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.
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.Murugadosss 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. http://www.behindwoods.com/bollywood/hindi-movies-news/may-07-01/28-05-07-lajjo.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Movies - Search movie info and celeb profiles and photos.
