Is Sujoy Ghosh remaking a Satyajit Ray film with Vidya Balan?

There were reports that Sujoy Ghosh, the National Award winning film-maker who earlier wrote, produced and directed Vidya Balan’s hit thriller Kahaani; was planning on remaking Satyajit Ray’s film Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest). When asked about it, he says the film’s ideology suits the 1970′s more than the present times and that is the reason he dropped the project.
Sujoy told a leading daily, “It wouldn’t make sense to make a period drama since we already have Ray’s classics.”
There were rumors that his next film with Vidya was based on Durga Shakti Nagpal, the civil servant who reacted against corruption, and was subsequently suspended and later reinstated by the UP government. Ghosh rubbished this and said “Utterly, absolutely rubbish, it’s a brand new script. It is a thriller that stars Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan.”
When asked if it is a sequel to Kahaani, “No it isn’t; this is another story. Nevertheless, a sequel to Kahaani would be an exciting proposition but Kahaani 2, Kahaani 3, Kahaani 4, how long can I go on without getting bored out of my head?” was his reply…

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Three actresses on Bhandarkar's wishlist for his next 'Madamji'

Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Vidya Balan... who will play the actress-turned-politician in Madhur Bhandarkar's next film?

Madhur Bhandarkar; (below) Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan and Deepika Padukone

For his next film centred around the life of an actress-turned-politician, Madhur Bhandarkar is looking at casting a leading name from the industry. In fact, he has not one but three heroines on his wish-list for this film titled Madamji.
With the film’s script in its final stage, the director is planning to approach Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Vidya Balan to play the lead role in his film.
A source says, “Madhur will be meeting all three of them and depending on how the talks go, the film’s lead will be finalised.” The director of Fashion and Heroine clearly hasn’t had enough of women-centric films.
The source adds that this film traces the story of a small-time actress who turns to politics under the guidance of her mentor, and that the film’s lead character will be in her late 30s or early 40s.
“Like all his other films, this one will be a hard-hitting film with a dash of humour. The film takes its inspiration a real-life person who is currently a politician in Uttar Pradesh,’’ says the source. Interestingly, Madhur has earlier worked on a movie with politics as its premise.
His film Satta, starring Raveena Tandon, revolved around a woman who hates politics but joins it eventually. however, remained unavailable for comment.

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Why Vidya, Farhan gave 21 retakes for a scene in 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects'

Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan had to give 21 retakes for one scene for their upcoming film Shaadi Ke Side Effects.

It was an emotional scene, but they would end up giggling resulting in takes after takes. Director Saket Chaudhary says, “I really don’t remember the number of takes, but it was Vidya who first started breaking into a laughter and then Farhan did the same.

Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan

It went on for some time till they regained their composure to give the scene to be okayed by me.’’

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Madhuri Dixit:I was the first one who talked about Vidya..!

Mumbai: If Madhuri Dixit oozes talent, she is equally good at recognising and praising genius. Vidya Balan is the case in point.

Madhuri, who has replaced Vidya in the `Dedh Ishqiya`, says that she not only likes the latter`s body of work, but was also the first one to talk about her talent.

Seen as conniving, scheming and sensual woman, Vidya wowed all and sundry with her performances in Abshishek Chaubey directed dark drama `Ishqiya`.

Praising the actress, Madhuri said: “Vidya is wonderful. She is a lovely actress and I not only liked her in `Ishqiya`, I also liked her in her first movie (`Parineeta`)."

“I was the first one who talked about her in an interview, saying she is a good actress. I loved her in `Dirty Picture` and `Kahaani`. She is very talented.”

`Dedh Ishqiya` is coming out Jan 10 and it will see Madhuri, 46, in a completely different avatar. Helmed by Chaubey, the film also stars Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, who were there in the original, along with Huma Qureshi.

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