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Madhuri Dixit |
The "dhak dhak" girl is back after brief hiatus. Madhuri Dixit whose magic and charisma is timeless and intact even after two decades of 'Ek Do Teen' speaks to Bollyvista on her comeback film Aaja Nachle, changes in Bollywood and her future plans. Over to Madhuri Dixit:
How different is it working with YRF after 10 years?
Yash Raj Films has always been very organized even 10 years back but now I would say they are super organized, they are like 10 steps ahead of what they were and it's always a delight to work with them. Its funny, I always wanted to work with Anil Mehta before but in a different capacity, I wanted him as a cameraman for one of my projects and it didn't happen at that time so I think god had different plans then in his mind. It's been a wonderful experience. When I did Dil To Pagal Hai I had a lovely time working with them and even today Yashji has kept his standards and also built this beautiful studio. It has been a beautiful experience working with them.
Can you tell us something about the character you play in this film?
The character I play is Diya who is extremely strong. She is very independent and she has to leave her village. She actually elopes with someone she falls in love with and she tries to make a life for herself in New York where she realizes that the person she ran away with is not the same. Somewhere she realizes that this not what she had come for. She has a child. She is a choreographer who makes a life for herself out there. She works exactly like what her guru was to her and she is to the others. Then when she has to come back. Her whole journey is how she comes back to her town where people don't like her anymore and how she tries to save something that is very close to her heart, something that she believes in and how she stands by it and how she sees the whole mission through is what the movie is about. So I see her as a very intelligent and a very strong person who doesn't sit and cry about her problems but instead takes everything bang on and says let's go ahead from here. She is a very positive person who always looks forward to life and she believes in the spirit of people. She believes that goodness exists and everybody has a good side and something good comes out of it.
What was it about the script that made you decide on doing this film?
First of all, I think its a story of believing in something and standing by it. It is a very feel good kind of a movie, a very positive movie. Its very relevant in today's times where you see western culture taking over everywhere else and our own roots are kind of fading away like theater, especially this kind of a dying art today and something needs to be done to revive it. So I think its like basically going back to your values, your roots and back to your culture and I think that's very relevant today.
Can you tell something about how this offer came to you and what made you decide to do this film?
It all started with my performance at Filmfare. That's where Yashji saw me and asked if I would be interested in working again. It was just a conversation like that I never thought about it seriously. Then I happened to meet Aditya Chopra when I had come to see the studios and we just got talking. I think that's when something clicked in Adi's head. He had some subject with him for a long time. That's what I came to know later because they didn't tell me anything at that time.
I left for Denver, then my secretary Rikkuji got in touch with me saying they have a subject for me. I just had an idea of it and I quite liked the gist of what he had given. He told me that he would send me the script then Adi came over to Denver just to tell me what he had in mind. I thought it to be a very good subject. It is also very relevant to where I am right now. I have worked with Yashji before in Dil To Pagal Hai and I know they are extremely professional. When say they will be complete a film in four months, they will do it. I have very high regards for Yashji and I know that whatever product they make they make sure they do a good job of it, so I had that confidence in them as filmmakers. They have also worked with married artists, so there was a kind of a comfort for me to work with them. So, there were many such factors that went into my deciding to do this film. |
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