Priyanka Chopra had gathered ample critical acclaim for her negative role in ‘Aitraaz’. She comes up in greyer shades once again in ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’, a black comedy directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, based on the Ruskin Bond’s short story, Susanna’s Seven Husbands. Set for release on 18 February 2011, the movie has Priyanka play the role of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of her husbands. The movie unveils the mystery of these deaths and as Priyanka’s character ages from 20-65, it took a lot of effort on everyone’s part to give Priyanka the look suiting her age. Vishal Bhardwaj hired renowned Academy Award winning, Hollywood special make-up effects artist, Greg Cannom of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), to create those seven different looks for Priyanka’s role in the film.
Besides Priyanka, the movie also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh as Edwin Rodriques, John Abraham as Jimmy Stetson, Irrfan Khan as Wasiullah Khan a.k.a. Musafir, Aleksandr Dyachenko as Nicolai Vronsky, Annu Kapoor as Keemat Lal, Naseeruddin Shah as Modhusudhon Tarafdar, Vivaan Shah and Usha Uthup as a Maid.
