Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 12, 2017)

Vidya Balan who had signed up to play the controversial author Kamala Das in filmmaker Kamal’s biopic, Aami (Mirror, February 11), has walked out of the project citing creative differences with the Malayalam filmmaker.

“Vidya likes to spend some time with the director and writers as part of her prep before starting a film. It wasn’t happening with this one. Also, she wasn’t happy with the final script,” informs a source. Vidya’s spokesperson confirmed the news.

In an earlier interview to Mirror (Nov 5, 2016), Vidya had said about the late author, “I read her autobiography, she intrigued me. I’m still wondering if she was who she’s made out to be, pretending to be her or misunderstood, hoping to get some answers at some point during the film.”