Mads: Main Draupadi banana chahti hoon
>> Saturday, May 23, 2009
It’s funny, the buzz was that Prakash Jha’s casting Madhuri Dixit opposite Ranbir Kapoor in a Mrs Robinson kind of role (remember The Graduate?) when, really, the filmmaker is pulling the great actress out of retirement to play Draupadi.And, there’s likely to be a battle beyond the Mahabharat over this because Rituparno Ghosh is also planning a film on the mythological princess with Bipasha Basu playing the pivotal role.
The talk of Madhuri and her Mrityudand (her single-most important film) director getting together got fans excited. But not for a Ranbir-Madhuri, young man-older woman love story.
Jha, who is bemused by the idea and is working separately with Ranbir on Rajneeti, explained: “I think Ranbir once said he has a crush on Madhuri. Somebody must have put two and two together...”
But it’s been his long-cherished dream to do a film only on Draupadi. A fiercely modern and revisionist interpretation of the Mahabharat. “And Madhuri is the best person for this role,” Jha said firmly. He’s taking up the project full throttle, having fallen by the wayside in his recent attempt to get to Parliament. Madhuri, of course, will be happy to return to Bollywood on a new vehicle after 2007’s fiasco that was Aaja Nacchle.
1 comments:
To "MJ":
I applaud your obvious enthusiasm and support for one of the greatest and most wonderful stars of all. But I question your critical judgment.
Mritryudand Madhuri's "most important film"? Based on what criteria? According to various subjective standards, arguments might be made that, say, Devdas, Lajja, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, or even Tezaab might be called her "most important."
But what I most wish to say is that in my opinion, Aaja Nachle was emphatically NOT a "fiasco." I've watched and enjoyed it three times; my wife, a non-Bollywood-phile, has seen it once and enjoyed it quite a bit; and I still regularly enjoy listening to the songs.
If you very unfortunately meant that it was a financial disaster according to low box office receipts, then it appears to me that your power of discernment is no better than that of the most common distributor or accountant, who cares nothing for artistry or enjoyable content, and who reduces everything to its bottom line in the marketplace.
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