Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities

Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
Directed by	M.F. Husain
Produced by	Reima Husain
Written by	Owais Husain M.F. Husain
Starring	Tabu Kunal Kapoor Raghuvir Yadav
Cinematography	Santosh Sivan
Editing by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Release date(s)	April 2, 2004 (India)
Language	Hindi, Urdu

Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (or Meenaxi) is a 2004 Hindi film directed by M.F. Husain and starring Tabu, Kunal Kapoor and Raghuvir Yadav. The film centers on Hyderabad novelist Nawab, (Yadav), who is suffering from writers block. After five years and no stories, Nawab comes across an unconventional muse, Meenaxi (Tabu). The three cities referred to in the title of the film are , Hyderabad,Jaisalmer and Prague. It is semi-autobiographical in some respects. There are allusions to Husain's own experiences with his muse, Madhuri Dixit.

1 Synopsis
2 Soundtrack
3 Notes
4 External links

Synopsis

Nawab, a popular Hyderabadi novelist, is suffering from a classic case of writer's block. Five years have passed, and stories of substance seem to have dried up. Then, almost providentially, Nawab comes across a young woman named Meenaxi. She's enigmatic and individualistic - and not quite willing to perform the part of a passive muse. But that doesn't deter a rejuvenated Nawab from giving her different personae - she can be the mysterious perfume trader of Hyderabad, the exotic desert bloom of Jaisalmer, the orphaned Maria of Prague. Inexorably, she consolidates her command over the novelist. She dismisses his renewed attempts at writing as insubstantial and hackneyed, plunging him into a state of deeper despair. She is scathingly critical about his story and is amused by one of his characters, the lovelorn and awkward Kaameshwar. Finally, as Nawab strives on a new page all over again, Meenaxi comments that perhaps the book is in vain. In any case, it is much too late. The writer must survive and live, if he can, without her support, inspiration and criticism.^[1]

Soundtrack

Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities

Studio album by A. R. Rahman

Released

January 24, 2004 (India)

Culture of The Street Films

A. R. Rahman chronology

Lakeer - Forbidden Lines
2004

Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
2004

Yuva
2004

Song	Artist(s)
Yeh Rishta	Reena Bharadwaj
Chinnamma Chilakkamma	Sukhwinder Singh
Do Kadam	Sonu Nigam
Dhuan Dhuan	Asha Bhonsle
Rang Hai	Alka Yagnik
Noor-Un-Ala-Noor	Murtaza Khan, Qadir Khan
Cyclist's Rhythm	Instrumental
Potter’s Village	Instrumental