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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.

 

Aaja Nachle

For an actress who staunchly believes dancing awakens spirituality, no other movie could have marked a befitting comeback to Bollywood than Yashraj Films’ ‘Aaja Nachle’.

After a five-year long hiatus, Madhuri Dixit has stepped again under the arc lamps of tinsel town for producer Aditya Chopra ’s film ‘Aaja Nachle’, which has been directed by ace cinematographer Anil Mehta.

Released on: 30 November 2007
Directed by: Anil Mehta
Produced by: Aditya Chopra