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 The Hindi-language film tells the true story of the Chaudhury
family, narrated by their deceased teenaged daughter, Aisha,
played by Zaira Wasim.
It chronicles the practical, emotional and relationship
struggles faced by Aisha's parents Aditi and Niren, portrayed by
Chopra Jonas and Farhan Akthar, as she fights, and ultimately
succumbs to, a rare genetic terminal illness that took her older
sister's life decades earlier.
"It was a really hard juxtaposition of real life for me," Chopra
Jones told Reuters. "Especially because I was getting married
and at the same time this film deals with loss, loss of a child,
which is such an unnatural way of being."
She added that, although the experience "was very trying," the
support of husband, Nick Jonas, whom she married in December,
helped.
The real-life Aisha Chaudhury died on Jan. 24, 2015, at 18, the
day after her book, "My Little Epiphanies," was published. "The
Sky is Pink" ends with photographs and video clips of the real
Chaudhury family living the moments depicted in the film,
including a TEDx talk Aisha gave in India in 2014.
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"You ... have to be very strong as partners to go through what they
went through," Akhtar said on the red carpet. He added he tried to
"approach this part with a lot of ... respect, and make sure that
the dignity and grace that they've shown in real life comes through
in the performance in the film."
"The Sky is Pink" was directed by Shonali Bose, who herself lost her
16-year-old son suddenly in an accident at the family's Los Angeles
home in 2010.
The film will debut in theatres on Oct. 11.
(Reporting By Nichola Saminather; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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