'There's no showman like Rajinikanth'

But award-winning director Prakash Jha, who was in the city recently, is neither of the two — he sounds more like a true romanticist. “A woman isn’t that hard to understand,” he starts out, “It depends on whether you really want to understand her. If you are not truly interested in getting to know the person, no matter what happens, you won’t.”Prakash is confident about his film Turning 30, awoman-centric film. Backing debutante director Alankrita Shrivastava, he says itwas her confidence and independence that gave him faith in her. “The movieportrays the fast growing and independent nature of women these days. It dealswith young women who don’t hesitate to go after anything in life, be it arelationship, job, or anything for that matter. Alankrita’s story wasunique; one that she relates to and the narrative was superb. Her convictiongave me confidence in her.”With a female director and awoman-centric story, ask him if, like commonly believed, only a woman canunderstand another woman better and he replies, “That’s so not true.If that was the case, there wouldn’t be any fights between women athome.” Pose another commonly held belief that two womencan’t live under the same roof and he replies, “In this case, therewere too many women living under the same roof!” The director, the threegirls who get maximum screen time in the film, the costume designer and a fewothers... the best part being that most of them turned 30 during the making ofthe film. He says this only ensures that the story gets the best treatmentpossible.Though he’s worked with many big stars, Jha says he still has a long wish list. “I’m yet to work with Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. I would love to get these guys on board one of my future projects; they are extremely talented and dedicated.”Prakash has great admiration for Rajinikanth.“He’s not only God here (in Tamil Nadu) but also in Bollywood aswell. His Robot has wonderful entertainment value. I loved the part where therobot falls in love with a real girl; that kind of kept me glued to the film.There’s no showman like Rajinikanth.”Follow us on Twitter for more stories