Mads: Main Draupadi banana chahti hoon

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.

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History repeats itself for Madhuri!

Age may be just a number, but Bollywood is cashing in on it big time! These days tinsel town is busy talking about the chemistry between younger heroes and older women. First, we heard of the sweet 'n' surprising Shahid Kapur -Vidya Balan pairing, then Bips created spark with a young Ranbir Kapoor & coupling it with younger Neil Nitin Mukesh . Now we hear, the latest to rejoin the league is the former Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit

If the current reports are to go by then in her latest venture, Mads is being paired opposite Ranbir Kapoor in director Prakash Jha's next. If this happens history will repeat itself. Madhuri on her part is bound to experience bouts of nostalgia when working with young heartthrob, reminiscing the days when she romanced his papa Rishi Kapoor onscreen while working on films like YAARANA, PREM GRANTH.

And this is not the first time; Madhuri has already shared great onscreen chemistry with both father and son in lead roles & charmed both. Years back she had worked with papa Vinod Khanna in DAYAVAAN and son Akshaye in MOHABBAT (and recently in AAJA NACHLE).

No wonder she is aptly called the eternal 'Dhak Dhak' girl of Bollywood!

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Ranbir to woo Madhuri

Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit will once again be seen on the silver screen. After having won accolades for her performance in her comeback film Aaja Nachle, the actress has reportedly given her nod to director Prakash Jha's next movie.

Madhuri had done a power-packed role in Prakash Jha's Mrityudand earlier and if all goes well then this could be their second outing together.

Currently Prakash Jha is busy wrapping up Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif starrer Rajniti, based on the Indian politics.

Reports suggest that Jha had sent the script to Madhuri , who is in US and Madhuri has really liked the script. According to sources, the film will not be a conventional love story, instead it is about a young man (to be played by Ranbir) besotted by an older woman (Madhuri).

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