/> It's all very hush-hush right now. But a big British project directed by the super-successful Joe Wright, whose literary adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice (2005) followed by the much-acclaimed boxoffice hits Atonement, The Soloist and Hanna have put the director up there among the most successful British directors, is now furtively shooting a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley playing the title role. Jude Law plays her husband.

For us Indians the big focus of attention in this new-age adaptation of the Tolstoy epic is the dusky Bengali actress Tannistha Chatterjee who has been roped in to play a major part.

Tannishtha has been lately making ripples across Western cinema. Her portrayal of the Bengaladeshi wife in London in the British film Brick Lane directed by Sarah Gavron fetched her accolades across the globe. Last year Tannishtha shot a major film with actress Lucy Liu who was making her directorial debut.

Joe Wright's Anna Karenina is Tannishtha biggest global break to date. Apparently she has been cast as a gypsy woman named Masa.

Says the source who spotted Tannishtha sharing some great moments of camaraderie with Jude Law and Keira Knigtley, "Tannishtha's character of the gypsy has nothing to with her being an Indian. Masa could be a woman of any nationality.

That Joe Wright thought of casting Tannishtha is such a major role in one of the biggest cinematic projects on the floors at the moment, is amazing.

Tannishtha is having a ball shooting. Though this is the director Joe Wright's third film with Keira Knightley, not for a minute does Tannishtha feel out of place. In fact Tannishtha, Keira and Jude Law are quite a threesome in London at the moment. "

Incidentally Joe Wright is Sitarist Anushka Shankar (Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughter)'s husband.

Tannishtha remained unavailable for comment.