Is the world going crazy?
A couple of days ago, a certain Malayalam film director T Rajeevnath said he's considering casting Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa in an upcoming film. Don't believe me? Read the Sun story.
Now, as you can imagine, this has to rank among the most bizarre casting decisions ever. Assuming that this was some flaky director who had a couple of consolation ribbons in amateur contests, I asked a colleague to do a background check on Mr Rajeevnath.
Imagine my surprise when I'm told that he's won at least 2 National Awards, and is a highly regarded Malayalam producer/director.
What in the world could be going on here? Has the sensitive senior filmmaker lost his marbles, or has he really enjoyed watching The Simple Life?
On a related note, Monica Bellucci's reportedly in talks to star as Sonia Gandhi in Jag Mundhra's upcoming biopic. While I drool over the delectable Mon, this is almost as absurd as Mother Hilton, not least because of Jag Mundhra's extensive backgrounding in sleazy cinema. Why is that man making a biopic?
For God's sake, Jag, give the Meghna Naidus of the world some work and leave filmmaking to the directors.
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