UPDATED:
- There’s
no fear of failure: Madhuri
Every time she comes to Mumbai, Madhuri finds the city more westernized.
You shouldered the entire film... almost the hero. But
heroine-centric films don't work.
There's no fear of failure in me. I'm just happy that something
different has been attempted in my comeback film. There's no hero
in the film. But I won't call myself the film's hero. I'm the
female protago.....More
Dec. 03:Fairly
good business in the UK but poor mostly in India
- The domestic performance of the film was poor mostly everywhere.
- Overseas the response was poor, the film performed poorly in
USA and Australia
- Fairly good business in the UK.
NRI Madhuri
Dixit in Yash Raj Films "Aaja Nachle"
Mumbai. Dec. 01, 2007
Babu Ram Parkash
The film stars NRI Madhuri Dixit in her first film after six years,
alongside Akshaye Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Kunal Kapoor in
pivotal roles. Aaja Nachle is a Bollywood movie released in India
and in the United States on 30 November 2007. Shooting began on
15 January 2007 at Film City in Mumbai.

The movie was banned in Uttar Pradesh on 30 November 2007. Punjab
and Haryana followed suit, banning the film the next day. YRF chairman
Yash Chopra was quick to take corrective action. "It was not
our intention to hurt the feelings of any individual or community
of our great nation. If we have inadvertently hurt the sentiments
of anybody, I apologise for the same and have taken immediate remedial
action by deleting the line from the prints of Aaja Nachle from
all over the country. This line has been deleted in all the theatres
today," he said.
The ban was later lifted in Uttar Pradesh , Punjab and Haryana,
after a written apology from the producers and the removal of the
disputed lyrics (bole mochi bhi khud ko sunar hai) in the title
song of film. However, a ban was imposed on film in the city of
Patna on 2 December, 2007. The issue was also raised in the Indian
Parliament (Lok Sabha) by RPI member Ramdas Athawale seeking a ban
by the government for hurting Dalit sentiments, but Information
and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said that it was
state government's decision to take any such action.
Madhuri fans celebrated her return with the beating of the drums
at theatres before the first show on the first day of release. Yet
another high profile Madhuri fan M.F. Hussain booked an entire theatre
in Dubai for a screening of the film. The Madhuri Dixit comeback
film, directed by cinematographer turned film maker Anil Mehta,
is about a NRI dancer.
After nearly a decade, an unexpected phone call shakes Dia (Madhuri
Dixit) out of her dance rehearsal in New York.
Makarand (Darshan Zariwala), her teacher, her guru, is dying and
she must return to Shamli town. The town where she grew up, the
town where she learnt to live and to dance. Also the town she left
on an impulse, severing ties with her parents and her people.
It is a poignant and troubled return; not only has her guru passed
away but the institution that he so lovingly nurtured is in decay
and under threat of demolition. Ajanta theatre, the once vibrant
hub of the community, the place where Dia’s fondest memories
are embedded must now be brought down because the local political
authorities feel it a waste of prime real estate.
With the help of Doctor (Raghubir Yadav), the caretaker of Ajanta,
Dia sets out on a mission to prevent the destruction and resurrect
the spirit of Ajanta. In an atmosphere of mistrust, ridicule and
active hostility, Dia picks up the gauntlet and agrees to achieve
the near impossible task of putting together a theatrical production.
She must also ensure that every member of the production is from
Shamli town. She has only two months to prove her point or the bulldozers
will be waiting.

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