The much-guarded story line of Mani Ratnam’s Ravana has been leaked to the press. Its plot has been doing the rounds already.

The story goes thus. The sister of Abhishek Bachchan gets humiliated publicly by character played by South Star Vikram.

As revenge, Abhshek kidnaps Aishwarya Rai, the wife of Vikram. Chased by the police, they hide in the jungle. And Mamma mia- the duo falls in Love!

What follows next makes up the rest of the film.

Ravana is supposed to be modern take on Ramayana with Abhishek in the role of Ravana. The Ash- Abhi romance is the twist in the tale.

Other characters include Suhasini , the wife of director Mani Ratnam who makes her Bolllywood debut. Also Govinda plays a modern version of Hanuman who takes Vikram to the place of Abhishek.

Ravi Kissen plays Abhishek’s trusted aide while Nikhil Dwivedi plays a cop. The film in its Tamil version will be called Ashokavanam with Prithviraj Sukumar playing Abhishek’s role.

Actress-dancer Shobana has done the choreography.