One may not see an active Rani Mukherji on the screen these days. However the dark eyed beauty seems to be in good rapport with the biggies of the tinsel town…

The current buzz is that Rani has bagged a prestigious project from the coveted filmmaker Deepa Mehta. The director is bringing up a film which is in fact an adaptation of noted writer Salman Rushdie’s famed novel ‘Midnight’s Children’.

Birdies reveal that the filmmaker, author and our beauty had met earlier to discuss the project. Although Mehta is not keen to divulge about the happenings, sources close to the actress said that she will be in the film.

The film, which is expected to go on floors this September, also said to star Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas and Nandita Das.

Meanwhile Deepa Mehta who is quite impressed with Rani is looking forward to work with her. The filmmaker doesn’t seem to be concerned about Rani’s current low box-office profile and said that she had always wanted to work with the actress. “I saw her work in Hey Ram, Black, Bunty Aur Babli and Veer-Zaara and loved it. She is among the best talent in India today,” stated Deepa.

Well, there you go Rani, all the best!