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For all you Pooja Bhatt fans who have been longing to see the actress-turned- filmmaker step back into actor's heels, here is a big news.

Pooja Bhatt, who is currently busy making a biopic on Bhupen Hazarika, will essay the role of Kalpana Lajmi, in the film.

For all who didn't know, Hazarika and Lajmi had a passionate 40-year-old relationship.

Titled as ‘Dhumuha: The Storm’, the movie has been co-scripted by both Lajmi and Mahesh Bhatt. Quite interestingly, the movie is being directed by Lajmi herself.

Talking about it, Pooja said: "Kalpana Lajmi has offered me the role to play her in the film. I am flattered by this offer. If at all I want to get back to the treadmill and get in shape, then it should be a film like this. Right now, the screenplay is being written, so let`s see."

Pooja says more than anything else, the million dollar question as of now is -- "Who will play Bhupen Hazarika?"

"We will have a tough time casting the right actor," she said.

Bhupen Hazarika was a renowned poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and filmmaker, rightly hailed by many as the “uncrowned king of the North East`s cultural world”.

 Bhupen Hazarika passed away in 2011 at the age of 85.

AW: Suchorita Dutta