New Delhi:
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam recently shared that he initially considered casting Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol for his 2000 hit alai pethuthi But ultimately abandoned the idea as he was unable to finalize the film’s climax.
Tamil-language romantic musical, starring R. Starring Madhavan and Shalini, it was later remade in Hindi. friendFeaturing Rani Mukherjee and Vivek Oberoi. The film tells the story of two young people who elope and marry, only to face difficulties as cracks begin to appear in their relationship.
At the open house of the G5A retrospective, filmmaker Mani Ratnam shared, “What I had planned to do with Shahrukh alai pethuthiI wanted to do it with Shahrukh and Kajol, and I narrated the story to him, and he agreed. But I hadn’t cracked the last element of the story. If you’ve seen Alai Pethay, it’s built around one day, and we’re going back to that day, and when the accident happens and the wife goes missing, he’s searching for her. So, I didn’t have that element at that time. So, we shifted to Dil Se. ,
The filmmaker explained that he was able to solve the missing element of Alai Pythe while making his 1998 film from the heartIn which Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala acted. “Once I was finishing with Dil, I was able to solve this problem with Alai Pythe and still be interested in doing it,” he said.
friendhindi remake alai pethuthiIt was directed by Shaad Ali. The director shared his belief that every film goes through many changes in the filmmaking process, from its inception to casting and editing. He added, “You’re not sure if you’re doing it right… you’re still trying. Even when you’ve written it perfectly, when you shoot, you’re looking for something else.” Because it’s still under construction,” he explained.
Mani Ratnam further stated that films are “slices of people and fragments of lives,” and he strives to make them feel like “reflections of whole lives.” “You need to heighten it… the actors have to come and live it up. If they don’t do that, you can yell at them,” he joked, adding that the fine tuning process involves editing. Continues in the room also.
The three-day retrospective on Mani Ratnam’s work was organized by the not-for-profit organization G5A from January 24 to 26 at the G5A Warehouse in South Mumbai. The retrospective screened his iconic films such as Nayakan, Bombay, Raavan, Kannathil Muthamithal, Kaatru Veliyadai, Alai Pethuthe And iruvar,
