No leak from Raavan: Rahman

The latest wave in the Internet is a supposed ‘leaked’ song from Mani Ratnam’s upcoming film titled Raavan. 


The film, which stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in lead roles in the Hindi version and Vikram and Aishwarya in the Tamil version, has music by Oscar winner A R Rahman. According to a post in the internet recently, a song — titled Kaadale... in the Tamil version — has been sung by the lead actress Aishwarya herself!

However, music composer Rahman has denied that any such song features in the film. “Someone’s pulling a fast one,” is all he said. All eyes are on Raavan’s music as it will be the first album with the Mani Ratnam-Rahman combination that will be out after the composer’s double delight at the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire. Besides Raavan, A R Rahman’s current projects include Rajinikanth’s Endhiran and Sultan, Couples Retreat and Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya. 


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Abhishek-Aishwarya’s love-making session dropped from ‘Raavan’

It would have made nation wide headlines and guaranteed Mani Ratnam’s flick ‘Raavan’ immediate success, but the talented director has decided to drop the sizzling, hot, love-making scene between real life couple Abhishek and Aishwarya. Call it wisdom or playing safe, but Mani Ratnam is doing away with the couple’s first ever intimate scene in a bid to appease religious groups.


Ever since the film ‘Raavan’ got on floors, it has been causing curiosity over its plot line. The film that is a contemporary take on Ramayan is touted to present Raavan in a likeable avatar.

Buzz has it that Aishwarya plays the role of a married woman, who is kidnapped by Abhishek. Deriving the story line from Ramayan; the film takes a different route as it goes on to show a romantic relationship between Ash and Abhi, who in the modern day adaptation plays Raavan.

As their relationship progress, Ash gets carried away by her kidnapper and submits for some smoldering intimate session with him. And that’s where Ratnam decides to play safe and edit the scenes.

Confirming the news an insider said, “There was also a love-making scene between Ash and Abhishek in the script but Mani decided to do away with it after realising the sensitivity of the subject. Even though he may deny it, the fact remains that the film is a modern day adaptation of the epic, with the focus being on the Ravana-Sita chapter."

Looks like Ratnam just averted a crisis but not the danger that looms ahead.


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Abhishek amazed by Vikram

Mani Ratnam is a busy man these days sweating it out in Kolkata, directing a host of well established actors and talents in the Indian film industry. The scenes that are being shot now are those of Vikram and Abishek Bachchan. Sources close to the film crew say that the two actors have bonded well during the shoots. Bachchan Jr., reportedly saw a few of the Kanthaswamy stills of Vikram and was amazed by the

two get-ups he had donned for the movie – a woman and old man. It is said that Abishek showered his praises on Vikram for the perfect look that he was able to bring out in the stills.

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Raavan’s new star addition

Mani Ratnam’s and Shankar’s films have never failed to evoke curiosity, interest and speculations while in the making stage. Raavan cannot be an exception. Most of the front runners of the industry are associated with the film like Vikram, Prithviraj, Priyamani, Karthik and Prabhu. There is one more addition to this list though the name was kept under wraps. Silandhi fame Munna is

said to be doing an important role in the Tamil edition of Raavan. Whether his role has shades of grey or not will have to be waited and watched.

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No Ashokavanam, only Raavan!

While the shooting for Mani Rathnam’s next has been going on unhindered for the past few months, the media too has been busy updating every bit of news that was available about this high profile movie. While it has been called Ashokavanam by all sections of the media with the Hindi version being called Raavan, the makers of the bilingual are yet to make any official announcement regarding the title. We had reported earlienr that the speculated title,

Ashokavanam, had come under the scanner because a similar title had been registered by Kasthuriraja. Now, a clear picture seems to be emerging. Reliable sources have said that while Raavan will indeed be the title of the Hindi version, the Tamil title is yet to be finalized, probably due to the above mentioned problem. Chances are that the Hindi title Raavan might be fixed for the Tamil version too. Official confirmation is awaited.

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Aishwarya, Abhishek to team up for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and hubby Abhishek Bachchan will team up for Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus Raavan, which is tipped to draw inspiration from the epic Ramayana. Ash will be in time to start off with Raavan after completing her commitment with Rajini starrer Endhiran – The Robot.
According to a Mumbai based leading daily, the actress will start her classical singing lessons from a noted guru soon after her return from Peru.
It is said that her character in Raavan demands that she learn classical singing and get the mannerisms of the classical singers in the right fashion.
Though Ash is good at singing, Mani Ratnam had insisted on a special training in classical singing.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan are also going to star in the remake of famous classical movie, Abhimaan (1973). In the original version, the central characters were played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s in-laws; Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan. Jaya Bachchan played the role of a singer and so will Aishwarya Bachchan.


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Mani’s night shifts for Raavan!

Now that Mani’s next movie is almost made official, more news about the same is finding its way to the media. Latest in the series is that the movie would be shot extensively in night, a time of day Mani Ratnam is fond of. His earlier classic hits Thalapathy and Agni Nakshatram also have such shadowy, atmospheric scenes, courtesy Mani’s association with

P.C. Sriram. This one, however, would be cinematographed by Manikandan.

Said to be inspired by the Ramayana, Mani’s movie would be tentatively called Raavan with Abhishek and Aishwarya in the lead roles portraying Rama and Seetha. Vikram dons the sinister Villan’s role, playing Raavana. The movie also stars Prithviraj and Priya Mani and is bilingual with Rahman’s score.

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