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Now that UTV has sorted out all the practical problems pertaining to
Kareena Kapoor's return to Heroine, Madhur Bhandarkar has taken full
charge of the creative aspects of the project once again.
A source very close to the project tells us, Madhur has had two marathon
sessions with Kareena over the layered and complex script. And the
sessions have gone very very smoothly and to the advantage of both the
parties (the director and the actress).
Kareena initially had some strong reservations about the intimate
sequences and about some of the verbal content of the character's space.
All that has been amicably resolved.
Says the source, "Over the two meetings Madhur and Kareena have sorted
out all points of dispute in the script. Kareena expressed the same
doubts about the content that she had when she left the film. Some
scenes seem to replicate situations and people around her in real life.
That disturbed Kareena. Madhur had to explain to her that the scenes
were indispensable to the script. He reminded Kareena of how effective
Tabu was doing the edgy hard-hitting scenes in Chandni Bar. That
convinced Kareena. She is a big fan of Tabu and the film."
The intimate scenes made Kareena uncomfortable since Kareena has not done such scenes with anyone except Saif (in Kurbaan).
Madhur convinced Kareena of the imperativeness of the content. He
insisted on preserving the scenes the way they are. Kareena has agreed
to do exactly what's required.
Says the source, "Kareena and Madhur share a comfort level from the time
he offered her Page 3 and Corporate. Kareena has been desirous of doing
a film with Madhur for a long time. She has seen all his films. Once
Madhur succeeded in convincing Kareena of how vital those hard-hitting
scenes that she was apprehensive about are to the film's impact, Kareena
decided to drop all her defences and go straight for the kill."
Apparently, in the two months before shooting Kareena would undergo
intense preparation for the part. This includes getting the body
language and speech of the character right.
Says the source, "It's the role of a woman some years older than
Kareena. Both the director and Kareena feel she looks far younger than
her real age. Kareena needs to fill out a bit. It's the role of a woman
who has lived life queen-size. But it's not the role of fading actress,
as people believe. Kareena has been asked to get into the skin of the
part."
Having got his heroine all revved up, Madhur Bhandarkar was at the
Gaiety cinema this Eid on a very special mission. He had gone to check
out the mass reaction to Kareena in Bodyguard.
Says a source, "Madhur knows what Kareena is capable of as an actress.
But he wanted to again feel the audiences' deep connect with her. Madhur
is not making a small art-house film with Kareena. Heroine has to talk
and walk the commercial language without resorting to crassness."
Says a source, "Heroine will look at the life of actress at her peak
from the opposite end of the spectrum from The Dirty Picture. Cleavages
and heaving bosoms are not the point in Heroine. The mind and heart of a
woman who has seen the best of times in the glamour industry has to
come through. The closest reference point in Hindi cinema is Shyam
Benegal's Bhumika. Kareena is all geared up. She has lost the fear of
exploring the dark regions of her character. Like she told Madhur, she
will surrender to his vision."
Source: Bollywoodhungama
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