Sapnay, the Hindi dubbed version of Minsara Kanavu, was not the hit it was expected to be. North Indian audiences were not thrilled with his idea Kajolin her Telugu debut, playing a young girl who wants to become a nun.
To tell the truth, the audience would have nuns (pun intended). But Kajol sure had fun playing an unpredictable nun. In the Telugu version she did not dub her own voice. Revathi He made. The two came together as actor and director last year for Salaam Venky. Unfortunately that didn’t work either.
Kajol was the third choice for Minsara Kanavu, after Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.
Prabhudheva he recalls shooting the film as a lot of fun. “I never thought I was cut out to be an actor. Filmmaker Rajiv Menon was an old friend. I couldn’t say no to him. I must say that shooting for Minsara Kanavu (Sapnay) was an enriching experience. I didn’t think I was much of an actor. I still don’t.”
Prabhudheva played a heterosexual hairdresser who secretly loved Kajol.
“It was a love triangle. But not conventional. It was quirky and whimsical. The film was designed like a Broadway musical with characters expressing their feelings through songs. AR Rahman sir’s music became very popular,” recalls Prabhu.
Rahman’s songs only worked in Tamil. In Hindi the songs sounded awkward.
Director Rajeev Menon, who was also the film’s cinematographer, wanted Sapnay to be Aishwarya Rai’s first film. But he chose to let his mentor Mani Ratnam launch it with Irvuvar. Rajeev teamed up with Aishwarya in his second directorial Kadukondain Kadukondain. She also wanted to cast Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek in a remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Abhimaan, starring Abhishek’s parents Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan. It never materialized.
To tell the truth, the audience would have nuns (pun intended). But Kajol sure had fun playing an unpredictable nun. In the Telugu version she did not dub her own voice. Revathi He made. The two came together as actor and director last year for Salaam Venky. Unfortunately that didn’t work either.
Kajol was the third choice for Minsara Kanavu, after Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.
Prabhudheva he recalls shooting the film as a lot of fun. “I never thought I was cut out to be an actor. Filmmaker Rajiv Menon was an old friend. I couldn’t say no to him. I must say that shooting for Minsara Kanavu (Sapnay) was an enriching experience. I didn’t think I was much of an actor. I still don’t.”
Prabhudheva played a heterosexual hairdresser who secretly loved Kajol.
“It was a love triangle. But not conventional. It was quirky and whimsical. The film was designed like a Broadway musical with characters expressing their feelings through songs. AR Rahman sir’s music became very popular,” recalls Prabhu.
Rahman’s songs only worked in Tamil. In Hindi the songs sounded awkward.
Director Rajeev Menon, who was also the film’s cinematographer, wanted Sapnay to be Aishwarya Rai’s first film. But he chose to let his mentor Mani Ratnam launch it with Irvuvar. Rajeev teamed up with Aishwarya in his second directorial Kadukondain Kadukondain. She also wanted to cast Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek in a remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Abhimaan, starring Abhishek’s parents Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan. It never materialized.
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