odadune
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Post by odadune on Aug 5, 2014 0:00:50 GMT
Based on Penoza, a Dutch tv series about a mafia widow with children who decides to hunt down her husband's killer:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kajol-returns-to-big-screen-as-a-mafia-mom/articleshow/39595227.cms
Kajol was supposed to be starring, and Ajay producing.
The director is Ram Madhvani, who directed an acclaimed small-scale (as is, only 3 characters) movie back in 2002 called Let's Talk, and was an assistant director on Tare Zameen Par and Mission Kashmir.
From what I can tell about the original and the unsuccessful American tv adaptation Red Widow, the character ends up being more of a manipulator than an action heroine. Kajol can be a very intense, even ferocious actress when properly directed, and as seen in recent public appearances she's still a very attractive woman, so she could probably handle this role just fine.
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Post by emily on Aug 5, 2014 20:43:43 GMT
Epic. I can't wait to see her back on the screen.
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odadune
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Post by odadune on Sept 27, 2014 17:48:22 GMT
www.boxofficecapsule.com/news/Is-Kajol-Not-Doing-Ram-Madhvanis-Next-7834Gah, Kajol and Ajay opt out because of financial disputes between Ajay and the director. The charitable interpretation is that the director's not as good at sticking to a budget as some other directors Ajay co-produces for; the less charitable interpretation is that Ajay would rather spend money on his own films than on Kajol's. Either way, grr.
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Post by emily on Sept 28, 2014 14:34:59 GMT
noooooo...this looked so interesting! Darn.
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odadune
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Post by odadune on Oct 15, 2014 23:58:08 GMT
noooooo...this looked so interesting! Darn.
On the plus side, Ajay claims Kajol is going ahead with another project. On the downside, this sounds like a really interesting premise, and I don't know if what the Devgns currently have in mind will be as interesting.
The producers have since offered the Penoza project to Madhuri, who apparently turned it down, and to Kareena (no word on whether she would take it up.)
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Post by rose on Oct 16, 2014 6:30:47 GMT
Oh, this tv show was awwwful. I don't think it was the premise, it was just really poorly done.
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odadune
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Post by odadune on Oct 16, 2014 11:03:18 GMT
Was it the Dutch version or the American version? I don't know much about the Dutch version but I hear nothing good about Red Widow.
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Post by rose on Oct 16, 2014 11:23:45 GMT
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odadune
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Post by odadune on Oct 16, 2014 23:53:57 GMT
Yeah, that sounds like what I'd heard about Red Widow. Hope the Bollywood version turns out better.
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Post by dancelover on Oct 17, 2014 17:49:40 GMT
Another possibility that occurs to me is that Kajol decided that she did not like this film after all (it is much criticized upthread), and then that Ajay took the responsibility for their withdrawal upon himself (financial reasons are much 'nicer' than other reasons). Dancelover
www.boxofficecapsule.com/news/Is-Kajol-Not-Doing-Ram-Madhvanis-Next-7834Gah, Kajol and Ajay opt out because of financial disputes between Ajay and the director. The charitable interpretation is that the director's not as good at sticking to a budget as some other directors Ajay co-produces for; the less charitable interpretation is that Ajay would rather spend money on his own films than on Kajol's. Either way, grr.
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Post by sady on May 10, 2016 21:01:40 GMT
The project might be resurected with Aishwarya Rain in the lead role.
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