By Subhash K Jha Posted On Friday, April 03, 2009 at 02:43:39 AM
Owais Hussain has planned to produce a film on his father MF Hussain and has zeroed in on Hrithik Roshan to play the lead role. After two years of planning, the project is finally ready to take off. Owais said, "It is a full-on musical but isn't in the conventional biographical format. The film will shed light on some of the lesser known aspects of my father's life and bring out the more humane aspect of his personality." While other intricate details are being worked out, AR Rahman is expected to compose the film's songs and the background score and Santosh Sivan will cinematograph it. While Owais is reluctant to reveal the name of the actor who will play the lead role, it's very reliably learnt that it will be Hrithik Roshan. Explaining his decision Owais said, "Hrithik has the right gravity and intensity. He also has the voice and the bearing for the part." Discussing other dramatic interpretations of the painter's life Owais says, "Nadira Babbar's play on my father's life (Husain Ki Kahani Apni Zubani) is more in the style of street theatre based on dad's biography. That's why I want to cast a popular star-actor. I want the maximum number of people to see the film." Owais had planned to begin the film after his father's return from Dubai but he has now decided to produce it anyway, "I'll go head with the film without him being physically present. My film is about him. But it doesn't require his active contribution. I know all there's to know about his life." http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/20090403200904030243397363e2e36b/\ Paint-me-a-story.html
