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 After
writing the phenomenal hockey film, Chak De India
writer Jaideep Sahni is back with his next film for
Yash Raj - the Madhuri Dixit starrer Aaja Nachle .
Jaideep who along with the cast and the crew is busy
promoting the film, took some time off to chat up
with us about Aaja Nachle and his chance in a
lifetime to work with the dancing diva Madhuri Dixit.
The writer is still reeling with the success of Chak
De India and is all praise of the great team work
that everyone put in for the film. “It is our job to
write the film well. The success of the film wholly
depends on the audience. We were all involved in the
film and always work as a team on every film. When I
was working on the script Aditya and Shimit were my
backup and when Shimit was working myself and Adi
were his backup. It’s the team effort which counts.”
Well hopefully the same team effort will pay off for
his next film Aaja Nachle too. At least it helped in
convincing Madhuri for the role. “Aditya told
Madhuri the story and she was very excited. When
Madhuri came down I was done with the scripting of
the film. I was a little apprehensive while reading
the script to her as there was a risk. What if while
narrating the script she would turn to Adi and say
‘don’t tell me you called me for this’ But nothing
of that sort happened and she really liked the
script and was up for it.”
So after convincing Madhuri about the script we
asked him to tell us about the story of the film
“Aditya had a basic idea which we worked on. Madhuri
plays Dia who grows up in a small town in India. She
learns the craft of dancing and singing at a theatre
called Ajanta in the same town. But soon she moves
abroad and makes a big name for herself. Around that
time she hears that Ajanta the theatre where she had
learnt the art is going to shut down because the
town folks do not have any inclination to song or
dance as they feel it’s a worthless pursuit. Dia
soon comes down to her town as she wants to revive
Ajanta and stop them from closing it down. For which
she requires the support of the entire town and gets
them involved in the art of song and dance. The
story is about her mission to revive the theatre.”
As a writer, Jaideep is not just involved with
writing the screenplay but has also penned lyrics
for some songs in the film. So we asked him to tell
us a bit about the songs which are doing the rounds
‘Show Me Your Jalwa’ “In the song Madhuri is asking
the people to know oneself. It’s about knowing your
niche. Everyone is good at doing something. And so
Madhuri is asking everyone what is special about
them. The song is a tribute to the homemakers and
the common man of India.”
With writing some interesting lyrics for Aaja Nachle
, Jaideep has also penned down lyrics for Yash Raj’s
animation flick Roadside Romeo . So how different
was it for the writer to write songs for an
animation film? “It has been great fun to work on
this film. It’s like a legal opportunity for the
child in me to go nuts. It was fun to imagine
animals dance and sing.”
Apart from Yash Raj we don’t see Jaideep writing for
any other director, so is he under some contract
with Yash Raj? “I have a screenwriting deal with
Yash Raj but I can write lyrics for anyone I want,
like I did for Johnny Gaddar or Khosla Ka Ghosla .” |
