakeyshs-Sahibaan/articleshow/4616015.cms
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Only thing SIK beat Rab ne was the 3 day Weekend,
28 cr vs 25 cr.
Hype for SIK was really ...
I see them every year in Manali.
But recently a few have re-appeared in my town. 
Housefull ATTBB,
BOI claimed 43 cr for SIK and 45 cr for RNBDJ..Then they cgnaged it to 39 cr for SIK ...
stop joking ihab.BOI said 43.77 crores for sik and 42 crores for rnbdj.Then they changed all the numbers.This was discussed ...
This year Akshay will give a reply to his distractors. While Karan's friends have started deserting his camp (Read Farha ...
Ihab
its ok.i did not find lakshya engaging enough.i liked it in parts.It was too slow and boring in second half. 
" Ihab,since you like Hrithik, would you like to elaborate on you watching Krrish 16 times in Theatres . "
Lol, ...
From being most common bird to their total disappearance from cities within a very short span of time (last 10-15 ...
what i comment about is my prerogative manoj - whether it disturbs you or not isnt my concern :-) 
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
03:35:35 pm
LOL … is this for real? wasnt the recent debacle of delhi-6 enuf to learn a few lessons?
if this happens, its another disaster in the making!
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
03:49:52 pm
i have a better script for mehra’s next … it is called ‘Maaaaa’ … any guesses for the starcast? it will be ideal to complete his trilogy of flops with the family.
neelu 4 June 2009
06:02:40 pm
I don’t get it. Abhishek was phenomenal in Yuva, and competent in Guru and Delhi 6. The failure of the film cannot be laid solely at his door, Mehra was confused about how to show what he wanted to show. Why all this animosity towards the Bachchans? Abhi is not the only actor with filmi connections, is he? Nor the only actor to give a string of flops and still get chances – Saif, Hritik both had a similar career.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
06:26:12 pm
yes saif is another apt example … hrithik hardly has one fourth the number of flops as abhi or abhishek … (dont let ur Lovve for srk hate ur idol dislikers) … and abhi was competent in delhi 6? guru yes, but in delhi 6?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA … this is what happens after watching too much of SRK!
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
06:28:12 pm
And if someone believes saif and hrithik has similar career, then yes srk and ajay devgan had similar career too.
neelu 4 June 2009
06:48:42 pm
“(dont let ur Lovve for srk hate ur idol dislikers)”
Excuse me? Your idol dislikes SRK? There is much love there as far as I can tell. Please keep the discussion focused on the stars and not the discussants. One could comment on what watching posing and believing it is acting can lead to, but I will refrain.
Yes Abhi was competent in Delhi 6 and Guru and EXCELLENT in Yuva. One could say that Akjay and SRK had similar careers – I see nothing wrong with that. Point is that it is OK to express your opinion in a civil manner.
Saif has grown tremendously as an actor and gone much beyond his early failures. Today no one would say he needs his family and connections to stay in the business.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:04:01 pm
your idol=srk
ur idol disliker=achilles
nursery class over!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:06:38 pm
I think some lessons in English are needed for the idol dislikers, sadly they are not taught in nursery class. I have no idols – do not paint me with your brush please. And learn to be civil while you are at it.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:07:55 pm
playing an NRI with a indian villager’s accent of english is def competency … one YUva out of 25 odd films is the mark of a good actor … but then if we are to belive srk’s lip trembling and facial distortions for 2 decades is great acting, then we can belive anything!
and yes its a pleasure to take lessons on civility from the most civil neelu!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:08:51 pm
And I say “idol dislikers” because it started with your venom on the Bachchans. I have no idea how SRK or others even came into this discussion. But if one has one IDOL and dislikes all else – then the result is apparent.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:09:35 pm
neelu please repeat all the civility classes that our ex S-member repeatedly taught you before he left!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:10:43 pm
I think you have been confused by Hritik’s put-on American accent. If an Indian can have that in real life, then why not an Indian accent in a film for an NRI? This is about Abhishek – stop bringing irrelevant things in to fudge the issue. I am glad to give a lesson in civility whenever needed.
neelu 4 June 2009
07:11:42 pm
“neelu please repeat all the civility classes that our ex S-member repeatedly taught you before he left!”
Whatever that means – why don’t you ask those that left? I am still here.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:12:58 pm
an NRI character naturally is expected to have an NRI accent … not of a indian from jhumri-talaiya!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:14:14 pm
An Indian is NOT expected to have an American accent in case that is confusing you, and NRI accents are all over the place. You will soon learn, give yourself some time.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:14:28 pm
the ex-members left because of the presence of uncivil members like us, and now we are preaching civility lessons to each other … hey ram!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:16:14 pm
“because of the presence of uncivil members like us”
Please speak for yourself. I have not appointed you my spokesperson.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:26:10 pm
NRI accents may be all over the place, but surely lacking in abhishek when he attempts to play an NRI character in D6 … even srk did not use any NRI accent when he did swades, a regular indian accent sufficed … at least did not seem so awkward.
and lets not be so naive to say there is no difference between an indian accent, a NRI accent or an american accent .. all different breeds altogether.
ps – about uncivil members … satire is most difficult to discern when its directed at you!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:28:49 pm
Abhishek had a neutral accent much like SRK’s. He thankfully did not put on a fake and cheesy American accent like some. About uncivil members – whatever you chose to call yourself, in satire, humor or sincerity, is fine with me.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:34:03 pm
gosh … some will never see the light even when torched!
if abhi’s was a normal indian accent, then indian accent has degraded and distorted very fast since i last heard it.
neelu 4 June 2009
07:35:21 pm
I saw the light!!! I SEE! I SEE!!!!!!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:35:53 pm
Thanks to Devdas in SB for showing me the light. Muchas gracias!
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:43:05 pm
devdas? LOL … at least bhansali’s good for nothing film came to some use!
neelu 4 June 2009
07:44:48 pm
Past, present, future – all Bhansali fare is good for zilch.
ACHILLES 4 June 2009
07:49:34 pm
oye – even Devdas failed to stop neelu from arguing … anyways, keep going and have fun!
I am out.
neelu 4 June 2009
07:51:47 pm
Chalo itna to confusion khatam hua ki Devdas kaun hai! About Bhansali – let us see what the future holds.
manoj16_391 5 June 2009
12:17:43 am
” Saif, Hritik both had a similar career.”
LOL!
People talk a lot about how Hrithik gave a string of flops after KNPH (he gave 6 flops straight in 3 years)but they fail to realise that a well-established star like Aamir Khan gave as many as 9 flops after QSQT within a span of 3 years .
manoj16_391 5 June 2009
12:21:46 am
The best thing to note about Aamir and Hrithik is that both came back strongly after their bad phase unlike saif and abhishek and rose to the occasion.Deservingly both are among the top stars of today along with srk.
neelu 5 June 2009
10:09:03 am
Saif rose in acting ability and today is a top notch actor. Somehow that should count for more than giving blockbuster successes in daddy’s meaningless films. But there is no denying that Hritik has outpaced Saif in star quotient. Maybe Sharmila needs to take up production now.
manoj16_391 6 June 2009
01:18:54 am
“Saif rose in acting ability and today is a top notch actor”
LOL!
A SUPER blockbuster like krrish completely wipes off saif’s career!
manoj16_391 6 June 2009
01:22:27 am
Saif Ali khan was NEVER a star.He lackes the spark that one expects from a superstar.He just doesnt have it in him and never was it more apparent when a non-actor like Akshay completely stole away the thunder from him and made him look like a sidekick in all movies where they starred together.
manoj16_391 6 June 2009
01:27:06 am
“Somehow that should…..blah blah…”
There are many daddies out there like yash chopra ,Harry baweja,vashu Bhagnani trying desperately to launch and re-launch their sons but are failing each time.
So may be Rakesh Roshan is the greatest film-maker around or may be his son is the BIGGEST star that could come from a film-family ever.
ritz 6 June 2009
03:46:39 am
What is the point here? who is the great star or great actor or with filmy links or …I don’t get it. I personally think Hrithik is great combination of star and decent actor. Abhishek is decent actor with great smile. Saif is miles ahead of these as of now as actor.
manoj16_391 6 June 2009
03:53:04 am
ritz,
there are many actors which are miles ahead of saif in acting.
I refuse to compare hrithik or any top star with a saif because its almost an insult them!
IMO even shreyas talpade and manoj Bajpai are far better actors(not stars) than saif.
ritz 6 June 2009
04:35:25 am
I have seen shreyas talpade from many of his earlier days in marathi films…he sucks whenever he opens his mouth. I liked Iqbal for that reason …