Family
matters
kept
Jaya
Bachchan
away
from
her
rare
film
assignment.
Marriage
and
honeymoon
kept
Ayesha
Takia
away.
The
two
are
now
back
together
playing
mother
and
daughter
in
Revathy
Sharma"s
film
about
an
'adopted" mother
abandoned
by
her
wretched
son,
played
by
Ranvir
Shorey
who
was
the
last
to
join
the
cast.
Shooting
resumed
on
September
5.
“It
would
have
started
two
days
earlier.
But
my
cast
got
busy
with
Ganesh
Chaturthi," sighed
the
director.
While
Revathy
waited
for
Jaya
and
Ayesha,
she
shot
with
Madhavan.
Madhavan
is
back
in
Revathy
Sharma"s
Jaya
Bachchan-Ayesha
Takia
mother-daughter
weepy,
and
so
is
Ayesha,
who
for
a
while
seemed
unsure
if
after
her
marriage
honeymoon
and
other
related
activities,
would
be
able
to
do
the
film
when
two
schedules
had
to
be
cancelled.
But
the
director
was
insistent.
“I
couldn"t
imagine
anyone
else
doing
that
role.
If
you
remember
Jyothika
has
done
the
part
in
the
original.
And
Ayesha
has
the
same
childlike
warmth
and
a
nurturing
quality
to
her
personality.
I
couldn"t
think
of
anyone
else."
But
wasn"t
Genelia
D"Souza
the
first
choice?
“Yes
we
did
think
of
her.
But
Genelia
is
a
very
busy
and
a
big
star.
It
wasn"t
the
money
we"ve
paid
all
the
actors
their
market
price."
Madhavan,
who
had
also
opted
out,
has
been
paid
a
whopping
Rs.1
crores
for
a
role
that
is
the
principal
male
lead,
but
relatively
small
compared
with
the
ladies
Jaya,
Ayesha
and
Raveena
Tandon"s
parts.
Sighs
Revathy,
“But
what
to
do?
It"s
very
difficult
to
get
male
stars
for
female-oriented
films.
We"ve
paid
Maddy
a
crore,
out
of
which
he
has
already
received
Rs.25
lakhs.
He
has
already
shot
for
five
days
with
us."
Interestingly
Ranvir
Shorey
plays
Jaya"s
bad
son.
“It"s
a
grey
part
of
a
son
who
abandons
his
mother,"
admits
the
director.
Thanks
to
the
film"s
matriarchal
lead
Jaya
Bachchan,
Revathy
Sharma"s
film
has
a
new
title.
Laughs
the
director,
“We
called
the
film
Chassni.
But
Jayaji
put
her
foot
down,
said
the
title
was
too
sweet.
So
we"ve
a
new
title
Aap
Ke
Liye
Hum."