If
Prakash
Jha's
Raajneeti
was
big,
his
new
film
Aarakshan
will
be
even
bigger.
Both
the
films
are
located
in
Bhopal.
However,
this
time,
Jha
will
shoot
in
a
residential
colony
called
Menal
City
comprising
5000
residents.
The
entire
colony
has
been
taken
over
by
Prakash
Jha's
unit.
A
tabela
(dairy
farm)
is
being
built
in
the
colony
at
the
reported
cost
of
Rs.
1
crore.
The
tabela,
which
will
later
be
gifted
to
the
colony
after
the
shooting
is
complete,
will
house
dozens
of
buffaloes
and
cows,
which
are
being
transported
at
this
very
moment
from
outside
Bhopal
into
the
city.
When
contacted,
Prakash
Jha
admits
that
the
huge
colony
in
Bhopal
would
serve
as
an
extended
set
for
Aarakshan.
Says
the
director,
"I
needed
a
certain
quaint
suburban
look
for
my
film
with
a
criss-cross
of
clean
streets
and
houses
fronted
by
lawns.
What
was
missing
was
a
tabela.
A
major
part
of
my
plot
unfolds
on
a
dairy
farm.
So
my
art
director,
Jayant
Deshmukh
is
building
the
tabela
from
scratch
at
one
end
of
the
colony."
Aarakshan
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
the
lead,
got
its
title
extricated
from
a
television
serial,
which
decided
to
add
on
the
word
to
its
original
title
just
to
cash
in
on
hype
surrounding
Prakash's
film.
Says
the
irate
director,
"The
serial
was
originally
called
Aarmanon
Ka
Balidan.
Suddenly
I
saw
an
Aarakshan
added
at
the
end
of
the
serial's
original
title.
I
sent
the
producers
a
legal
notice."
Jha's
film
is
inspired
by
the
leader
of
the
masses
Jayaprakash
Narayan's
movement
for
job
reservation
for
under-privileged
sections
of
society.
Story first published: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 16:29 [IST]