Mani makes it clear

Even as a controversy is brewing over Mani Ratnam?s interpretation of ?Ramayanam? in his recent release ?Raavanan?, the director has said he never wanted to glorify Raavanan, the villain of the epic, in his film.

?My movie is about a mighty man whose behaviour is due to different attitudes that strike his mind to adopt for a situation. It?s like 10 different persons sitting inside one man. Hence the title?, the ace filmmaker clarified.

Meanwhile, Bollywood veteran Mahesh Bhatt came to the support of Amitabh Bachchan, who expressed unhappiness over the editing of the film?s Hindi version ?Raavan? which has his son Abhishek Bachchan in the lead.

?A dad is a dad is a dad. Who else would come out but a father to protect his son from fires of perceived failure?? the filmmaker said. In the meantime, amidst reports that the movie has bombed at the box office, distributor Reliance Big Pictures has claimed that the film has grossed Rs 53 crore worldwide with in three days of its release.