Ravana story leaked?

If my trusted aides are to be believed, the much guarded plot of Mani Ratnam's Abhishek – Aishwarya starrer bilingual Ravana is doing the rounds already!

The story of the film goes like this: Abhishek Bachchan's sister gets publicly humiliated by the character played by South star Vikram.

An angry Abhishek seeks revenge and storms into Vikram’s house. But he doesn't find him there. Wanting to teach him a lesson, Abhishek kidnaps Vikram's wife played by Aishwarya Rai. Chased by the police, Abhishek hides in the nearby jungle. And guess what? Both of Abhi-Ash end up falling in love.

What follows next forms the rest of the film. Ravana is supposedly a modern day take on the Ramayana with Abhishek playing the title role. But it's Abhi-Ash's love affair that brings in the twist in the tale. Mani's wife Suhasini makes her Bollywood debut with Ravana.

According to grapevine Govinda's character is a take on Hanuman from Ramayana who aides Vikram to reach Abhishek.

Ravi Kissen plays Abhishek's trusted aide while Nikhil Dwivedi plays a cop. The film in its Tamil version will be called Ashokavanam with Prithviraj Sukumar playing Abhishek's role.

Actress-dancer Shobana has done the choreography.
source : IBN LIVE

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Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ravana' shooting stopped in kerala

Shooting of Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ravana' had to be stopped after the film's crew violated an agreement with the Kerala Forest Department.

The Malayatoor Forest is a well known location for eco-tourism, and is a two-hour drive from Kochi. "They were given sanction to shoot for 20 days in a two month period and we found a violation by the film crew and ordered the shooting to be stopped," said Krishnadev Prasad Sahu of the forest division on the fifth day of the shoot.

The reason for the cancellation was said to be the temporary huts that the crew had constructed in the area.

"As per the rules they cannot erect any structure, these three huts had been constructed by them and that led to the cancellation of the permission," Sahu added.

The reason for constructing the huts according to film's crew was to keep the equipment safe from rain.

The film stars—Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai—who were to arrive in Kochi next week as the schedule was in place before Bachchan senior took ill. Sahu added that permission was unlikely to be granted again to resume the shooting of the bilingual film.

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