O Henry’s The Gift of the Magi was adapted by director Rituparno Ghosh some 15 years ago in his film ‘Raincoat’, starring Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai. Now actress Sudha Chandran is playing the lead in the same short story in its Hindi adaptation titled ‘Sifar’. The actress will be portraying the character of Ayesha who is a prominent college professor.

 

The film is directed by Dhruv Sachdev and will have two time-lines where the younger Ayesha will be played by actress Kanikka Kapur. Sudha Chandran’s love interest in the film will be a psychologist, played by Anang Desai. The film has already been featured in many film festivals so far. Meanwhile the actress was last seen in the Priyadarshan movie Malamaal Weekly in 2006.