By Jilawatan

By Jilawatan

A source tells us, “Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a man of idiosyncrasies and eccentricities. He is known to be obsessed with his muses. For example, he was fascinated by Aishwarya Rai and always wanted to see her in an Indian avatar. He thought she shouldn’t go to the West. He wants all his heroines to have an old-world charm, which is evident from Sonam’s look in Saawariyaa. He is known to give his heroines a hard time with his demands. His behaviour is reminiscent of Subhash Ghai’s obsession with his heroines, giving them all names from M (for instance, Mahima Chaudhary was Ritu Chaudhary, but he changed her name to Mahima when she made her Bollywood debut in Pardes.) SLB’s behaviour is growing weirder day by day. His demands are unreasonable. He is the only person who thinks Monikangna looks like Mona Lisa. Most people don’t see any resemblance at all, because Mona Lisa had a full, rounded face while Moni’s face is angular and long.”

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Diva Rekha has announced that she’s penning her autobiography, and there are talks that the beauty is keen to make a film adaptation of the book on her life as well. With Aishwarya Rai having played the protagonist in the modern Urmao Jaan, just like Rekha did in the yesteryear classic, the big question now is: Who is the most apt actress to play celluloid Rekha… Indiatimes Movies got in touch with a few filmmakers for their views…

Subhash Ghai: I would opt to cast Rekha herself. Why settle for a duplicate when the original is in front of you? She is a remarkable looker, a great actresss … And if not Rekha, I’d settle for a new face. None of the actress’ of today would fit the bill…

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Aishwarya Rai looks beautiful-sans make up or with it, she is a thorough professional and committed to her role. These complements are coming her way in the wake of recent reports that the Bachchan bahu had an argument with Mani Ratnam on the sets of Ravana.

The reason was that she kept applying make up while her character is supposed to don a no make up look in the film and Ratnam found this unprofessional. However, filmmakers who have worked with her say that she is a thorough professional.

Subhash Ghai, who worked with her in Taal, says that he “still gives her example to young actresses”. “She is intelligent, sincere and dedicated even to details. She is the director’s perfect actor,” Ghai adds. Director’s delight This is Ash’s third film with Ratnam and most directors she has worked with have repeated her, including Sanjay Leela bhansali and Rajiv Menon.