Mai

Actress Srishti Ganguli Rindani, who is known for her projects like Campus Diaries and Mai, is now all set to be seen in the upcoming movie which will have Sara Ali Khan and Vicky Kaushal in the leading role. 

Very often than not Bollywood stars end up wearing the same thing which gives birth to the infamous fashion face-off.

Starring <strong>Asha Bhosle, Padmini Kolhapure, Ram Kapoor</strong> Directed by <strong>Mahesh Kodiyal</strong> Rating: <strong>*** ?</strong> The Mother is a figure that instantly evokes tender thoughts in each of us. Getting singing diva Asha Bhosle to play the mother in <em>Mai</em> was a master-stroke. At 80, Asha<em>ji </em> with all her years of experience as a singer of unlimited range brings those vocal emotions into visual terms.

While the two highly-controversial epic motion pictures Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children and Kamal Haasan’s <em>Vishwaroop</em> vie for a high-profile viewership this Friday there is another much smaller far more intimate and domesticated battle at the movies, both brought on by first-time directors who enter the portals of middleclass homes to explore the inner and outer spaces that working-class characters occupy on any given day.

Director Mahesh Kodyal’s Hindi film Mai where Asha Bhosle makes her debut as an actress is on release. The legendary songstress says it was not difficult to make the transition from singing to acting at this late stage of her life when she is 80. Says Ashaji, “It’s a mother’s role. I didn’t have to act. In fact I think acting is much easier than singing. While acting you get your emotions broken into several shots before they’re conveyed. While singing all the emotion have to come out in one go in one take. No, I didn’t find playing the mother in Mai too difficult.”