'Madhuri Dixit felt P Se PM Tak was too bold'

'I ws tempted to cast Madhuri Dixit in P Se PM Tak because her comic timing is very good,' director Kundan Shah says.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron director Kundan Shah returns with a political satire this Friday, called P Se PM Tak.

Shah describes the film as his take on 'what is happening in our country and how we deal with that.'

The film is about a prostitute (played by Meenakshi Dixit), who ends up becoming a chief minister. From there, her journey to the Prime Minister's post starts. The girl does not want to be a PM; she's only interested in her bread and butter. 

Shah, who has directed the likes of Shah Rukh Khan (Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa), Rekha (Dil Hai Tumhaara), Preity Zinta (Kya Kehna) and Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur (Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron), hoped to cast Madhuri Dixit in his new film.

Shah had written the film way back in 1995. He took the story to Akshay Kumar and narrated it. The actor did not like it, so his secretary -- the late Lokesh Bali -- took the script to Madhuri Dixit. She was shooting for Anjaam at the time.