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'I took a chopper to Mount Everest with Manisha'Friday - 05th August 2005 |
| Mumbai, August 3: “I returned to Kathmandu after 30 years. I shouldn’t have stayed away that long,’’ says Dev Anand in his cluttered Bandra studio. The thespian was recently felicitated by Nepal’s King Gyanendra during the country’s National Film Festival. Anand spent a week as Nepal’s royal guest of honour. ‘‘I took a chopper to Mount Everest with Manisha Koirala and felt truly on top of the world,’’ he says. The octogenarian noted the changes in Kathmandu where he shot Hare Rama Hare Krishna, with a tinge of nostalgia. ‘‘The city has become much bigger, with more tourists and shops. But there aren’t as many hippies now,’’ he adds. The place where Dum maro dum was shot is now called Thamel and is a popular hangout. Although he was staying at the Hyatt, he ached to see the Soul Tea estate where he had stayed earlier. ‘‘When I paid a visit, I heard a familiar tune and saw a group of children performing (what else) Dum maro dum. That song is Nepal’s sake,’’ laughs Anand There were many such instances. The doyen was walking through the market when he heard a man play Kanchi re on his piano. He turned out to be one of the children featured in the song. The sarpanch of Bhaktpur, where Anand and Mumtaz had shot, also came to meet him. When the king wished to give Anand a gift, all he asked for is a Gurkha cap. ‘‘I knew it may have sounded childish, but I was fascinated by the felt caps with decorative lining,’’ he smiles. His infectious child-like enthusiasm seems to spill over to his other projects as well—his Diwali release, Mr Prime Minister, and his unfinished autobiography. ‘‘I’ve written it like a screenplay and it presents the parallels between my country and my life,’’ he says, showing a stack of notebooks and ink-stained fingers. As the city battled the rain last Tuesday, Anand, who was stranded for 48 hours in his studio, spent the time writing copiously. ‘‘I love writing—I’ve written five scripts in the past year,’’ he says. One of the scripts is based on the 2001 assassination of Nepal’s royal family. But Anand wants to broach the subject cautiously. ‘‘I knew King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya well,’’ he says showing us photographs. Up next is his next film Beauty Queen, which is now going to be filmed entirely in Nepal. And the hunt for his next face—also Nepali. ‘‘I want a Eurasian face,’’ he says. ‘‘A lovely combination of the east and the west.’’ |
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