Jeetendra’s film is 80% complete
Director David Dhawan and producers Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor completed a seven-day shooting schedule of Shri Siddhivinayak Films’ Prod. No. 1 recently in Mumbai. Many scenes were picturised at different locations featuring all the artists. With the completion of this schedule, 80 per cent of the shooting is complete. Three songs and climax scenes remain to be picturised. Starring Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Rambha, Anupam Kher, Satish Kaushik, Kiran Kumar, Sharad Kapoor, Aashish Vidhyarthi, Shahbaaz Khan, Mohnish Bahl, Master Jabran, Razak Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya and Anant Mahadevan, it is a Jeetendra’s presentation. Prakash Pange is the executive producer. Music by Anand Raj Anand, story-screenplay and dialogue by Yunus Sajawal and Imtiaz Patel, cinematography by KS Prakash Rao, action by Machendra Varma and art by R Varman are the other credits.

15-day spell of Pitaah
Director Mahesh Manjrekar and producer Avinash Adik completed a fifteen-day shooting of Aryaman Films Pitaah this week at Panchgani featuring all the artists. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nandita Das, Sachin Khedkar, Mita Vashist, Anjan Srivastav, Siddharth Ray and Dinesh Anand this film has Diwakar Pundir and Om Puri in special appearance, music by Anand Raj Anand, story-screenplay by Teja, cinematography by Vijay Arora, art by Nitin Desai, action by Mahendra Varma, dialogue by K.K. Singh, editing by V.N. Mayekar, sound by Rajendra egde are the other credits. Sagoon Wagh is the executive producer.

K Raghavendra Rao to direct Govinda
Producer GA Seshagiri Rao has signed Govinda to play the lead role in his Padmalaya’s next film which is being directed by K Raghavendra Rao. The film went on the floors on March 11 at Padmalaya Studios, Hyderabad with the regular shooting. Other casts and credits of the film are being finalised.

Pyaasa marches ahead
Producer Ramesh Sharma and director A Muthu commenced another month-long shooting spell from March 11 for Triple Aar Movies’ Pyaasa on a huge set erected at Kamalistan Studios and other Mumbai locales. Three songs and many other romantic, dramatic, emotional and other thrilling scenes are being canned. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Yukta Mookhey, Sayed Zulfi, Govind Namdeo, Anang Desai, Sanjay Narvekar, Smita Jaykar, Arif Zakaria, Akhilendra Mishra and Mukesh Tiwari. Based on a story by Ikram Akhtar, it has screenplay by Sanjeev Duggal, dialogue by Tanveer Khan, cinematography by Harmeet Singh, action by Bhiku Verma and Pappu Verma, dances by BH Tharun Kumar, sound by Jagmohan Anand, lyrics by Faaiz Anwar and music by Sanjeev-Darshan.

Ajay-Amisha starrer Parwana
Producer-director Deepak Bahry held another week-long shooting stint from March 18 at A to Z Market, Kandivali and Jai Hind Oil Mills, Bhandup and other locales of Mumbai for their Bahry Films’ Parwana. Many romantic, dramatic, thrilling and dynamic scenes were canned. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Amisha Patel, Namrata Shirodkar, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Sayaji Shinde, Vivek Shaque, Bobby Saini, Kader Khan and Danny Denzongpa. Based on a story-screenplay by Rajeev Kaul and Praful Parekh, it has dialogue by Tanveer Khan, cinematography by Damodar Naidu, art by Bijon Das Gupta, action by Veeru Devgan, sound by Chotu Bhai, editing by Naseer Khan, lyrics by Sameer and music by Sanjeev Darshan. Imran Gilani is the production executive.

Spell for Salman-Shilpa starrer
A 12-day shooting stint for producer Bubby Kent and director KS Adhiyaman’s, Karishma International’s Prod. No. 7 was concluded on March 8 on a massive set erected at Filmistan Studios, Savera Studios, Hotel Centaur (domestic airport) and other locales of Mumbai. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty and others. Based on a story KS Adhiyaman himself, the film has screenplay-dialogue by Rumi Jaffrey, cinematography by WB Rao, action by Mahendra Varma, art by R Varman, sound by Ijaz Ahmed and editing by DN Naik. Ajay Paul is the executive producer and Lucky Sharma is the co-ordinating producer of the film. The film is now 75 per cent complete. It’s a Bharatbhai Shah’s presentation.

Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Producer TP Aggarwal and Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. Bharat Bhagya Vidhata completed a month-long shooting schedule at actual locales of Delhi. For the first time, a film was shot at Tihar jail amongst real convicts. In this spell many romantic, dramatic, thrilling and hair-raising scenes were canned on the entire starcast. Being directed by Osho Raja, the film stars Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Prada, Chandrachur Singh, Puru Raj Kumar, Shadaab Khan, Satish Shah, Rakesh Bedi, Tom Alter, Shiva, Upasna Singh and Gulshan Grover. Vikram Aditya, Rinku and Asha Saini are being introduced in the romantic leads. Screenplay by Aziz Burni and Lawrence John, dialogue by Lawrence John, cinematography by Nadeem Khan, choreography by Jojo Khan, action by Babbu R Khanna, art by Sunil Singh, sound by Jagmohan Anand, editing by Sunder Moolya, lyrics by Mehboob and music by Hriju Ray are the other credits.

Yeh Mohabbat Hai
Director Umesh Mehra completed a seven-day shooting schedule Cine Vista Eagal Plus Media (P) Ltd. Yeh Mohabbat Hai recently in Mumbai. Many scenes including action scenes were picturised at Film City and Essel Studios featuring all the artists. Being produced by Prem Kishan, Sunil Mehra and Umesh Mehra, the film stars Akanksha, Rahul Bhatt, Nasir Khan, Mohini Sharma, Danny, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Mohnish Bahl, Rakesh Bedi, Anjana Mumtaz and Gurbachan. Written by Umesh Mehra, R Talukdar and M Zaveri, it has music by Anand Raj Anand, lyrics by Dev Kohli, cinematography by S Pappu, choreography by Bhusan Lakhandri, action by Kammu and Ravi. Vijay Mehra is the executive producer.