It is common knowledge that all the recent Mukesh Bhatt/Mahesh Bhatt releases ZEHER, WOH LAMHE and GANGSTER have worked in India and been musical sell-outs.Unfortunately, the Asian audience overseas was deprived of watching these titles on the big screen, as their films never had a principal theatrical outing in the key markets being the UK, US & UAE.
However, with AWARAPAN the Bhatts will witness a foray into the international market courtesy of Studio 18, which is giving the film a simultaneous day-and-date cinematic release on June 29. This will also mark the testing ground for Emraan Hashmi in the overseas market.
AWARAPAN is our biggest venture till date and we are extremely excited about taking the film international," stated Mukesh Bhatt. "We've shot the concluding reels in Pakistan, as the story naturally shifts there so we wanted it to be as authentic as possible."
According to rumours, promotional events for the film are being planned out in the UK & UAE.
Ace director Vikram Bhatt to produce films too!
| Bollywood Trade News Network |  |
Bollywood's leading director, Vikram Bhatt and ASA, a corporate dealing in steel and safety match industry, announced a joint venture on May 18, 2007. The path-breaking tie up will involve an investment of Rs. 100 crores to produce cutting edge Entertainment Content roping in all new fresh talents and make concept oriented meaningful cinema.Together ASA & Vikram Bhatt will create & produce concept oriented feature films under the newly formed joint venture company, ASA Films. ASA will provide its management expertise in operating the joint venture company besides utilizing the JV Company to line produce its feature film productions. Vikram Bhatt will execute and complete the production of the feature films under his directorial capabilities. The joint venture will identify scripts & produce feature films that will be either exclusively be directed by Vikram Bhatt or will be directed by various talented directors like Deepak Tijori, Manoj Tyagi, Girish Dhamija.
The forthright Vikram Bhatt said, 'We are confident that this association would grow from strength to strength and reach its goal of offering the finest in entertainment to the Indian audiences. I am delighted to share my experience with ASA and am confident that this joint venture will create path-breaking cinema.'
Speaking on this occasion, Surendra Sharma, MD, ASA said, 'The joint venture is a milestone in ASA's history. Vikram Bhatt has established himself as one of India's most talented directors. His style of filmmaking stands testimony to the fact that Vikram Bhatt's brand of cinema epitomizes the realities of an average Indian's life. ASA is proud to share a part of our destiny with Vikram Bhatt.'
Rajesh Roshan: Last of the Musicians
| Enkayaar, Bollywood Trade News Network | |
Today when he celebrates his birthday, Rajesh Roshan must be reminiscing that he is now last of the musicians who gave a new idiom to music in the Hindi films. He grew up at a time when the music industry was flush with talent, with the likes of RD Burman, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, and Bappi Lahiri, etc. all. While Bappi Lahiri is still around, it is only Rajesh Roshan who continues to give music and create hit after hits in his oeuvre. He was the man who contributed towards the success of his nephew Hrithik Roshan with the lilting music that he gave for KAHO NA PYAAR HAI, as it was to his music that Hrithik created an image as the dancing star. The music still continues to rule the roost. His knack for the unconventional was what made him Preeti Sagar sing a whole song in English, in a Hindi film, and it was the first time that this happened. Here JULIE is being talked about; whose range of songs from pure English to pure classical was example of the command and the knowledge that he had of his subject. Rajesh Roshan's knack for picking up unconventional voices as he did with Preeti Sagar in JULIE again got manifested when he could convince Deven Verma to sing a song in DOOSRA AADMI, ‘Maathe Pe Lagaike Bindiya’, which is one of the better classical songs of a Hindi movie. Incidentally, it was also the film where Pamella Chopra sang in the female voice. He is also the first under whose baton Leela Mishra the famous character actor sang the song of BATON BATON MEIN, ‘Uthe sabke kadam’. Besides, Lucky Ali, though he had made a mark as a singer, got his first break as a playback singer in KAHO NA PYAAR HAI. The famous road song, which could be one of the first road songs of Hindi film, KAALA PATTHAR, Ek Rasta hai Zindagi… was his creation.
He is the only music director, whose music when it plays, it is very difficult to predict whether it is RD Burman or Rajesh Roshan, as he could play with the instruments with the same finesse as RD could. In fact he could be considered as the poor producer's RD, i.e. those who could not get the dates of RD, or could not afford RD went to Rajesh Roshan and he never let any of the persons who came to him down with his music.
In fact Dev Anand who was a RD fan selected Rajesh Roshan to give music to number of his films, and the music that he gave in LOOT MAAR, MAN PASAND, SWAMI DADA were all hits. Though he did not have a Gulzar, to give him the lyrics, which RD had the luxury to play with, and experiment in his music, still Rajesh Roshan gave the music of the same intensity that RD's music had.
Nitin Mukesh who was leading a life of anonymity was picked up by Rajesh Roshan to lend voice to in KHUDGARZ, and after that there was no looking back for him for quite some time. Kishore Kumar's biggest tongue twisting song's, Jo Dekhen Jo chahen wo karke dikha dein from DO AUR DO PAANCH was also from the quiver of Rajesh Roshan. The music that he learned from his father Roshan he used in his career with great finesse, especially the classical music that he has given has a distinct Roshan taste. The touch of Roshan is also evident if one listens to his songs carefully, it would be found that interludes in his previous songs, find expression as a full-fledged song in a subsequent film, thereby signifying the rich resource base of music that he has at his command.
It is a loss of the Hindi film music that Rajesh Roshan now gives music only for the films produced by his brother Rakesh Roshan. In this age, where the music is more a product of computer keys and software it is the music of Rajesh Roshan that is needed to bring an influence of calmness which his music personifies.
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