UNIT RETURNS

Khatron Ke Khiladi
The entire unit of ABC Pictures Pvt. Ltd’s and producer Sanjay Chaturvedi’s Khatron Ke Khiladi is back from Coimbatore after a week-long stint wherein important scenes, climax portions and action sequences were picturised on the entire starcast. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Puru Rajkumar, Ronit Roy, Sudesh Berry, Rutika Singh, Amikao, Sheel Jhangira, Asha Sachdev, Tej Sapru, Ishrat Ali, Rami Reddy, Master Shantanu, Vishwajit Pradhan, Shweta Menon and Kiran Kumar with Raj Babbar in a double role. Being directed by Imran Khalid, it is written by Khalid Majid and has music by Ram Shankar, lyrics by Ibrahim Ashq and Vinay Bihari, cinematography by Ashok Rao, action by Hanif Khan, choreography by Habiba Rehman and Dilip Mistry. Bharat Chaturvedi is the co-producer. DN Chaturvedi presents the film.

LAUNCHED

Dil Se Teri Yaad Na Jaye
Sai Leela Productions’ Dil Se Teri Yaad Na Jaye was launched on December 27 at AAA Tala Studios with a five-day shooting stint held at Basra Studios and on locales in Mumbai. Raza Murad sounded the clap as Raajeev Raaj and newfind Meghna faced the camera for the muhurat shot. Others in the cast are Rajeet, Yunus Parwaiz, Dinesh Hingoo, Aarif Khan, Devraaj, Babban Yadav, Ali Khan, Mohammed Chand, newfind Viplova Singh and Raza Murad. The film, being produced by Naim Singh and cinematographed and directed by Anil Dhanda, is written by lyricist Naim Singh, and has art by Amrik Singh, action by Darshan Singh, music by Chandrama Chandrahi. Surendra Lucknavi is presenting the film and is also one of the writers of the film.

SHOOTING
Mera Haque
A 10-day shooting stint for AV Creation’s Internationals’ Mera Haque was completed on December 29 at Gemini House, Bhagyalakshmi bungalow, HimalAya bungalow, Film City, Esel Studios and on locales of Mumbai. The film is being produced by Akbar Khan, Vinita Bhagat and Ahmed Ali and is directed by Papu Behruz. Starring Amit Pachori, Sapna, Aman Sagar, Kishore Bhanushali, Ankush Mohit, Surekha, Anil Nagrath, Aarti Patkar, Deepiksha, Baby Shrishti and Kiran Kumar, the film is written by Malhar Singh, and has lyrics and music by Ravi Chopra, cinematography by Manish-Jehengeer, choreography by Bobby, action by Suresh Rao and art by Ashok Samanta. Ashfaque Ahmed is the executive producer.

Mukt
Writer-producer-director Adeep Singh commenced another week-long shooting spell for his A. Deep Entertainments’ Mukt from December 26 at various Mumbai locales. Many romantic, dramatic, emotional and thrilling scenes are being canned on newfind Rocky Khanna, Namrata Shirodkar, Rahul Dev and Sayaji Shinde. The film has cinematography by M.S. Prabhu, action by Raam Shetty, choreography by Ganesh Acharya, lyrics by Asad Ajmeri, Prasoon Joshi and Shaab Allahabadi and music by Rajendra Liyakat. It’s a Mohan Chhabria’s, Fairdeal Multimedia presentation.

Raat Ka Doosra Paher
Producers Razzak Khan and Zubair Chauhan completed the entire shooting stint of Havoc Films’ Raat Ka Doosra Paher on December 27 after the last five-day shooting stint was held at Darshan Baug, Chandivali Studios and on locales of Mumbai wherein a song and climax scenes were picturised by director Rahman Shaikh on Aman Sagar, Pooja Dadwal, Sonia Khan, Geeta Nishaad, Salil Sudhakar, Sikander Khyan, Kishore Bhanushali, Birbal, Bhumika Patel, Chhotu Dada, newfind Mamta Chauhan, Hemant Birje, Kiran Kumar and Razzak Khan. Written by Ashok Jabalpuri, it has music by Navin Kumar, cinematography by Dinesh K. Thakkar and editing by MA Iqbal.

Angaar (The Fire)
Writer-producer-director Ajay Kashyap completed a 12-day shooting schedule from December 13 to 25 for Deva Productions’ Angaar (The Fire) held at Surve Farm and around Panvel locales. During the current spell one song, romantic and action scenes were picturised on Rajat Bedi, Vinay Anand, Sanober Kabir, Shradha Sharma, Kadar Khan, Alok Nath, Rana Jung Bahadur, Dilip Sen, Sulakshana Khatri, Abhijeet Kashyap and 100 junior artistes. After the present schedule sixty percent of the shooting has been canned. Other credits are cinematography by Pramod Bhandari, editing by Kamal Saigal, choreography by Ricky-James, action by Babbu Khanna and music by Amar Akbar.

Dafan
Producer-director and editor Jitendra Chawda executed the last two-day shooting stint for Ishwar Films’ Dafan at Essel Studios and Jeevan Silk Mills, Mumbai. During the concluding shooting schedule, climax scenes were picturised on Mohan Joshi, Raza Murad, Shiva, Prithvi, Gurubachan, Deepak Shirke, Anil Nagrath, Amit Pachori, Satnam Kaur and Poonamdas Gupta. Written by Basheer Babbar, it has music by Sawan Kumar Sawan, action by Riyaz Sultan, sound by Shafique and art by Anjani Tiwari.

FIRST COPY OUT
Memsaab No.1
The first print of Raj Cine Art’s maiden venture Memsaab No.1 was out from Ramnord Lab. on December 22. The film is being produced by Virendra Gupta and written and directed by Rajendra R Gupta, it has music by Suman-Sudeep, lyrics by Sandeep Nath, screenplay and editing by Rajeev Singh, dialogue by Sheela N Singh, action by Darshan Singh, choreography by Kaanu Kukherjee and cinematography by FR Khan. The film stars Satnam Kaur, Gulshan Rana, Vijay Solanki, Shehzad Khan, Joginder, Rajesh Puri, Ali Khan, Dilshad Khan, Mahesh Raj, Chandrakala, Dev Malhotra, Tej Sapru and Varsha Ushgaonkar. AP Gupta presents the film.

POST PRODUCTION

Jeene Nahin Doongi
The entire shooting of Divya Enterprises’ Jeene Nahin Doongi is now complete after the last three days stint held at Esel Studios and on locales of Mumbai till December 25 to can the climax scenes on Dharmendra, Amit Pachori, Pooja Dadwal, Anu Kashyap, Yamini, Pinky Chinai, Brij Gopal, Asha Singh, Dinesh Hingoo, Kaushal Kapoor, Vicky Mehra, Yogee, Lipika, Prabhat Singh, Ishrat Ali, Anil Nagrath, Deepak Shirke, Joginder, RM Mishra and Shakti Kapoor. The film is produced by RM Mishra and directed by K Chandra. The post-production work of the film began in full swing on December 30 at Ketnav. Mixing will be held at Anand and the first print will be out in January. Story by RS Pandit, screenplay by Chandra Kaushal, dialogue by Gyaanesh, lyrics by Vinay Bihari and Afsar, music by Abhi-Raaj, choreography by Kamal and Agnes Hamilton, action by Shamim Azim, art by Inder, cinematography by Dinesh K Thakkar and editing by Vijay Waman Rao are the major credits.

DUE FOR RELEASE

Daku Veerappan
Producer Dinesh Sagia’s Daku Veerappan (dubbed) is all set for release on January 26 all over. The film is inspired from the life and times of one most dreaded dacoit Veerappan who made headlines recently on the front pages all over India.