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Emraan starrer 24X7 Raftaar re-titled as Play
The late director Shamin Desai who died tragically in January this year leaving behind an almost-finished film on media maneuverings entitled 24 x 7 Raftaar, may have reason to smile from the heaven. His unreleased and unfortunately only film will now finally be released by its producers Percept Pictures by the end of this year. The film will now have a new title, additional songs and special effects and a music video featuring the film's male lead Emraan Hashmi.
Shamin's film, now titled as Play, was rushed to Delhi last week, where Emraan was shooting with the Bhatts for Jannat 2, for his approval and further contribution.
Says a source close to the project, "It is felt that Emraan could lift the film to a commercially saleable proposition. The theme of Shamin's film - the electronic media's hunger for sensational news - has already been done by Ram Gopal Varma in Rann. The idea now is to make the film look contemporary and fresh in theme and look."
Apparently, the producers are willing to enhance the film's eyeball-grabbing quota but only without tampering with Shamin's vision.
When contacted, Shailendra Singh of Percept said, "Yes, we're looking at releasing Shamin's film. It's the least we can do for him. We believe he has made a fine film that does his memory proud. But we don't want it to be a haphazard release. Efforts are being made to spruce up the product."
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Mushtaq Shiekh does cameo appearance in Ra.One
Author, scriptwriter, former journalist and Shah Rukh Khan's close friend-confidant Mushtaq Shiekh has done it again. He makes a cameo appearance in Shah Rukh's new film Ra.One in what Mushtaq cheekily describes as a "main part".
Mushtaq appears in the second-half of Ra.One as a gun-toting goon. "It is my chance to intimidate Shah Rukh, something I can never do in real life. So I'm playing out a fantasy and loving," chuckles Mushtaq.
This is Mushtaq's third cameo in a Red Chillies production with Shah Rukh. He played similarly aggressive cameos in Main Hoon Naa and Om Shanti Om.
Laughs the writer, "I've very clearly told Shah Rukh when Ra.One becomes a blockbuster, I want my solo posters all over Bandra. He has agreed. But then Shah Rukh never says no to his friends."
The display of warmth and camaraderie comes at a time when rumours are rife of a fall-out between the two long-standing friends.
Sighs Mushtaq, "Can you imagine, we're supposed to have fought over a legal problem that has cropped up over Ra.One. If we go by rumours then Shah Rukh and I have fallen out any number of times in the past few years."
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Imran Khan to star in Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola
One may recall that Vishal Bhardwaj and Fox Star Studios had announced a comedy film titled Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola a short while ago which was to star Ajay Devgn and Anushka Sharma in the lead. However Ajay opted out of the film and the makers were on the lookout for another male lead.
Now the makers have finalized Imran Khan to play the main lead in the film. This would be the first time that Imran and Anushka would be paired together in a film. Vishal was impressed with Imran after watching his films like Delhi Belly and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and thought he could suit the part. However the script would now be tweaked a bit keeping in mind Imran's image
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Vivek Agnihotri to make an erotic thriller titled Hate Story
We've seen and heard of many 'Love Stories' being made in Bollywood but now director Vivek Agnihotri (of Chocolate, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal fame) is all set to make a film titled Hate Story. The film is being produced by Vikram Bhatt's ASA Films
Vivek even confirmed this on Twitter. "So, 'Hate Story' is the official title of my film.", he tweeted. The film, as Vivek claims, is India's first real erotic thriller. Hate Story would star Bengali actress Paoli Dam. Shooting of the film commenced yesterday.
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IFFI to screen films which were part of Film Bazaar last year
Projects presented at the Film Bazaar 'work-in progress 2010' have been selected in the Indian Panorama IFFI this year
Three films which were selected in Indian panorama were mentored in the Work-in-Progress Lab of Film Bazaar last year. The Work-in-Progress Lab 2010 projects selected in the Indian Panorama 2011 include Sahi Dhande Galat Bande (Hindi) by Parvin Dabbas, Karmayogi (Malayalam) by V.K. Prakash and Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) by Rajesh Pinjani.
Baboo Band Baaja is a seminal work on the Bandwallah community (street musicians) through the hopes and struggles of Jaggu a street musician, his wife and their son Baboo. It is the story of persistence and the power of decisions that defines hope in the life of the deprived. This film is Pinjani's directorial debut and has been honored with multiple National awards.
V.K Prakash's Karmayogi is a passionate portrayal of the conflicts of a wronged son and his fixation to avenge his father's death.
Sahi Dhande Galat Bande marks the directorial debut of Parvin Dabbas, also staring Anupam Kher and Sharat Saxena. It is a satirical take on a gang of four friends and their and their sincere attempts at doing the wrong job in the right way.
Film Bazaar is a global market place for the international film fraternity with a singular focus to promote south Asian stories; the present day need of filmmakers. NFDC's primary goal is to promote noteworthy Indian films and encourage good cinema movement in the country.
The FB Work in Progress Lab is where filmmakers submit their rough cut feature/documentary films to receive guidance and mentoring from international film experts. Three projects that made it to the Work- in progress Lab at FB last year have been selected in the Indian Panorama section at IFFI 2011. The Indian Panorama selects deserving feature and non feature films to applaud pan- Indian achievements in Indian cinema through film festivals and other cultural exchanges.
Mangesh Joshi's He (Bhojpuri) and Nabyendu Chatterjee's Sanskar a Bengali language film are selected in the Indian Panaroma'11. Both the films are NFDC productions. Joshi's He was also presented at the Co-production marketing and the Screenwriters Lab at FB in 2008. NFDC funded some of the most remarkable films in the Indian film industry, given its mandate to promote the cultural diversity of Indian cinema.
Film Bazaar is a production and distribution platform open to all faculties of filmmaking. The objective is to bring industry professionals together to encourage networking, facilitate collaborations and forging of business deals for their projects with international partners. The delegate attendance at FB includes filmmakers, financers, sales agents, distributors, producers, festival programmers and directors and broadcasting and Funding representatives among others. Film Bazaar will be held from November 24-27, at GOa Marriot Resort, Goa (India) alongside the international Film Festival of India. To register at Film Bazaar visit - www.filmbazaarindia.com. FB is organized by the National Film Development Corporation of India.