Aditi Rao Hydari always wanted to work with Mani Ratnam
Synopsis
Kaatru Veliyidai, a romantic movie, which also features actor Karthi, is slated to release in March.
"The first Mani Ratnam film I saw was 'Bombay'. I used to watch Manisha Koirala on-screen and I would tell myself,'One day, I want to be there'.
"Even though I was a child, the film moved me in a way, which I couldn't explain then, but it stayed with me forever," Aditi said in a statement.
Kaatru Veliyidai, a romantic movie, which also features actor Karthi, is slated to release in March. Bombay, released in 1995, was the story of a Muslim woman (Manisha Koirala) and a Hindu man (Arvind Swami), who fall in love and elope to get married as their families objected to their relationship. However, when they move to Mumbai, they get trapped in the communal riots in the city.
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