Actress Madhoo Shah: The film Roja, directed and produced by Mani Ratnam in 1992, was a superhit film. Madhu Shah’s beauty made people fall in love with her in that film. People liked the songs, story and Madhu of the film very much. ‘Roja’ is also included in the best films of Madhu Shah’s career. When she was asked why she did not work with Mani Ratnam again even after giving such a tremendous film, the actress answered candidly.
Actress Madhu, in a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, told why she did not do any other film apart from the film Roja and the film Iruvar. Let us tell you an excerpt from that conversation in which he gave the reason for not working further with Mani Ratnam.
Why didn’t Madhu work with Mani Ratnam again?
Madhu Shah explained the reason for not working with Mani Ratnam in Siddharth Kannan’s talk show. The actress has expressed regret for not praising the director properly. When Siddharth asked why she did not work with Mani Ratnam apart from ‘Roja’ and ‘Iruvar’, the actress spoke openly about it. Actress Madhu said, ‘I tried to contact Mani Ratnam several times. Tried to approach him several times but he always felt isolated. I never saw him as a godfather.
Madhu further said on the same subject, ‘He did me a favor by casting me in Roja but I never accepted this favour. It was my ego that had replaced the pain when no one supported him and he easily got such a big film. ‘I’ had come inside me.
Actress Madhu also said, ‘Mani Ratnam deserved praise when he made such a great film but I never did, but today I say that he is a good person and all the credit for the film becoming a hit goes to him. He is a good person but I never had a good relationship with him, so he did not take me in any film again.
For your information, Madhu Shah has acted in many South films and was successful. While in Bollywood, he did many excellent and successful films like Elaan, Hatkadi, Phool Aur Kaante, Diya Aur Toofan, Diljale, Hum Hain Bemisaal.
