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It seems Kareena Kapoor will have to wait a while before she can start work on her dream project, ' Lajjo'. Directed by Mani Rathnam, she would be paired with perfectionist Aamir Khan for the first time. This much anticipated film was supposed to start this December or January, 2007, but with Aamir planning to kick start the remake of Tamil hit 'Ghajini' under his own home production in January, it seems 'Lajjo' will have to wait till August, 2007 to finally start. For the meanwhile Kareena is basking in the glory of boyfriend Shahid Kapoor's first super hit 'Vivah'. No, she is not in a hurry to sign new films. And no, she isn't bothered about her pairing with one time lover Hrithik Roshan in Zoya Akhtar's directorial debut. As of now Kareena is listening to new scripts and is determined to do quality work. Seems Aamir Khan effect is catching up big time in Bollywood.
Mani's film sans Ranbir
Well well there is one more story doing the rounds. We had informed you a few days back that ace director from South India, Mani Rathnam, is getting his next project ready. The film will be a love story and will feature the real life love jodi Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Now the rumor mills are churning with one more story, which says Ranbir will also feature in this project. But insiders who are close to the project have no clue as to where this one started from. It is true that the story demands one more male character but that will have to be someone older than the junior Bachchan. So now it is clear that it will surely not be Ranbir who will do the role. So who will it be? Maybe another favorite of the director, Madhavan who has done a handful of films with Mani, or will it be Aravind Swamy one more favorite actor of the director who had starred in 'Roja' and 'Bombay' and both were super-duper hits. With speculations going around and the director still on the look out for this other character all we can do is just wait till more news emerges on this front.
Mani Ratnam to sign a 120 Crore dream deal
Ace director Mani Ratnam will script the biggest ever deal in the history of South Indian Cinema, for a three version film in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. According to source Mani Ratnam's production company Madras Talkies is in the final round of negotiation for huge Rs.120 Crore deal with the Anil Ambani run Reliance Entertainment Big Picture, for negative rights of all the three versions. According to close sources from the industry, if this deal happens, it will be the biggest ever for a South Indian Film. Mani Sir as he is known in Kollywood, has been working on this script ever since the release of his super hit Guru in Jaunary, 2007. Reportedly the Hindi version will have Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai in the lead and Govinda in a negative role. The Telugu and Tamil versions will have Vikram in the male lead, while Aishwarya will be the common heroine in all three languages. He is teaming up with the photographer and friend-partner of his earlier ventures (Aalayam), PC Sreeram and his own discovery AR Rahman.
Mani Ratnam takes on Ramayana
When Prakash Jha is busy thinking about his modern big screen adaptation of the epic Mahabharata, Mani Ratnam is to bring out a film based on the other immortal epic Ramayana on to the big screen. The film is a bi-lingual and will be made in Hindi and Tamil. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will portray the roles inspired by Rama and Sita. Govinda will be seen in the role of savior Hanuman. The most catching peculiarity of this film is that Tamil film star Vikram who will be seen as the Ravan in the Hindi version of the film will be doing the character of Rama in the Tamil one. The production of the film is expected to start by the end of September and will be produced under the banner of Madras Talkies owned by Mani Ratnam.
Mani's pat for his wife's film
The unit members of Amma Cheppindi are happy a lot. And they are chuffed with reason, too. The team has won the plaudits of no less than Manirathnam himself. The ace director congratulated the unit for the good work. Amma Cheppindi, produced by Gunnam Gangaraju, stars Saravanand and Shriya Reddy. This off-beat movie also features Suhasini, Mani's wife, in a pivotal mother role.
Mani in, Ramana out
There are no long-term friendships or animosities in the filmdom. It is well-known within the industry that director V V Vinayak had problems with Mani Sarma during the making of Yogi and Lakshmi. But after asking Ramana Gogula out of his forthcoming film, he has decided to bury the hatchet and make friends with Mani Sarma. It is being said that Vinayak was not too happy with Ramana Gogula for giving similar songs and turned to Mani for a better variety.