Vishal Bhardwaj
and Aishwarya Rai
I am glad you have that to
say about the film. We had a blast doing that film. I have grown up watching
Pink Panther. So people who know about it, know the genre. One knows what
a joyride these films are. I have always regarded Pink Panther as innocent
comedy. I put it in the Laurel and Hardy kind of humour for this time and
age. It was a wonderful team and we had no-brainer of a role for all of
us. And that is the spirit with which we did it. It was not a major acting
piece, I mean it wasn't like I had to think how to get into the skin of
the character.
After getting fabulous
performances out of Tabu in Maqbool, Kareena Kapoor in Omkara and hopefully,
Priyanka Choopra in Kaminey, Vishal Bhardwaj is all set to team up with
the one actress he has always wanted to work with.
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan
and Vishal Bhardwaj are finally getting together after many false starts
.
The project will go into
production at the end of the year.
Says Aishwarya, "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’d start
in his film whenever he turned director. "
Right after his directorial
debut in the children’s film Makdee Vishal had offered Aishwarya a film
called Timbuctoo . That got shelved.
Laughs Aishwarya, "I was
very impressed by Vishal’s work. But he insisted that we’ll work together
only when he finds the absolutely 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."
Interestingly 2009 is
Aishwarya’s most crowded year. She has given the nod to new films with
Vishal Bhardwaj, Rituparno Ghosh , Abhinay Deo and Vipul Shah.
Explains the super-busy
actress, "Ritu-da and I have agreed to work together again after Chokher
Bali and Raincoat in Bengali and Hindi, respectively. Our next film together
is a bi-lingual. And very challenging. As for Abhinay Deo’s film it’s got
me and Abhishek in it. But it covers a territory very different from what
audiences have seen in Guru , Dhoom 2 and Sarkar Raj. Abhinay’s film is
also very different from Mani Ratnam’s Raavan . It’s a special challenge
to work with my husband because we’ve to make sure we don’t repeat ourselves."
As for the two 2009 Padma
Shris Aishwarya and Akshay Kumar coming together in Vipul Shah’s film ,
the actress laughs, "It’s something that Vipul,Akshay and I haven’t done
before. The last time Akshay and I came together in Khakee we played almost
antagonists. This time we’ll hopefully play a more compatible couple."
Suddenly, such a flurry
of activity for Aishwarya. |