Marathon
15-day spell for Dil Dhoondta Hia
Producer Tahir Hussain and director Anwar Pasha will be canning
some dramatic scenes while choreographer Rekha Chinni Prakash
will can a song on newcomers Shoaib Khan and Divya during a
15-day stint at Chandivali Studios and various Mumbai locales
for A1-Tahir Entertainments’ Dil Dhoondta Hai. A part of
a song will also be canned on Shoaib Khan and debutante Devi
Sri by choreographer Raju Khan. Maya Alagh, Farhad Nathani,
Meenal Patel, Raju Thakkar, Ved Thapar, Shehzad Khan and Mushtaq
Merchant will also be participating in the schedule, concluding
on August 28. Story by Anwar Pasha, screenplay by Tahir Hussain,
Shahnaz T Khan and Anwar Pasha, dialogues by Madan Joshi, cinematography
by Munir Khan, art by Shib Shankar, dances by Saroj Khan, Rekha
Chinni Prakash and Raju Khan and editing by Ajay Srivastava
are the major credits.
Musical launching for Tahir Hussain’s next venture
Producer Tahir Hussain’s next ambitious venture, A1-Tahir
Entertainments’ yet untitled Prod. No.2 was off to a musical
start at Saba Studio on August 10 with the recording of the
first song. Penned by Noor Amrohi, the song was recorded in
the voice of Sonu Nigam and new singer Alifia Hassan under the
baton of music directors Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen. In all, seven
songs will be recorded till August 17 in the voices of Udit
Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sudesh Bhosle, Jaspinder Narula, Sunidhi
Chauhan and Shabbir Kumar. To be directed by Vinay A Laad, the
film stars Milind Gunaji, Shoaib Khan, Divya, Devi Sri, Prem
Chopra, Laxmikant Berde, Tiku Talsania, Tabassum and Ashok Beniwaal.
One more heroine is yet to be finalised. The film has story
by Tahir Hussain, screenplay by Shahnaz T Khan, dialogues by
Rashid Kanpuri, lyrics by Tahir Hussain, Vijay Akela and Noor
Amrohi, cinematography by Sameer Athalye and editing by Mukhtar
Ahmed. Other cast and credits will be announced soon and the
film will go on the floors shortly.
Nitin-Ramgopal’s venture makes progress
A nine-day spell for Dream Merchants Enterprise’s Prod.
No.2 which is being jointly produced by Nitin Manmohan and Ram
Gopal Varma, was held at Venus Recording building, various Mumbai
streets and a suburban bungalow till August 14 wherein many
vital talkie portions are being filmed by director E. Niwas
on Saif Ali Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Fardeen Khan, Sonali Bendre
and Twinkle Khanna. The film also features T Bharani and Sudha
(both from South), Dalip Tahil and Suresh Bhagwat. Music by
Vishal Bharadwaj, lyrics by Abbas Tyrewala, story-screenplay-dialogues
by Rajnish Thakur, cinematography by Venkat Prasad, art by R
Varman and sound by Jagmohan Anand are the major credits.
Ashish Vidharthi in Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
Ashish Vidhyarthi has been signed to play the leading role with
Gurudas Maan and Tabu in Sain Productions’ musical film
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai, a film about human relations and their
aspirations. Being produced by Manjeet Maan and directed by
Manoj Punj, it is written by Suraj Sanim and has music by Anand
Raj Anand.
Mastana in Mauritius
The unit of United Films Combines’ Mastana were in Mauritius
from July 31 for a 15-day shooting stint wherein two songs and
scenes were picturised on Govinda, Mahima Chaudhary, Jackie
Shroff, Arun Govil, Jaspal Bhatti, Anjan Srivastava, Tiku Talsania,
Avtar Gill and Upasna Singh. The film is being produced by Vasant
Doshi and directed by Parto Ghosh. Written by Ranbir Pushp,
the film has dialogue by Anwar Khan, music by Rajesh Roshan,
lyrics by Maya Govind, Ibrahim Ashq and Nitin Raikwar, dances
by Rekha Chinni Prakash and Ganesh Acharya, cinematography by
Sameer Reddy, art by Ajit Dandekar, sound by Prakash Bhatia
and editing by Sanjay Verma. Kamlesh Doshi is the executive
producer.
Sonali Kulkarni Dil Chahta Hai
Sonali Kulkarni has been signed to play one of the leading ladies
in Dil Chahta Hia. The film also stars Aamir Khan, Saif Ali
Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia. Being
directed by Farhan Akhtar from his own story, it is produced
by Ritesh Sidhwani.
Post-production for Prashnachinh
The dubbing and other post-production work of Bhagwati Samarth
Pictures’ Prashnachinh, written and directed by Ajay Phansekar,
commenced recently in Mumbai. Produced by Jairaj Patil and Ajay
Phansekar, the film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Tara Deshpande,
Akash Khurana, Ratna Pathak-Shah, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Deepak
Shirke, Avtar Gill, Sanjeeva, Brajesh Tripathi and Rajendra
Mehra. Action by Raam Shetty, music by Amar Mohile, cinematography
by B Laxman and editing by Arun Shekhar are the other credits.
Soch unit back from UK, Scotland
The unit of Zeekay Films P. Ltd.s’ Soch returned recently
following a 15-day marathon shooting schedule in England and
Scotland where two songs and many scenes were picturised on
Sanjay Kapoor and Raveena Tandon. The film co-stars Aditi Govitikar,
Arbaaz Khan, Sunil Nagar, Yunus Parwaiz, Mac Mohan and Danny
Denzongpa. Written and directed by Seeshen Bhatnagar, the film
is produced by Dr. Wijahat Kareem. Dr. Mrs. Surheeta Kareem
is the co-producer while Rizwan Ullah is the associate producer
Dialogue by Atul Tiwari, cinematography by Rajan Kothari and
editing by Umesh Gupta are the other credits.
Chandani Bar launched
Shlok Films’ Chandani Bar was launched on August 7 at Night
Lovers Bar Andheri. Shyam Shroff broke the auspicious coconut
and Gulsaheb sounded the muhurat clapper board while Madhur
Bhandarkar directed the inaugural shot as Tabu and Atul Kulkarni
faced the camera for muhurat shot. The film also stars Suhas
Palsikar, Shree Vallabh Vyas, Vinay Apte, Ananya, Abhay Bhargav,
Shamim Shekh, Seema Adhikari, Upendra Limay, Varun Vardan, Raj
Anna, Dinesh Shetty, Jaikar Anna and Raghuvir Yadav. Based on
a story by Madhur Bhandarkar, the film has screenplay Mohan
Azad, dialogue by Masood Mirza, cinematography by Rajeev Ravi,
dances by Kishor Oresk and art by Prajnna and Yashwat Patil.
A ten-day shooting spell commenced from August 10 at Ramoji
Rao Studio, in Hyderabad.
Dharmendra, Nirmal Pandey face camera
Manav Enterprises’ Aandhi Aur Toofan was launched on July
30, at Soochak Bungalow, Madh Island, Esel Studios, Film City
and on locales in Mumbai with a five-day shooting stint. Dharmendra
and Nirmal Pandey faced the camera for the muhurat shot. The
clap board was sounded by Sagar Saraswat, son of producer Ashok
Saraswat and the auspicious coconut was broken by production
controller Sant Singh. Also in the cast are Sanjavni Gupta,
newfind Preeti Butani, Hemant Birje, Upasna Singh, Pinky Chinoi,
Pushpa Verma, SR Pratap, G Harish Kumar, Pramod Moutho and Sadashiv
Amrapurkar. The film is being produced by Ashok Saraswat and
Peter Almeida and is directed by S.R. Pratap from his own story.
Written by Khaleed Jameel, it has lyrics by Ravi Chopra, music
by Amod Bhatt, cinematography by Hira Saroj, action by Prem
Sharma, sound by AK Anthony and art by Mangal Singh. |
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