Muzzafar Ali plans another extravaganza 1 Apr 2009, 1417 hrs IST, Indu
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Muzzafar Ali whose last film, Umrao Jaan, was released in 1981, is now
casting for another historical, Noor Jehan Jehangir [image: Muzzafar
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Muzzafar Ali
Muzaffar Ali, who last made Umrao Jaan (1981) is ready to come back to
Bollywood with a historical, based on the life of Emperor Jehangir . Called
Noor Jehan Jehangir (working title ) it traces the love story of Noor Jehan
and Jehangir.
So what kept Ali away from films for so long I wasnt away from films, says
Ali. In the interim I made Anjuman which did not release outside UP and
Zooni was never completed. I have also been developing an international film
which is in the process of being cast with international actors. I have
completed 23 drafts of the story so far.
The script of Jehangir has been sent to one of todays new young actors and
what is remarkable about the script, besides the content , is the
presentation . The script is bound in rich embossed leather and comes in its
own cloth wrapping with Alis Kotwara design in leather on it. Kotwara is the
designer line that Muzaffar and Meera Ali own.
Will Muzaffar be able to cope with an industry that has changed dramatically
since he made his last film Why should I fit in, I am much ahead of
Bollywood. It is they who have to fit in with me, he says with a chuckle.
Alis peeve is that todays actors are scared of period films and todays
directors dont understand the intricacies of period films, though he admits
that Jodhaa Akbar and Hrithik Roshan got a lot of the details right. The
nuances have to be very subtle and layered, he explains.
For the music of the film, Shankar Ehsaan Loy have been spoken to though AR
Rahman was also an option. But Rahman, who is the greatest musician we have
today, has just done Jodhaa Akbar.
Ali bemoans the lack of good production design in Bollywood. Most period
films look like a nautanki, he says dismissively. For someone who got
everything in Umrao Jaan just right, he has a right to comment . All
Jehangir needs now is the right actors with the right sort of passion for
the film.
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Vithur
