After the successful Vicky Donor, director Shoojit Sircar is now all set to make epic drama titled Jaffna (starring John Abraham), that’s set on the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam (LTTE’s) struggle for separatism. John will be seen playing a fictional character in this film.
Talking about this film, Sircar said that it will not dilute the LTTE issue in anyway, and that there is no point in taking up a theme and not going all the way with it. He explained that this film of his will be as self-defeating as making a film on sperm donation (Vicky Donor) without any mention of sperms or sex! He also added that his film will feature look-alikes of well-known political personalities from the LTTE episodes in Indian history, including LTTE founder Prabhakaran. As far as the locations of the film are concerned, he will be shooting most of his film in South India (mostly Kerala and Tamil Nadu). He also added that he may sneak into Sri Lanka to shoot a bit in the city of Jaffna, which is in shambles as he knows that he will not be able to get the same spirit of devastation in another location. He plans to revisit the peak of the LTTE movement 1984-85 onwards.
Sailing in the same boat (read ‘subject plot’) is none other than Santosh Sivan (he made The Terroristalmost 13 years ago), who is now getting ready with his film titled Ceylon, something that had been in his mind for many years. Talking about his film, Sivan said that he wanted to look at the Sri Lankan situation from the perspective of a bunch of youngsters who get caught in the crisis. He also added that his film is more about an outsider’s response to the horrors than about the politics itself. The film will have a new cast and will be shot in Sri Lanka, but after the rains. As a parting shot, he said that he doesn’t wantCeylon to look like a tourist attraction, that’s why he wants to go beyond the obvious
Courtesy: Bollywood Hungama News Network
