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Manisha Koirala has wonderful memories of filming the Mani Ratnam directorial Bombay, and she recently admitted that she is glad that she finally ended up doing the film, as there was a point initially when the actor had been debating whether to commit to the film or not.
Speaking to YouTube channel IndiaO2, the actor said many people had warned her against doing the movie, which is now regarded as a Hindi cinema classic. Manisha said, “I didn’t want to do Bombay, people had warned me against doing the role of a mother, but cinematographer Ashok Mehta ‘fired’ at me saying ‘do you know the level of good work Mani Ratnam has done? You are an idiot if you refuse his film.’ That jolted me, and mom and me went to Chennai, and did a look test. I am really happy I did Bombay.”
Helmed by one of Tamil cinema’s greats, the Mani Ratnam film released in 1995, and starred Manisha Koirala and Arvind Swamy in the lead roles. The movie was based on an inter-religious couple who were living in Bombay during the 1992-1993 riots.
During the course of the interview, the actor also said she was excited to meet the composer of the film AR Rahman, and said she was his fan-girl. The two recently collaborated for his musical drama 99 Songs: “I wanted to know who was the young maverick churning out this great music, he already had a lot of fan following in the Bombay film industry back then. It was a fan-girl thing for me, to want to meet him.”
On the work front, Manisha Koirala was last seen in the Hindi remake of the Telugu blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Shehzada. The film also starred popular names such as Paresh Rawal and Kriti Sanon. The original had starred Pooja Hegde and Allu Arjun in the lead.
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