Aamir has put Mani Ratnam's film on hold, to start shooting for his home production first

Aamir Khan is giving preferential treatment to his home production Ghajini thus leaving Mani Ratnam in the lurch. Aamir who was all set to start Ratnam's Lajjo will now go ahead with Ghajini which is to be directed by south director A R Murugadoss. The director will be flying to Mumbai in December to finalise the cast and crew of the film.

In his earlier interview to Mumbai Mirror, Bobby Bedi producer of Lajjo had confirmed that the film would go on the floors in December. However that is not going to happen because Aamir is currently busy with Taare Zameen Pe which is being directed by Amol Gupte. Once done, he will start work on the Hindi remake of the Tamil super hit Ghajini.

When contacted director A. R. Murugadoss said, "I am not aware of Mani R
Mani Ratnam
atnam's film but I met Aamir some days ago and he told me that he intends to start the film early next year. I will be going to Mumbai to finalise the details. Apart from Ravi K Chandran who will be the cameraman, we are yet to finalise the remaining details. But yes the script is ready and we will start the film in April."

Is actress Asin (who played the lead in the Tamil film) doing the Hindi remake as well? "No she won't be doing the film as she can't speak Hindi. We are shooting the film in sync sound," he said.

When contacted Bobby Bedi, the producer of Lajjo, said, "Yes the film has been postponed as Mani is busy with Guru and Aamir is busy with his home production. My film is based in winter and we wanted to shoot in Rajasthan, hence the delay. But we will shoot some portions depending on the availability of the actors."