Sa Re gaana
Aishwarya Rai is learning classical singing for her role in Mani Ratnam's
Raavan, a contemporary version of the Ramayana
Back to Section Stories Posted On Friday, September 19, 2008
Mumbai Mirror Bureau
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai has reached a stage in her career where she wants to excel at
every part she plays.
At the moment, she's in Peru giving all she's got to her part as Rajnikant's
love interest in Shankar's Tamil film, Robot.
After
that, Ash will return to the country and get busy with Mani Ratnam's
next film, Raavan. The film is a sensuous contemporary Hindi take on
the Ramayana, in which Aishwarya will be playing a classical singer for
the first time in her career.
And there will be no half-measures
for Aishwarya. A source says, "Aishwarya will be learning classical
singing for this role. Ideally, she'd like to sing all her songs in
Raavan, herself . She's a very good singer in real life. But not good
enough to sing classical songs on screen with aplomb.
So,
like Shabana Azmi in Morning Raga Aishwarya intends to take lessons
in how to look convincing as a singer. She'll be regularly taking
lessons in classical singing from a guru."
Aishwarya will also do riyaaz before she starts shooting for Raavan in October.
"She wants to make sure she doesn't goof up in the scenes in which she'll be
singing on screen," adds the source.
Mani Ratnam
Not just that, since Aishwarya's mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan had played
a singer in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Abhimaan, Aishwarya also plans to
watch the film to get it right.
The
source says, "Ash was in any case planning to see Abhimaan again
because Rajiv Menon is remaking Abhimaan with her and Abhishek in the
lead role. Now, she'll be observing her mother-in-law even more closely
to take tips on how to look convincing as a singer."
Interestingly, ma-in-law Jaya had closely observed melody queen Lata Mangeshkar
before playing a singer in Abhimaan.
The family that sings together stays together!
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