I Can’t Let Kangana Take Away 10 Years of My Life: Ketan Mehta

Ketan Mehta, the creator of monumental epics on such creatures of history as Mangal Pandey, Sardar Patel and Dashrath Manjhi, was all set to start his career’s most ambitious biopic.

No one had attempted a film on Rani Laxmibai (aka Jhansi ki rani), the warrior queen who battled for her self-hood and country with a baby tied to her back. Ketan was up for the challenge. He had penciled in Kangana Ranaut for the title role in Rani Of Jhansi: The Warrior Queen.

Then it all fell apart.

Ketan is still trying to recover from the blow that Kangana dealt to his most ambitious dream.

“In February I was in hospital for a minor surgery. When I came out, I got to know of Kangana’s doing through the media. No, she did not inform me that she was not doing my film. As far I was concerned, we were fully into pre-production just weeks away from going on the floors, when she did this,” says Ketan softly, still unable to fully process the enormity of the betrayal.

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Ketan Mehta Jodhpur National University
Ketan Mehta Jodhpur National University
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Ketan says he already had a co-producer on board. “Rani Of Jhansi was planned as a English-Hindi bilingual with Gurinder Chadha as the British producer. It was going to the first full-fledged Indo-UK co-production. Where, when and how did Kamal Jain (who now produces the film) come into the picture? I’ve no clue. Only Kangana can answer that question,” he says.

Ketan can only wonder at the levels of unscrupulousness revealed in the relocation of his project to an unauthorized source.

The brilliant filmmaker, known the world over for his masterly portrayal of oppression and women’s empowerment in Mirch Masala and Maya Memsaab, now faces the biggest challenge of his career.

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While Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics was sold effectively, MDS as of late propelled its in studio preparing activity – MIST (Maya In Studio Training). Propelled a year ago, MIST enables understudies to be a piece of live ventures that is being made by MDS. Aruna Kumar, a specialist in the training field is heading the wander. The wander gives preparing on VFX and 3D stereoscopy. In the long haul, Ketan says Maya would be a supplier of TV arrangement content over all children channel/telecaster fragment. Plans are likewise in the air for global co-generation.

 

"At the point when diverts propelled in India, they were generally repeating American or Japanese substance, however now they are enthused about making unique substance," says Ketan.

At the point when Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics was sold in 2010, the joint substance had a turnover of Rs 150 crore and since moving without end, Ketan says they should close this money related year with incomes of Rs 25 crore. Maya has likewise opened focuses in Goa and Singapore. Goa – to oversee cost-efficiencies, and for its nearness to Mumbai and Singapore to enable them to tap effortlessly into the developing worldwide liveliness industry, says Ketan. "Now is the ideal time now to investigate global markets for making our own substance, or to get into associations with worldwide players, and Singapore will fill in as a base for that," he says.
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Ketan Mehta Jodhpur National University
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Ketan Mehta Jodhpur National University
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On his adventure as a business visionary, Ketan says there have been many good and bad times, nothing not as much as a thrill rides. His accomplice and fellow benefactor of Maya – Deepa Sahi – has assumed an exceptionally essential part in developing the association and conveying it to the level it is today. We know business enterprise isn't simple, and Ketan's mantra to be effective is to: "have faith in yourself" – which he says is the start and end of things. "When you turn into a business person you are additionally taking up the difficulties you find in the market and achievement must be accomplished on the off chance that you can handle those difficulties," he says.

He additionally recommends getting the same number of individuals associated with your adventure. "In the event that you are making something new, have more individuals have confidence in you and that will enhance your odds for progress," proposes the veteran.
 
In the middle of this, Ketan is likewise getting his next motion picture – 'Manjhi – The Mountain Man' prepared for discharge. The motion picture has utilized a considerable measure of visual impacts made in-house at Maya in the completed item. Watch it for both — the story and the SFX.