Seventeen years after she wielded a gun on the big screen in 'Godmother', actress
Shabana Azmi is set to reprise the role on TV in 'Amma'. She will take over from actress
Raina Joshi
who played the title role. The latter quit the show because she didn’t look old enough for the part post the leap.
Incidentally, the makers had originally planned to make a film on the subject and had approached Shabana for the part. “The film didn’t happen, but their TV show got passed,” says the actress. Ask her about the similarities between her film 'Godmother' and 'Amma', and she replies, “The only similarities are that they are both mafia dons and they get into this role after the death of their husbands. While Godmother was more politically inclined and motivated, 'Amma' is more like a
Robin Hood
,” says Shabana.