January 17th, 2009
Ghajini producer Madhu Mantena is keen on marrying Nandana Sen but she's not saying yes. To convince her, Madhu has now decided to rope in the support of Nandana's parents.
On Wednesday, Madhu flew to Kolkata with Nandana for the latter's mom's (writer Nabanita Deb Sen) birthday.
"I'm here with Nandana's mother having Bengali fish curry with rice," said the Andhraite who's willing to get as Bengali as he can to convince Nandana of his marital intentions.
Now Madhu is ready to go further to Massachusetts where Nandana's father, Nobel laureate, Prof Amartya Sen teaches Economics and Philo-sophy at Harvard University.
Like Shah Rukh Khan pampering and wooing Kajol's father in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Madhu intends to pull out all stops to win over his future father-in-law.
Laughs Madhu, "You make it sound so dramatic. It's not as though I haven't met Nandana's parents before, or don't know them well. But yes, I did visit Nandana's mother with her this week as it was her birthday.
And I'm going to make time during my Boston shoot (for Abbas Tyrewalla's Love-1-800) to spend time with her father."
Here's one love story in B-town that's dying for a happy ending. If only the lady relents.
