Mani 
          Ratnam's Kargil Film
         
        
  
          
If 
          the rumor mills are to be believed, Mani Ratnam is planning to make 
          a star-studded war film in Kargil in the lines of Hollywood blockbusters 
          'Saving Private Ryan' and 'The Thin Red Line'. A Major corporate house 
          from Mumbai has signed Mani Ratnam to make this film. This film would 
          be made in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and English. It is being made in English 
          by keeping the international market in the mind. Mani Ratnam is planning 
          to field three major heroes in this film. Two of them are from Bollywood 
          and one is from South. We have to wait for some more time to know who 
          those lucky actors are. This will be the second straight Hindi film 
          by Mani Ratnam after 'Dil Se'. Dil Se was a majot let down commercially, 
          though it was critically acclaimed.
        Varma's 
          Police Story
         
        
  
          
Ram 
          Gopal Varma has given Satya in the past, which has thrown a light into 
          the human side of the Mafia criminals. After a gap of few years, Varma 
          would be doing the opposite of 'Satya'. This film would focus on the 
          human side of Police officers. Ram Gopal Varma is in the process of 
          preparing the script. He is doing research by talking to the top cops 
          of Mumbai and taking their suggestions and recommendations. He is investigating 
          the private and professional lives of policemen in Mumbai. So we got 
          to wait for the release of Police Story to have an insight into the 
          minds of Policemen.
          
          
Yamuna 
          pitted against Chiru
         
        
  
          
 
           Yamuna is 
          acting as Ganga Devi in Manjunatha film. A song, penned by Jonnavithula, 
          is currently being canned on Chiru, Meena and Yamuna in Bangalore now. 
          This song is of seven-minute duration and is composed by Hamsalekha. 
          The next song would be pictured on Chiru from 26th onwards and the current 
          schedule will be completed by 6th of the march 2001. Arjun and Soundarya 
          are playing the main leads in this film. Chiru and Meena are playing 
          the special divine characters of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. JK 
          Bharavi provides dialogue and story for this film. K Raghavendra Rao 
          wields the megaphone for this film. 
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