Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor in Mani Ratnam film!

Mani Ratnam, in the recent years, seems to have lost his midas touch. The maverick filmmaker's last two movies - Raavanan (Ravan in Hindi) and Kadal starring newcomers Gautham Karthik and Thulasi Nari - have bombed at the Box Office. With critics and audience wondering about his below-par films, the director is reportedly getting ready for a biggie.

The buzz says that Mani Ratnam has taken up his long-pending project for which he has opted for big names of Bollywood. Well, the actors are none other than Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor. The director is ready to leave the failures behind and planning a movie based on the India-Pakistan partition. It is said to be a bilingual movie and the filmmaker has started working seriously on the project.

If reports are to be believed, he has also roped in Rensil D'Silva, who had written script for Aamir Khan's earlier Hindi movie Rang De Basanthi. However, it is not sure whether the talks for the project with Aamir Khan and Kareena have started or not. Continue reading on the slideshow...

Aamir And Kareena In Mani's Film!

Aamir Khan and Kareena had earlier worked together in blockbuster Hindi movie 3 Idiots. They were also seen together in the Perfectionist's last movie where the actress had done an item number.

Aamir And Kareena In Mani's Film!

It has to be noted that Kareena had earlier worked with the director in Yuva. On the other end, Mani Ratnam is not still sure of casting Aamir and Kareena in the Tamil version.

Aamir And Kareena In Mani's Film!

It is because his earlier movie Dil Se starring Shahrukh Khan was not well-received by Kollywood audience.

Aamir And Kareena In Mani's Film!

There are also chances of Mani roping top actors of Tamil for this forthcoming project.

Aamir And Kareena In Mani's Film!

However, Mani Ratnam has not opened up on this project yet.