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Curiosity builds over Ash and 'Umrao
Jaan'
By Arpana, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) As the release date of J.P. Dutta's "Umrao
Jaan" nears, TV channels, newspapers and magazines seem to be
falling over each other to present the first images of Aishwarya
Rai from the film.
"We are inundated by calls from all the newspapers and channels
for Aishwarya's pictures from 'Umrao Jaan'," said a source from
Dutta's camp.
Dutta has kept Aishwarya's new avatar under wraps.
"So far Aishwarya has played a modern woman in films except in 'Devdas'
where people liked her a lot. They are waiting to see her as the
courtesan Umrao Jaan. People in the trade are positive about the
film because of Dutta," said Delhi-based distributor Sanjay
Mehta.
"Aishwarya is not known as a bankable actor. People think of her
as wooden. She can't emote. But Dutta is not only a good
director, he is also a good technician. He
knows how to extract work from his artist. We are confident that
Aishwarya must have played the role convincingly," he added.
Mehta couldn't be more right -- Dutta had put Aishwarya under
rigorous training so she could play the role made famous by
Rekha in the original.
"People are also curious to see Aishwarya and Abhishek
Bachchan's chemistry on screen," added Mehta.
The obvious question is whether Aishwarya can ever match up to
Rekha?
Said Dutta: "Aishwarya has given
her best to the film."
Dutta has gone into meticulous detail in costumes, jewellery and
the look of the period film in terms of buildings and indoors
too. He has used real jewellery for Aishwarya, Abhishek and
other members of the main cast.
He has relied heavily on Mirza Mohammed Haadi Ruswa's novel "Umrao
Jaan" to add authenticity.
"He gave the minutest details to Anna Singh and his wife Bindiya.
They have carried out his vision exactly the way Dutta wanted it
to be," said an insider.
In 1981, Muzaffar Ali directed the first screen adaptation of
Ruswa's book. It was a masterpiece and Rekha's performance as an
emotionally unfulfilled courtesan was
appreciated with a National Award.
"Umrao Jaan", which marks Dutta's comeback after his damp squib
"LOC Kargil", is said to be his first women-centric film.
Dutta defends himself and says he has always given a lot of
dignity to women in his films be it Smita Patil in "Ghulami",
Dimple in "Batwara", Meenakshi Sheshadri in
"Kshatriya" or Kareena Kapoor in "Refugee" -- all were strong,
dynamic women.
"All my films have been on weapons, war and patriotism, so, a
lot of people feel I make male oriented films."
"Umrao Jaan" made on a budget of Rs.200 million was shot mainly
in Jaipur. It also stars Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Arshad
Warsi and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
If Asha Bhonsle was the voice of Rekha, Alka Yagnik will sing
for Aishwarya Rai. Javed Akhtar has penned the songs for this
classic tale and Anu Malik has composed it. Malik's daughter
Anmol is learnt to have lent her voice to a young Aishwarya in
the film
Shabana spills Dutta's secrets
Mumbai, Not many know that actress Shabana Azmi and filmmaker
J.P. Dutta are not just colleagues but were in college together
and know each other
since then.
Shabana, who is playing Aishwarya Rai's mother in Dutta's "Umrao
Jaan", revealed quite a few interesting things about her
director friend. She said Dutta is a very fine actor and they
acted together in several dramas those days.
Shabana said that although the director appears tough, he is
soft within. Many others who know him closely say he can give a
complex to any doctor by his clear diagnosis. Normally, Dutta
himself diagnoses the illness if anyone falls sick in his unit.
However, Shabana is bowled over by his kindness.
Recalling an incident on the sets of "Umrao Jaan", she said that
one day she had pain in her back and the director cancelled the
shooting without a second thought..
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