Celina Jaitly set to return to movies

Actress, activist and former beauty queen Celina Jaitly will return to Bollywood after seven years with Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s Hindi film, A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings.

The film is based on a mother-daughter relationship. Jaitly will be playing the role of the daughter opposite veteran actor Lillette Dubey who plays her mother. The film will also star debutant Azhar Khan. “I am extremely happy to be a part of Ram Kamal’s film Season’s Greetings, because I have always considered him as a creative person and when he narrated me this story in Dubai, I had goosebumps,” Jaitly said.

“I knew that this film will be worth my time, as post marriage and motherhood I was looking for a subject that would excite me as a performer,” Jaitly added.

Produced under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and SS1 Entertainment, the film will be shot in Kolkata.

The director said: “I know Celina as a friend and have interacted with her at various occasions. She is well read, and values human emotions. I was looking for someone who could relate to this script, and after the narration I could see a teary-eyed Celina, who immediately came on board.”

Married to hotelier Peter Haag, Jaitly is a mother of three children Winston, Viraaj and Arthur, and shuttles between Dubai and Mumbai for work. —