Raveena Tandon goes for a makeover

Raveena Tandon, who plays a pulp fiction author in Sudipto Chattopadhyay's 'Shobhana's 7 Nights', is gearing up to shoot sensuous scenes with Amit Purohit 

A lot has been written about Sudipto Chattopadhyay's movie titled "Shobhana's 7 Nights" and how the movie is loosely based on Shobhaa De, and her professional relationship with David Davidhar, the publisher of her novels. However, the director is upset with these comparisons and feels it's wrong to make such generalizations simply because his female protagonist is a successful pulp fiction writer and gossip columnist and the man is in the publishing industry. 

"I have have completed five days of shooting in Mumbai and have shot two songs of the movie. I wrote the story about a woman and three generations of men. The story is spread across seven days. The resemblance to Shobhaa De begins and ends with the fact that my lead character is a fiesty author who writes pulp fiction. I show three phases in her life. She is a girl who was brought up in an orphanage. The superintendent of the orphanage was Lillete Dubey who was her surrogate mother figure. Anupam Kher plays a character who owns a publishing house. In real life, David Davidhar was an employee of a publishing house. A similarity in the surname can't be reason enough to draw comparisons," Sudipto says. 

In the film, Raveena falls in love with Rohit's character when she was a journalist in a girlie magazine. "Rohit Roy's character has also been misrepresented in the media. He plays a suaveand charming fashion photographer. He isn't a bad-hopper. He wanted Raveena to go for an image makeover. She became more fashion conscious but was also traditionally Indian," the director says. 

An emotional incident causes the two to drift apart. "That's when Raveena goes through a drastic change in her life to meet a as aspiring actor from a small town. This character is played by Amit Purohit. To prove a point to Rohit that she is still a very attractive woman, she goes for a makeover. Her lifestyle changes drastically when she becomes celebrity author. Raveena is now preparing to shoot some sensual and romantic love scenes with Amit. But the scenes are not sleazy. The film is fraught with tragic nuances. My movie is about a woman finding liberation." 

However, none of the characters in the film are negative. "There is nobody bad in my film. Everybody is a creature of circumstances," he signs off.