Aditi Gowitrikar in Mukt
Writer-producer-director Adeep Singh has signed Aditi Gowitrikar to play the female lead opposite Rahul Dev in his A Deep Entertainment’s Mukt. She also participated in the on-going non-stop marathon shooting spell from October 21 on a huge basti set erected on the expanse of Rahul Pada, Dahisar wherein two songs and romantic, dramatic, emotional and action scenes are being canned on the entire starcast. Introducing Rocky Khanna and Karan Anand, the film also stars Namrata Shirodkar, Seema Biswas, Iqbal Azad, Anupam, Shyam, Sanjay Gandhi and Sayaji Shinde with Mayuri Kango in a special appearance. One more heroine is under finalisation. Earlier five songs of the film were recorded in the voices of Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamoorthy, Jaspinder Narula, Roop Kumar Rathod, Mohit Chauhan of Silk Route fame and Naeem Ajmeri. An Mohan Chabria’s Fairdeal Multimedia presentation, it has cinematography by MS Prabhu, action by Raam Shetty, choreography by Ganesh Acharya, art by Sheetal and Shailesh, sound by Jeetendra Chaudhary, editing by Imran Khan, lyrics by Asad Ajmeri, Prasoon Joshi and Shaab Allahabadi and music by Rajendra Liyakat. With the conclusion of this spell, the entire shooting of the film will be completed.

Raj Kanwar directs
Sanjay-Karisma-Ajay
Director Raj Kanwar is to direct producer Suraj Prakash’s new mega venture, Maa Sherawali Production’s Prod. No. 3. The film stars Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan together for the first time with Karisma Kapoor in the female lead. Being written by Robin Bhatt and Shyam Goel, it has dialogue by Rumi Jaffery, lyrics by Sameer and music by Anu Malik. The shooting of the film will commence from January 6, 2001.

Ajit Dewani turns producer
Star business manager Ajit Dewani joins hands with producer Suraj Prakash to produce Kareena Sana Combines Prod. No. 2 which will be jointly directed by Glen-Ankush. Starrin Aftab Shivadasani and Preity Zinta in the romantic lead, the film has lyrics by Sameer and Ibrahim Ashq and music by Viju Shah. The shooting of the film will commence from January 2001 and is scheduled to be completed in six months.

Dushmani to roll in January
Suraj Prakash’s Dushmani will mount the sets on January 3, 2001, with a non-stop shooting spell till January 30. Produced by Manoj Chaturvedi and Ajit Singh and directed by Imran Khalid, the film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Faisal Khan, Rajat Bedi, Puru Raj Kumar and Ashim Bhalla. Two more heroines are under finalisation. Written by Miraq Mirza, it has cinematography by Lenin Xavier, and music by Nikhil-Vinay. The film is scheduled for April 2001 release all over.

Faisal-Rajat-Ashima starrer
Kaaboo launched
Producer-director Vicky Ranawat’s Kushi Film’s Kaaboo mounted the sets on November 12. The film stars Faisal Khan, Rajat Bedi and Ashima Bhalla. Being written by S Sachindra, it has cinematography by Nasir Khan, action by Heera Singh, choreography by Ricky-James, art by Ranga, editing by Kuku and Cukoo, lyrics by Naqsh Layallpuri and music by Anchal Talesara.

Sudhakar Bokade launches 3 films
Sudhkar Bokade who in ten years made more than 14 films is now back and is launching three films simultaneously, with three aspiring and new directors; Ajay Chandok, BB Mukherjee and Pravin Karle. These films will be produced by his son Krishna Bokade under the banner of Bokade Films and Software Pvt. Ltd. The lyrics of all the films are penned by Sameer and are set to tune by music directors Nadeem-Shravan, Anu Malik and Aadesh Srivastava. Big starcast and other top credits are finalised for all the films. The films will mount the sets shortly.

Chandni Bar nearing completion
Producer Mrs. R Mohan and writer-director Madhur Bhandarkar concluded a week-long shooting spell for their Shlok Films’ Chandni Bar on November 6 wherein many emotional and action scenes were canned at Khalsa College, Versova, Dharavi, Haji Ali, Cooper Hospital and other Mumbai locales. Meanwhile Harish Shetty has been signed to provide action for the film. The film stars Tabu, Atul Kulkarni, Sri Vallabh Vyas, Rajpal Yadav, Vinay Apte, Abhay Bhargav, Varun Vardhan, Ananya, Dev Ashish Shedge, Manish Mehta and Suhas Palsekar. The film has screenplay by Mohan Azad, dialogue by Masood Mirza, cinematographer Rajeev Rai, choreography by Kishore Oreskar and art by Prasanna and Yashwant Patil. The film is fast heading towards completion.

Border Hindustan Ka in Pune
Producer HS Taneja commenced a ten-day shooting spell for his Jayshree Productions’ Border Hindustan Ka from November 9 at various exotic locales of Mumbai wherein many romantic, dramatic and action scenes are being canned on the entire starcast. The film stars Faisal Khan, Rajat Bedi, Aditya Pancholi, Priya Gill, Mink, Ashish Vidyarthi, Dalip Tahil, Mushtaq Khan, Dara Singh and Sudesh Berry. Being directed by debutante Yogesh Bhardwaj, the film is written by S Sachindra and has cinematography by Karim Khatri, action by Prem Sharma, choreography by Saroj Khan and Ricky James, art by Ashok Samant, sound by Buta Singh, editing by Sanjay Sharma, lyrics by Tahir Ambalvi and music by Dilip Kishen and Hari Kishen. With the conclusion of this spell, except for four songs, the entire shooting of the film will be complete.

Salman — Amisha shoot for MKD Films
Director David Dhawan will commence another 20-d ay marathon shooting schedule for MKD Films’ Prod. No. 6 on November 16 at Kamal Anrohi Studios. After shooting here for four days, the unit will move to Delhi for 12 days to shoot at different locales. They will return to Mumbai to picturise a romantic duet on Salman Khan and Amisha Patel at Famous Studios from December 1 to 5. The film also stars Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Rinke Khanna, Sharad Kapoor, Kadar Khan, Kiran Kumar, Shahbaaz Khan, Master Ajay Nagrath and Anupam Kher. Being produced by Kanchan Ketan Desai, the film has story-screenplay by Yunus Sajawal Imtiaz Patel, dialogue by Rumy Jaffrey, cinematography by KS Prakash Rao, art by R Varman, action by Mahendra Varma and sound by Vinod Potdar. Ketan Manmohan Desai is the co-producer and Prakash Pange is the executive producer. It is a Manmohan Desai presentation.