SUNEEL STILL KEEN ON DIRECTING KARISMA

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SUNEEL STILL KEEN ON DIRECTING KARISMA

By S. Kumar - Eye TV India Bureau

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Karisma Kapoor has turned 32 today (June 25th) and has celebrated her birthday with her family members. However, those in the industry who have seen this girl entering Bollywood at a tender age of 17 and then never looking back until she got married and gave birth to a child, can never forget her. She became too popular with the producers and the directors. Every one of them tried to knock at her doors for any type of rolem maybe a serious or a comedy. In fact, her greatest admirer is Suneel Darshan who directed her as heroine in his five movies, and is still keen on making a movie with her.

the Kapoor family to join films that were considered taboo for Kapoors who had ruled the Bollywood scenario for decades since inception; late Prithviraj Kapoor pioneered and his sons including late Raj Kapoor, dominated it for years. Karisma is the great granddaughter of Prithviraj and granddaughter of Raj Kapoor. With great difficulty, Karisma dared enter the industry. Though she was first signed for Bobby Deol's 'Barsaat' but she quit it later to debut in 'Prem Qaidi'. Suneel saw a gift of talent and signed for his 'Raja Hindustani' contrary to the wishes of his friends. Suneel had discovered this talented actress during his Sunny Deol starrer 'Ajay'. Then, he signed her in 'Jaanvar' opposite Akshay Kumar. Again, he signed her in 'Ek Rishta' soon followed by 'Haan, Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya'.

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This movie speaks a lot about the chemistry between Karisma and Abhishek Bachchan, and led to rumors about their affair. This wasn't for nothing. They got engaged with the consent of their families. However, the engagement proved short-lived; it broke down because of misunderstanding between their families. Industry circles attribute this to the seniority of Karisma in the industry as compared to Abhishek who was too junior to her. Later, Karisma's parents arranged their daughter's marriage with a business tycoon of Delhi. Soon, she gave birth to a child. However, the relations between the families of Karisma and her husband turned sour so much so that both approached the court against each other and the custody of their daughter. However, the destiny brought them together again to lead a happy family life. The latest movie Suneel had made with Karisma is 'Mere Jeewan Saathi' that hangs for years and has also been recently released. Suneel calls it his best movie so far. Even today Suneel finds Karisma the most suitable actress for the scripts he comes across. " Nobody can take her place in my cinematic vision. I pray for her long life." Will Karisma oblige her favorite director?