Andar Ki Baat launched
Producer Neha Rajput and director Sanju (assistant to director Jitendra Chawla) launched their feature film Andar Ki Baat on November 18 with a five-day shooting schedule held at Nirmal, Chamatkar and Sun Villa Bungalows, Mumbai. During this spell, all the artistes including Kirti Shetty, Yamini, Amit Pachori, Kamal Malik, Sohail Khan, Ali Khan, Raza Murad, Anil Nagrath, Shiva, Johny Nirmal, Kishore Bhanushali, Jay Kalgutkar and Ishrat Ali participated. Being made under the banner of Mata Vaishno Devi Films, it has music by Sawan Kumar Sawan, action by Riyaz Sultan, script by Dilip Raut, cinematography by Salim Suma, editing by Shahzad Khan, art by Anjali Tiwari and choreography by Kauser.

Vadh complete
The entire shooting of M/s. Mega Star Vadh is now complete. Actress Sambhava has been added to the starcast of the film and one song has been picturised on her. Nana Patekar participated in the shooting and canned scenes shot in the swimming pool alongwith the remaining starcast. The dubbing will start soon. Being produced by r Dilip Dhanwaniji, the film also stars Puru Rajkumar, Anupama Varma, Meghna Kothari, Arun Bakshi and Raju Mavani with Nakul Vaid. Being written and directed by NS Raj Bharath, it has music by Vishal Shekar and lyrics by Nida Fazli .

Sanjay Dutt in Annarth
Sanjay Dutt is to make a special appearance in producer-director Ravi Dewan’s Annarth. Also starring Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Ashutosh Rana, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi, Ishrat Ali, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Johny Lever, the film has music by Anand Raaj Anand, screenplay and dialogues by Girish Dhamija, cinematography by Nirmal Jani, choreography by Saroj Khan and Ganesh Acharya, art by Nitin Desai, editing by Prashant and Vinod, sound by Jitendra Chowdhary. Annarth will be made under the banner of Suryoday Productions.

Vimal Kumar’s Aashiqui Deewaangi
Shivam Chitryas’ Aashiqui Deewaangi was launched on November 9 at Hiranadani complex and Filmalaya Studios with a five-day shooting stint. Kuku Kohli sounded the clapper-board as lead pair Karan Nath and Keerti Reddy faced the camera for the muhurat shot. The film is being produced and directed by Vimal Kumar and co-produced by Rajendra Agrawal. Written by Javed Siddiqui, it has cinematography by Rajan Kinagi, lyrics by Sameer, art by R Varman and action by Shahid. Music directors Nadeem-Shravan recorded the second song of the film at Sunny Super Sounds in the voices of Kumar Sanu and Prabha Bharti from November 20 to 22.

Nandita Das in Lal Salaam
Lal Salaam, based on a true story of a Naxalite Chandrakka, is the maiden venture of Manas Communications. Producer Sanjiv Karambelkar and director Gagan Vihari have completed the entire talkie portion of the film in a record three months non-stop shooting schedule at Igatpuri, Nasik and in villages of Garchiroli. Only two songs are to be shot in the first week of December after which the film is complete. The film stars Nandita Das, Sharad Kapoor, Sayaji Shinde, Vijay Raj, Rajpal Yadav, Akhilendra Mishra, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Makrand Deshpande. Written by Arshad Jamal, it has music by Aadesh Srivastava, cinematography by Debu Deodhar and action by Abbas.

Songs for Soch
Two songs were recorded for Zeekay Films Pvt. Ltd.s’ Soch from November 20 to 26 at Studio Blue Diamond. Penned by Sameer, they were set to tune by Jatin-Lalit. While Sonu Nigam and Richa Sharma rendered one song, Kay Kay and Kavita Krishnamoorthy lent their voice for the second number. Being produced by Dr Wijakat Kareem with Dr Mrs Surheeta Kareem as the co-producer, the film stars Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Aditi Govitrikar, Arbaaz Khan and Danny Denzongpa. Story-screenplay and direction by Sushen Bhatnagar, dialogues by Atul Tiwari, cinematography by Rajen Kothari, choreography by Rekha Chinni Prakash, editing by Umesh Gupta, audiography by Anuj Mathur action by Shahid Ali Shanu and art by Sunita Gupta are the other credits. Rizwan Ullah is the associate producer of the film which is 50 per cent complete. A major schedule will be held in December.

Udbhav sings for Aandhi Aur Toofan
Udhbav (of Mohabhattein fame) rendered two songs while Mahalaxmi Iyer and Sunidhi Chauhan rendered three songs for Manav Enterprises’ Aandhi Aur Toofan at Well Do Recording Theatre recently. Penned by Ravi Chopra, they were set to tune by Amod Bhatt. The film, now 12 reels ready, is being produced by Ashok Saraswat and directed by SR Pratap. Starring Dharmendra, Nirmal Pandey, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Hemant Birje, Sanjeevni Gupta, newfind Preeti Bhutani, Pushpa Verma, G Harish Kumar, Rajesh Raaj and Pinky Chinoy, the film is written by Khaleed Jameel, and has choreography by Agnes Hamilton and editing by K Rafiq. It is co-produced by Peter Almeida and has VB Saxena Muradabadi as the executive producer. George Albert D’Cruz presents the film.

Meri Adalat
The last four-day shooting stint of Omkar Films’ Meri Adalat was held from November 30 to December 3 at various Mumbai locales. Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Swarna, Vishal Bakshi, Megha, Rakesh Bedi, Prithvi, Raza Murad, Deepak Shirke, Anil Nagrath, Shakti Kapoor and Prem Chopra, the film is produced by Satish Shetty and directed by Hamid Ali. Written by Meeraal Mirza, it has cinematography by Vinit Sapru, action by Riyaz Sultan, choreography by Ganesh Acharya and Dolly Pop, lyrics by Rani Malik and Anwar Sagar, music by Babul Bore and editing by Bhaskar Rai.

Insaaf Ki Jung
Producers Krishna Rao and Joginder Sharma commenced the patch work shooting for Durga Productions’ Insaaf Ki Jung from December 1 at Chetna Studios and Film City wherein dramatic and talkie portions are being picturised on Ram Asra, Harish Patel, Pramod Moutho, Shraddha Sharma, Anil Nagrath, Sunil Rege, Pankaj Berry, Shiva, Tej Sapru and Arjun. The film also stars Mithun Chakravorty Suvarna, Sindhu and Deepak Shirke in stellar roles. Directed by Prakash Kapoor, the film is written by Mujee Khan, and has music by Pappu Pawan, cinematography by Damodar Naidu, editing by Gyan Sharma and lyrics by Akhtar Romani. After the current patch work shooting spell, entire shooting of the film will be complete.