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Tere Naam: Salman-Ash love story?: The Times of India
New Delhi, July 08: Cut to the not-so-distant past. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam seemingly spilled over into real life, making l`affaire Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan the talk of tinsel town. What followed was the twist in the tale -the couple split and this was followed by the trauma of love`s labour lost. Dirty linen was washed in public till matters cooled down.
New Delhi, July 08: Cut to the not-so-distant past. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam seemingly spilled over into real life, making l’affaire Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan the talk of tinsel town. What followed was the twist in the tale —the couple split and this was followed by the trauma of love’s labour lost. Dirty linen was washed in public till matters cooled down.
Cut to the present. Salman’s forthcoming film Tere Naam comes with the tagline ‘unfortunately a true love story’. Playing a young man who is obsessed with the object of his affection after she spurns his advances, Salman —it is said —is trying to present his side of the story; more specifically, what exactly went wrong between him and Ash.
‘‘Of course not,’’ counters Tere Naam director Satish Kaushik, ‘‘Yes, the film is a passionate love story and Salman plays an obsessed lover, but there is nothing more to it.’’ Kaushik maintains that, since Salman has undergone a similar experience in real life, and Tere Naam was shot when the relationship had ended, speculation is normal.
‘‘Salman plays a happy-go-lucky character in the first half of the movie and subsequently loses his mental balance post-interval. In any case, Tere Naam is a remake of a south Indian movie,’’ says Kaushik.
This, of course, doesn’t explain the film’s tagline. Moreover, Kaushik’s version — ‘‘the take-off point for the film is a true incident down south’’ —somehow doesn’t sound convincing.
Incidentally, Tere Naam producer Mahesh Talreja falls back on the ‘‘made earlier’’ defence to counter claims that the movie is true-to-life. ‘While neither Salman or Aishwarya are available for comment, Bhumika Chawla, who plays the leading lady in Tere Naam, says nothing more beyond ‘‘the film is a challenging one for a debutante such as me.’’
‘‘Of course not,’’ counters Tere Naam director Satish Kaushik, ‘‘Yes, the film is a passionate love story and Salman plays an obsessed lover, but there is nothing more to it.’’ Kaushik maintains that, since Salman has undergone a similar experience in real life, and Tere Naam was shot when the relationship had ended, speculation is normal.
‘‘Salman plays a happy-go-lucky character in the first half of the movie and subsequently loses his mental balance post-interval. In any case, Tere Naam is a remake of a south Indian movie,’’ says Kaushik.
This, of course, doesn’t explain the film’s tagline. Moreover, Kaushik’s version — ‘‘the take-off point for the film is a true incident down south’’ —somehow doesn’t sound convincing.
Incidentally, Tere Naam producer Mahesh Talreja falls back on the ‘‘made earlier’’ defence to counter claims that the movie is true-to-life. ‘While neither Salman or Aishwarya are available for comment, Bhumika Chawla, who plays the leading lady in Tere Naam, says nothing more beyond ‘‘the film is a challenging one for a debutante such as me.’’