MR had a slight adaption of mahabharat in Dalapati I think and he did execute GURU (almost a biography of Dirubhai Ambani). So it will be nice to watch a contemporary adaption of an epic. Its where the art meets creativity.
-R --- In [email protected], Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maniratnam film....Classical singing... Rahman's music.. The elements seem to be already giving a lift to expectations. > > But this news about 'Adaptation of Ramayana' seems little surprising (or should i say, disappointing). Not that the movie would be good or bad.. But you know.. when a bit of news about a substantl element, is out .. the expectations go up.. more so in the case of Maniratnam films.. and when the actual film turns out in a different dimension (forget about it being good or bad), people say it is a let down. Maniratnam, in my opinion, should stick to his old ways of keeping everything under the wraps, instead of giving a peek into it and then maintaining suspense. Infact, i didnt know any news-bit about all his films before 'Guru', which is why i think i enjoyed them more...because of no 'pre-imaginative expectations'. Only in the case of Guru, there was this publicity about ' A cut-throat businessman's story from rags to riches' and there people went speculating about the character he was playing..which turned to be true anyways. > > Expectations apart, i hope his upcoming film turns out good. > > > > Regards > Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla. > > http://kamal-aakarsh.blogspot.com > > > --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [arr] Ash plays classical singer in Ravan > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 4:44 PM > > > > > > > Sa Re gaana > Aishwarya Rai is learning classical singing for her role in Mani Ratnam's Raavan, a contemporary version of the Ramayana > Back to Section Stories Posted On Friday, September 19, 2008 > > > Mumbai Mirror Bureau > > Aishwarya Rai > Aishwarya Rai has reached a stage in her career where she wants to excel at every part she plays. > > At the moment, she's in Peru giving all she's got to her part as Rajnikant's love interest in Shankar's Tamil film, Robot. > > After > that, Ash will return to the country and get busy with Mani Ratnam's > next film, Raavan. The film is a sensuous contemporary Hindi take on > the Ramayana, in which Aishwarya will be playing a classical singer for > the first time in her career. > > And there will be no half-measures > for Aishwarya. A source says, "Aishwarya will be learning classical > singing for this role. Ideally, she'd like to sing all her songs in > Raavan, herself . She's a very good singer in real life. But not good > enough to sing classical songs on screen with aplomb. > > So, > like Shabana Azmi in Morning Raga Aishwarya intends to take lessons > in how to look convincing as a singer. She'll be regularly taking > lessons in classical singing from a guru." > > Aishwarya will also do riyaaz before she starts shooting for Raavan in October. > > "She wants to make sure she doesn't goof up in the scenes in which she'll be singing on screen," adds the source. > > Mani Ratnam > Not just that, since Aishwarya's mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan had played > a singer in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Abhimaan, Aishwarya also plans to > watch the film to get it right. > > The > source says, "Ash was in any case planning to see Abhimaan again > because Rajiv Menon is remaking Abhimaan with her and Abhishek in the > lead role. Now, she'll be observing her mother-in-law even more closely > to take tips on how to look convincing as a singer." > > Interestingly, ma-in-law Jaya had closely observed melody queen Lata Mangeshkar before playing a singer in Abhimaan. > > The family that sings together stays together! > > http://www.mumbaimi rror.com/ net/mmpaper. aspx?page= article§id= 30&contentid= 2008091920080919 030846876937c13e b >
