Asin to play the lead role in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se

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Asin is to play the lead role in Ashutosh Gowariker's next film 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se' opposite actor Abhishek Bachchan, as per Bollywood sources. The filming is to start next month. The film will feature Abhishek as the freedom fighter Surya Sen who was the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. This will be Gowariker's second period film after 'Lagaan'.