Aditya Chopra works with many actresses, why should I not work with other producers: Rani Mukerji

In the upcoming Ashima Chibber film, Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway, Rani Mukerji stars as an Indian mother separated from her children, who are taken to a foreign country. The drama is based on real-life events and is produced by Emmay Entertainment.

Attending a promotional event for the same, Mukerji met with Sagarika Chakaraborty, the mother on whose life the film is inspired from, and got emotional upon seeing her. Rani, who has mostly starred in husband Aditya Chopra's productions in the last few years, said she is not limited to only working with Yash Raj Films and is open to working with others as well.

According to Hindustan Times, she further stated that Aditya was quite moved by her performance in the film and told her “Well done!” Aditya and Rani tied the knot in 2014 and became parents to a daughter, Adira Chopra, in 2015.

At the event, Rani also spoke about working with other production houses and shared Aditya's reaction after seeing the film. She said, "My husband works with so many actresses, why should I not work with other producers? All I need is a good script—be it YRF or otherwise. Adi was shocked seeing the film. He was deeply moved and I don't think I have seen him so moved in any film."

She added, "Last he was so moved is when Yash uncle passed away. He is a parent today, so it hit him. He was very sweet and gave me a side hug as if I am his child. He said ‘well done’ and I said, ‘thank you’. It was a moment because Adi praises me behind my back. I think he could not stop himself and he was moved by the film."

Last month, the Netflix docu-series had the first exclusive interview with Aditya after several decades. The reclusive producer opened up to director Smriti Mundhra about the history and legacy of Yash Raj Films which was founded by his father, filmmaker Yash Chopra. Rani was also featured in the series which had many other A-list stars from Bollywood including Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Amitabh Bachchan and many others.

Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway will release on March 17.

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