Monday, February 2, 2009

‘Phir Tum Mil Gaye’ is about adoption with a difference

Director Revathy S Verma bags the credit of bringing Jaya Bachchan and Madhavan together on screen with her next project ‘Phir Tum Mil Gaye’ for Hari Om Sai’s production. The film will also star Raveena Tandon and Ayesha Takia and is a remake of South film ‘June R’.

The film deals with the concept of adoption but again adoption with a difference coz instead of a mother adopting a baby, here a girl adopts a mother form old age home.

Director Revathy points out, “We always hear of couples adopting babies from orphanages, here it is the reverse process of a young girl wanting a mom. The mother’s character is extremely optimistic.” Jaya Bachchan will play the role she plays best, that of a soft and loving ‘adopted’ mother.

Preya Arora of Hari Om Sai Production says, “Jayaji’s confirmation to this role is a great achievement to us. We were looking forward to her playing the mother’s role because she has that motherly charm and softness.”
ayesha takia

Aishwarya Rai to work with Vishal Bhardwaj

It was Vishal Bhardwaj who took out the best from Tabu in ‘Maqbool’ and Kareena Kapoor in ‘Omkara’. Vishal took up direction in 2002 with the children’s film ‘Makdee’ and since then he had always wanted to work with Aishwarya Rai. He was the music composer on a project with her that got shelved.

Finally, Vishal and Ash have teamed up together for a film titled as ‘Timbuctoo’ that Vishal had approached Aishwarya in the past. But that film never materialized.

Talking about the project with Vishal, Aishwarya said “Vishal and I have wanted to work together ever since he was the music composer on a project that got shelved. We had promised one another that I would star in his film whenever he turned director”.

Confirming about the proposed film the actress said “I was very impressed by Vishal’s work. But he insisted that we would work together only when he found absolutely the right project. That has finally happened. Vishal has bounced the script off me. And we both feel this is the right project for us to come together”.

aishwarya rai