08.07.06
Mani Ratnam bids good bye to Kollywood?
Has Mani Ratnam and his banner `Madras Talkies` stopped making Tamil films? The answer is blowing in the winds, as Mani completes his Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat starrer Guru. Afterwards he will start work on his new Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor film Lajjo.
Last week Mani sir flew to Mumbai for a hush-hush photo shoot of Lajjo which will start rolling in October. Aamir Khan plays a sleaze ball politician and was dressed in a starched white Khadi while Kareena spotted a village belle look.
It looks like India best known director who became a household name with his Tamil movies is no longer interested in doing films in his mother-tongue. Mani sir is doing big-budget Bollywood films with top stars who are willing to work with him at reduced rates!
Remember that Tamil superstars are reluctant to do ‘Mani films’ as there is no ‘Money’ for them! And the ace director does not want to make a film with newcomers in the lead as he is in no mood to experiment.
It seems, Mani sir has an axe to grind against Bollywood industry who has never given him his due. Only two of his dubbed Tamil films Roja and Bombay have been both critical and commercial success in Hindi while his straight films like Dil Se and Yuva were not only damp squibs, but was torn by the critics .
Now Mani sir wants to set the record straight and prove his detractors in the press and trade that he can make a commercially viable Hindi film which will also be appreciated by critics. Let us hope that Guru and Lajjo does it for him. But Kollywood is going to definitely miss him!
November 7th, 2006 at 5:39 am
fuck u .!!! mani is tamil nadus pride … hes never reluctant to do a movie in his mother tongue .. he is just helpn u bollywood idiots n making movies … plezz learn n make gud movies
November 11th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
o c’mon man….mani rathnam has not quit kollywood…his dud film…aayitha ezhuthu surely did suck big time…but that does not mean he has quit making tamil movies….
December 26th, 2006 at 5:49 am
ONSOSONS
ONS
HI MANI RATHNAM WE ARE NOT SAYING U NOT TO DO HINDI MOVIE BUT
MEAN WHILE EVEN U DO TAMIL MOVIE BCOZ U KNOW TAMIL MADE U
STEP UP IN UR LIFE U SHOULD NEVER FORGET UR OLDLIFE IF U DONT GET
THE PRODUCERS MEANS SO WHAT,U INVEST UR MONEY AND OR TAKE LOAN AND DO TAMIL MOVIE AND U NOT NEEDED TO WORRY BCOZ UR FILMS WILL DEFENITLY HIT IT WILL GIVE BACK UR MONEY TRUST US MANI DO TAMIL MOVIES PLZ
July 12th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Hay Mani good job Kollywood might be Steeping stone But u r the Best u make true movies that is good to social life keep your good job going on but as all the people say that you need to make some movies in tamil too. I would say Yes indeed.
September 19th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
There are certainly many more points to take into account