|
Other
Topics : Art
Culture - Fashion
- Tourism
Latest
& Hot Bollywood Film News : * hourly
updation
Back
to Bollywood Current News Section
| Bollywood
News - Hindi Cinema Reviews - Previews - Music Chart -
Interviews : |
Anupam Kher plays a dwarf in 'Jaan-e-Man'
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Fifteen years after Kamal Haasan in "Appu Raja", Anupam Kher reprises the role of a dwarf in debutant director Shirish Kunder's
"Jaan-e-Man".
Advertisement
At the time when Kamal Haasan played this unusual hero, there was a great deal of speculation about how he managed to look a quarter of his size on screen. The technique employed is still a mystery.
It was rumoured Kamal stood in a trench to look dwarfed. "Now we're much more advanced," says Anupam.
"'Appu Raja' was so many years ago. Today we are technologically far more advanced. The packaging, presentation and projection of the whole concept of a dwarf is very different today. I have already shot for 'Jaan-e-Man'. Believe me it is going to be a path-breaking role."
After "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara", where Anupam plays a man stricken with Alzheimer's, the actor is on the lookout for more challenging roles. His dwarf's role is actually a first for Hindi cinema since "Appu Raja" was dubbed from the Tamil film.
Anupam is also putting together his next directorial venture.
"It is a romantic comedy inspired by the torrential monsoon deluge which overtook Mumbai in July (2005) and brought life to a standstill for two days. It is just an idea right now. I will get down to writing it down soon. Right now, I am too much into 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara'."
Yash Raj Films will in all probability be producing Anupam's next directorial venture.
"But it all depends on how the script shapes up."
|
