If
you
are
a
die
hard
fan
of
the
Rahman-Ratnam
combination
and
follow
every
single
news
item
about
them,
you
will
remember
that
they
were
both
working
on
Lajjo
seriously
until
the
summer
of
2007
but
were
forced
to
give
up
the
project
later.
Now,
the
buzz
is
that
A.R.
Rahman
has
decided
to
use
the
tunes
he
had
composed
for
Lajjo
in
Mani
Ratnam's
new
project
Ravana
(this
tentative
title
is
also
referred
to
as
Raavana).
It
is
also
heard
that
Mani
Rathnam
has
also
permited
him
to
do
so.
For
those
who
do
not
know
about
the
film,
Lajjo
is
Mani
Ratnam"s
Bollywood
project
which
was
supposed
to
star
Aamir
Khan
and
Kareena
Kapoor.
As
usual,
Mani
invited
his
favourite
music
director
A.R.
Rahman
to
compose
the
music
of
this
period
film.
The
project
was
supposed
to
start
in
2005
but
Aamir
was
busy
with
Mangal
Pandey
then,
so
it
got
postponed
to
2006,
a
time
when
Mani
was
busy
with
Guru
(Abhishek
Bachchan).
Again,
Lajjo
got
postponed.
When
finally
Mani
returned
to
the
project
in
2007,
speculations
were
rife
that
the
film
would
be
dropped
and
the
film"s
producer
Bobby
Bedi
did
not
scotch
that
rumour.
But
unfazed
by
these
rumours,
Mani
Ratnam
and
A.R.
Rahman
kept
working
on
the
project
diligently
until
August
2007.
Mani
formulated
a
perfect
screenplay
for
the
film
which
he
discussed
with
Rahman
regularly
and
the
latter
came
up
with
several
beautiful
compositions.
But
with
no
response
from
Bobby
and
the
different
tracks
Aamir
and
Kareena
have
gone
after
Mangal
Pandey
and
Jab
We
Met
respectively,
the
project"s
future
seems
too
bleak.
Whether
Lajjo
is
revived
or
not,
the
music
originally
meant
for
it
will
definitely
get
a
new
lease
of
life
in
Ravana/
Ashokavanam.