Chakravyuh

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The otherwise good-tempered Abhay Deol has finally lost his cool. During a recent chat with Zoom, Abhay stormed out when asked about his recent film <em>Chakravyuh</em>. Sources tell that all is not well between Abhay and filmmaker Prakash Jha. And this was exactly what we witnessed during Abhay’s exclusive interview with the channel. So why is Abhay upset with Prakash?

Her role and performance as the unstoppable Naxalite in Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh has won her rave reviews across the board. Anjali Patil is being compared with her namesake Smita Patil and with Seema Biswas in <em>Bandit Queen</em>. Filmmakers show a keen interest in signing Anjali. Prakash Jha has already zeroed in on Anjali as the actress to watch out for. Jha has signed her for a 3-film deal. She will feature prominently in Jha’s next <em>Satyagrah</em>. All the praise, recognition and job offers seem to leave the 23-year old girl from Nasik completely untouched.

Arjun Rampal who is in real life a practicing Hindu, has studied the Holy Quran. For the role of the Muslim police officer in Chakravyuh Arjun moved in with his Man-Friday Raja who is a Muslim. He also followed Raja closely and learnt the ritual of performing the Namaaz before performing the sequence Namaaz-reciting sequence in Chakravyuh. “Yeah, my ‘boy’ Raja who is a Muslim was my coach. It wasn’t about getting the character right. It was about making sure that that I didn’t overdo or under do it.”

Very few actors are exceptionally generous about their colleagues’ works and not afraid to show their appreciation. Om Puri who has a small part in Prakash Jha’s <em>Chakravyuh</em> was so impressed by Arjun Rampal’s performance in the film that he called up Arjun’s wife Mehr Jessia to ask her about the nature of the food being served on the Rampals’ dining table. Mehr, we hear, was zapped by Om’s rather personal question before she cottoned on to the seasoned actor’s meaning.

<strong>Starring: Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Anjali Patil, Esha Gupta, Om Puri, Manoj Bajpai<strong/> <strong>Directed by Prakash Jha<strong/> <strong>Ratings: ****<strong/> Becket beckons Bollywood once again. The immortal French play by Jean Anouilh was furnished a sensitive renewability by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in Namak Haraam 38 years ago and then again much later by Govind Nihalani in Dev. Now the stories of two friends separated by caste creed and ideology who are torn apart by their irreconcilable socio-political differences, is given a seriously spunky spin by Prakash Jha.