There is a big fat Punjabi alliance cat-and-mouse to appear at Deepa Mehta's acreage abode in Canada

Her babe Devyani is all set to ally her boyfriend, the able-bodied accepted Toronto-based artist Ian Chodikoff, who aswell edits the 'Canadian Architect' magazine.

Devyani and Ian accept been seeing anniversary added for some years. Pleased as bite with the alliance, appreciative mother-in-law Deepa has put both her behemothic projects on authority until all the alliance anniversary are over.

Glowing with pride about the amount of the bride, Deepa says, ''Right now I can't anticipate of annihilation except my daughter's wedding. Ian is a admirable son-in-law. And yes he's Canadian.''

Deepa herself has a Caucasian activity accomplice David Hamilton whom she never married. But in animosity of a bootless aboriginal marriage, she isn't adjoin the institution. ''When Devyani told me she was traveling to ally Ian, I jumped out of my armchair with joy. I've admired Ian from the alpha and was appealing abiding he was the appropriate best for her.''

Elaborating on D-Day, Deepa divulges, ''We've called 12 September for the wedding. It'd be captivated at my acreage abode on the outskirts of Toronto.''

The bedfellow account would be actual exclusive. ''My mom is already actuality with me. My brother Dilip and sister-in-law are accepted to accompany us. Aswell some added abutting relatives.''

The brace will abide a mix commemoration that would mark the alliance of Hindu and Christian rituals. ''It would be a actual breezy ad-lib and ad-lib ceremony,'' informs Deepa.

From the Mumbai blur industry, Akshay Kumar who is a Canadian aborigine and aswell the arch man of Deepa's actual Kamagata Maru is accepted to attend.

Right now Deepa isn't cerebration of her work. ''My two projects Kamagata Maru and Midnight's Children are on hold. I've completed the Software of Kamagata Maru and the arch casting. We alpha arch cutting in March 2010.''

As for her aggressive adjustment of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das and Seema Biswas accept already been cast. Salman Rushdie himself wants to play a acknowledging role. The protagonist's role is still open. But Deepa is in no bustle to cast.

''After the alliance I've to sit with Salman and accomplishment the script. Having accepted him for so long, it's a amusement to plan on the Software with him. We'll go into the casting of the hero Salim Sinai as anon as the Software is done.'' But Salman Rushdie would like Imran Khan to play the lead.

As for the poor acknowledgment to her endure blur Heaven On Earth in India, Deepa says, ''Every blur has its own destiny. Women in Punjab responded adjoin this accomplished abstraction they accept there of sending their daughters off to adopted countries afterwards marrying them to NRIs after ascertaining their credentials. If such hast marriages are beat by my blur I anticipate I've succeeded.''