Mani Ratnam excited of <i>Lajjo</i> with Aamir
By:
M.R
Jain,
Glamsham
Tuesday,
January
09,
2007
After
the
release
of
the
much
anticipated
Guru,
filmmaker
Mani
Ratnam
plans
to
start
work
on
his
Aamir
Khan
starrer,
Lajjo.
The
acclaimed
filmmaker
who
is
known
to
be
reticent
about
his
films
revealed
this
on
the
eve
of
the
music
release
of
the
Telugu
version
of
Guru,
titled,
Gurukanth.
"I
intend
to
start
work
on
Lajjo
a
few
months
from
now
and
it
will
very
much
be
my
next
film," Ratnam
revealed.
He
dismissed
rumors
about
a
film
with
south
superstar,
Rajnikanth,
which
have
been
doing
the
rounds
in
the
past
few
days,
leading
to
speculation
that
Lajjo
was
likely
to
be
postponed
further.
"That
is
mere
speculation,
which
keeps
happening
in
the
media.
We
all
need
to
check
out
the
facts,"
he
said.
He also clearly denied that Guru was based on the life of the late business tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani, adding that he was unaware of the Ambanis having been shown the film. "It is a rumor and another piece of speculation. GURU could be based on anyone's life. It could document the life of any big man, who has come up the hard way. It portrays the success story of a man spread over a span of 30 years and the trials and tribulations of his life," he revealed. He was all praise for Abhishek Bachchan's performance in the film. "He has grown tremendously as an actor from the Yuva days. He's lived up to the role spanning three decades very effectively. It is really Abhishek who's carrying the film on his shoulders with his hi-voltage performance. It is probably his best performance till date," he said.
He also had a good word to say about Aishwarya Rai's performance in the film. "She has also matured as an actor since I last worked with her in Iruvar, except that this time it was she who helped me with the language unlike the last time when she had a difficulty with the language," he smiled, adding that Aishwarya's look of a village girl in the film had to do a lot with the period of the film revolving around the era of the 50s and the 60s.
He described Guru as a very realistic film which portrayed the success story of a man spanning three generations, capturing the period in its true authenticity. "It is definitely not glossy story-telling," he admitted, making it a point to add that the film still confirmed to the commercial parameters that was expected of it.
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