Irrfan moves from Mira Nair to Deepa Mehta

Irrfan Khan has been offered a major role in Deepa Mehta's film adaptation of "Midnight's Children". But this means the actor won't be seen playing the lead in the next film by Mira Nair, with whom he did "The Namesake", as the two would be shot at the same time.

Deepa met Irrfan earlier this month and offered him the role in the movie adapted from Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning book. Ironically, this happened just about the same time that Mira's offer to Irrfan to play the lead in her prestigious international project "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" fell through.

Apparently Mira had discussed the role of the progressive Pakistan protagonist with Irrfan and had even offered him the script. And even Irrfan too doesn't deny the fact that Mira had offered him the film.

"While shooting with me she did bring it up. But that's it. After that there has been no word from her on it. I hold no grudges about it. What Mira has given me in 'The Namesake' and 'Kosher Vegetarian' is incredible. I enjoyed myself thoroughly doing these two films and I'm sure we'll work together some other time," Irrfan said.

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Irrfan moves from Mira Nair to Deepa Mehta

Irrfan Khan has been offered a major role in Deepa Mehta's film adaptation of "Midnight's Children". But this means the actor won't be seen playing the lead in the next film by Mira Nair, with whom he did "The Namesake", as the two would be shot at the same time.

Deepa met Irrfan earlier this month and offered him the role in the movie adapted from Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning book. Ironically, this happened just about the same time that Mira's offer to Irrfan to play the lead in her prestigious international project "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" fell through.

Apparently Mira had discussed the role of the progressive Pakistan protagonist with Irrfan and had even offered him the script. And even Irrfan too doesn't deny the fact that Mira had offered him the film.

"While shooting with me she did bring it up. But that's it. After that there has been no word from her on it. I hold no grudges about it. What Mira has given me in 'The Namesake' and 'Kosher Vegetarian' is incredible. I enjoyed myself thoroughly doing these two films and I'm sure we'll work together some other time," Irrfan said.

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Mira to make film on terrorism too

After the mixed response to her latest Hollywood big-budget film Amelia, Mira Nair is all set to plunge into a far more contemporary and headline-screaming work.

It’s going to be a thriller called The Reluctant Fundamentalist and will be set in Lahore, Chile and New York.

Mira had been angling for the filming rights of Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid’s novel by this name for some time now. The deal has finally come through. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is about the impact 9/11 had on the life of a young Pakistani Muslim in New York and requires an intense Muslim actor to play the protagonist, Changez, who can express bitterness, rage and acceptance within the same script-zone.

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Mira to make film on terrorism too

After the mixed response to her latest Hollywood big-budget film Amelia, Mira Nair is all set to plunge into a far more contemporary and headline-screaming work.

It’s going to be a thriller called The Reluctant Fundamentalist and will be set in Lahore, Chile and New York.

Mira had been angling for the filming rights of Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid’s novel by this name for some time now. The deal has finally come through. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is about the impact 9/11 had on the life of a young Pakistani Muslim in New York and requires an intense Muslim actor to play the protagonist, Changez, who can express bitterness, rage and acceptance within the same script-zone.

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