Mani's next movie.....LAJJO

Our ace director and producer Mani Ratnam alreday decide his next film. His next film will be 'Lajjo' with Kareea Kapoor and Amir Khan and (rumors indicate Madhavan or Abhishek Bachchan will do a comeo role in that movie). Boney Kapoor will produce this film.

"Lajjo is based on Ismat Chughtai's short story 'Lajjo', which is all
about a grumpy, lonesome, middle-aged man who is being seduced his
young, sexy and bold (but poor) housekeeper - until he eventually
marries her and their problems start from there.

The story revolves around a bachelor Mirza sahib (played by Aamir
Khan), who has not seen or felt a woman's presence in his life since
his mother passed away. He lives his predictable life running a
general provisions store and going to brothels-until the arrival of
Laajo(Kareena Kapoor). Lajo is a young orphan who has survived by
selling her body to men who have abused her. She is taken to Mirza's
house by a friend who says he should have a house maid. Lajjo falls in
love with the house, and the fact there is no other woman there,
refuses to leave even as Mirza sahib is calculating the unnecessary
expense, and struggling with the uncomfortable thought of having a
woman in his house. Lajjo prevails and transforms the house. Mirza
first falls for her cooking and then for her charms. He stops going to
brothels, and each day is now full of excitement and anticipation.
Even sales increase at the store when Lajjo walks in with his lunch
box in her sexy lehnga(long skirt). Then possessiveness begins to rear
its ugly head as Mirza starts getting jealous of all the male
attention Lajjo evokes and decides to marry her much against her
protests. Lajjo is true to Mirza and doesn't think she needs to be
married to be his.

Marriage predictably changes things. The sexy Lajjo is now made to
wear traditional clothes -the freedom that she so enjoys is curbed
along with the attire. The traits that Mirza found sexy in her are now
considered obscene and to discover that brazen sensuality Mirza used
to find at home he has now begun frequenting the brothels again.

Lajjo finally loses her patience and looks elsewhere for love-in the
arms of a young man(rumors indicate Madhavan or Abhishek Bachchan to
play this part) who often pretended to fly kites over her courtyard
just to ogle at her. The duo is caught red handed by Mirza who beats
her up and then divorces her a few days later she walks back into the
house as his maid and things go back to where they were before the
ties of matrimony tore them asunder!"

Let's see. It looks interesting.