by Subhash K Jha
Even as he gets ready to go on the floors with his version of Othello, director and music composer
Vishal Bhardwaj has decided to let mentor Gulzar's daughter, Meghna, make a film out of his
long-pending script for Timbuctoo.
Meghna, already scheduled to make Honeymoon, with Esha Deol will direct Timbuctoo for UTV.
Says Vishal, "I was planning Timbuctoo with Viveik and Aishwarya. I completed the first draft with
Abbas Tyrewala, but when I gave it to Pankaj Kapur to read — he was supposed to do a role in the
film — he saw a glaring loophole in the script, which we were too close to the subject to resolve. It
was Meghna who found a solution for the tangle in my script. So I thought, why shouldn't she direct
the film?"
Incidentally, Vishal and Gulzar go a long way. After R D Burman's demise, Vishal composed the
music for the poet-director's Maachis, and Hu-Tu-Tu. "Gulzar saab is my inspiration and idol. And
Bosky is like my baby sister," says Vishal.
Esha in Meghna's Honeymoon
Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:52 IST
