By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Monday,
June
11,
2007
They
are
about
to
honour
her
at
IIFA
as
the
brightest
Indian
director
abroad.
And
Deepa
is
touched
and
amused.
"All
my
career
I've
fought
the
label
of
the
NRI
director.
And
now
when
I'm
being
honoured
by
my
own
movie
industry
I've
finally
come
to
terms
with
the
NRI
label," says
Deepa
from
Yorkshire.
She's
attending
the
IIFA
for
the
first
time.
"The
most
interesting
part
of
IIFA
is
that
I
get
to
meet
filmmakers
from
India.
I
just
attended
a
symposium
on
Satyajit
Ray
along
with
Rituparno
Ghosh
and
others.
It
was
just
so
satisfying."
More
satisfying
still
was
Deepa's
meeting
with
Mr
Bachchan.
.
"Our
meeting
was
long
due.
And
we
needed
to
sort
some
things
out.
There's
no
way
I'm
going
to
exclude
him
from
Exclusion.
It's
my
dream
project."
The
two
have
discussed
the
nitty-gritty
of
the
project.
"In
principle
Mr
Bachchan
loves
the
idea.
I'd
have
finished
the
script
if
it
wasn't
for
my
father's
death.
Because
of
this
I'm
not
up
to
writing
right
now
and
have
accepted
to
direct
an
outside
script
(Warner
Brothers'
Luna)
first.
But
Exclusion
with
Mr
Bachchan
is
definitely
on
next."
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