The actress will be seen in a Hindi film four years after English Vinglish in 2012
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 28, 2015)

Sridevi swept all the best actress awards for her portrayal of Kajal Varma in the 1997 drama, Judaai. The film, also featuring Anil Kapoor and Urmila Matondkar, was produced by the late Surinder Kapoor, her producer-husband Boney Kapoor's father.

Eighteen years later, Boney is producing a woman-centric Bollywood film for his actress-wife.

In 2012, Sridevi made a comeback to the screen after a long haitus with Gauri Shinde's comedy-drama, English Vinglish, which revolves around a housewife who enrolls for English classes to stop her husband and daughter from mocking her. And this time it is a woman's journey revolving around a mother-daughter relationship. Casting for an actress to play a daughter is currently underway.

The film marks the directorial debut of popular ad filmmaker, Ravi Udyawar, who has also scripted the film. "The story had been written with Sridevi in mind. Boney loved it and immediately came on board," a source close to the development told Mirror.

Buzz was that Akshara Haasan, daughter of Kamal Haasan, who featured opposite Sridevi in Sadma, will play her daughter in the film. But Boney dismisses the rumours.

"Akshara is not in the film. Yes, it is a woman-centric drama, but not a remake of any film. It is not titled Mother," Boney told Mirror.