Goodbye Karisma kapoor

Mumbai: Karisma Kapoor has made it clear that she won't return to the movies. Her last film Mere Jeevan Saathi will be out in the cinemas on Friday.

The movie-going audience may not be particularly excited, but the film's director says that there's something really special about Karisma.

Almost five years after the shooting had begub, the Akshay Kumar-Karisma Kapoor-Amisha Patel starrer Mere Jeevan Saathi will finally release in cinemas on Friday.

Bollywood trade pundits may have written off the film even before its release, but for the film's director Suneel Darshan, this film is special because it marks his last collaboration with "good friend" Karisma Kapoor with whom he has worked on several films over the years.

Karisma, who after sorting her marital problems has settled in New Delhi with her husband and daughter, has made it clear that she will not return to the movies.

"Karisma Kapoor has been an integral part of the kind of cinema that I relate to over the last ten years. I just hope that whenever I have a very good role and it demands an actress like Karishma Kapoor, she would agree to work with me because I just love working with her," says suneel Darshan.

Producer of films such as Dosti, Barsaat, Ek Rishta, Jaanwar, Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya and Andaaz, Suneel Darshan will not let a business decision come in the way of his sentiments.

The filmmaker may have sold the satellite rights of most of his films to television channels, but says he's holding on to the rights of his Abhishek Bachchan-Karisma starrer Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya, purely for emotional reasons.

"Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya is a great film with amazing music by Nadeem Shravan. Also it is the only film in which Abhishek and Karisma have worked together in. It is a part of my personal catalogue and library," says he.

Suneel Darshan will next produce fashion designer Manish Malhotra's debut film. He also intends to launch his own son Shiv Darshan next year.