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: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com 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
