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Lajjo- yes, no, maybe. |
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| By Behindwoods News
Bureau. |
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May 28, 2007 |
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There has been a lot of speculation around
Lajjo- the film that was to be directed by
Mani Ratnam starring Aamir Khan and Kareena
Kapoor. The reason is the non-committal attitude
of the crew of the film whenever any details
about the actual progress were sought. The
truth is that the progress of the project
seems to be stuck.
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First Aamir was not satisfied with the script (he never
is at the first reading) and wanted a lot of changes to
be made. That put off shooting schedules till the end
of 2006 and even that was not confirmed. Then Aamir got
himself busy with his directorial venture Taare Zameen
Par which is now in its post production stages. He has
also allotted bulk dates to A.R.Murugadoss’s Ghajini
which began shooting recently. Apparently, Aamir has his
hands full and Lajjo is not on his mind at the moment.
Meanwhile Mani Ratnam too is busy in the International
circuit with many screenings of his film Guru at festivals
all around the world. He was recently in Cannes and from
there he left for Spain for another screening. Mani suffered
a personal loss yesterday when his younger brother Srinivas
(42) co-founder of Madras Talkies passed away. Mani will
sure take time recovering from this shock and returning
to work.
With the movie delayed almost indefinitely, heroine Kareena
Kapoor has decided to withdraw her commitment for Lajjo
and make herself available for other projects. This has
added fuel to the speculations that Lajjo had been shelved.
Producer Bobby Bedi has however made a statement that
Lajjo has been merely delayed and will certainly be made.
This comes a few days after music director A.R.Rahman
was asked the same question. He too had said that Lajjo
was definitely not shelved. Note that neither Rahman nor
Bedi specified when exactly Lajjo would get underway.
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