No Indian Should Go To Sri Lanka For IIFA Festival – Mani Ratnam

A large number of Tamil organizations have protested against the ‘International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony being held in Sri Lanka and renowned film director Mani Ratnam has asked Indians not to attend the film festival in Sri Lanka. Mr. Mani Ratnam has said this speaking about his latest film ‘Rawan.’

He has said he would not present ‘Rawan’ at the film festival as the festival is to be held in Sri Lanka. Hind film written and directed by Mani Ratnam stars Abhishek Bachchan,son of  Amitabh Bachchan, the organizer of IIFA Aishwarya Rai,  Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter-in-lawsand Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani play key supporting roles. It is simultaneously being made in Tamil as Raavanan with a slightly different cast, which would also be dubbed into Telugu and other regional languages. The film score and soundtrack is composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman.

The story is based on ‘Ramayana’ and is said to give a new interpretation to the old triangular story of Ravana, Rama and Sita.