EDITING

Mera Haque
The final editing of A.V. Creation International’s Mera Haque began on January 11 at Prakash Mehra’s editing room in Hotel Kings, Juhu. The balance post-production work of the film will be completed on January 25. Being produced by Akbar Khan, Vinita Bhagat and Ahmed Ali and directed by Papu Bahruz, the film stars Amit Pachori, Sapna, Aman Sagar, Kishore Bhanushali, Ankush Mohit, Surekha, Anil Nagrath, Aarti Patkar, Deepiksha, Baby Shrishti and Kiran Kumar. Written by Malhar Singh, the film has lyrics and music by Ravi Chopra, cinematography by Manish-Jehangeer, choreography by Bobby, action by Suresh Rao and art by Ashok Samanta.

Raat Ka Doosra Paher
The editing work of Havoc Films’ Raat Ka Doosra Paher began on January 8 at Sangam Editing Room. The balance post-production work of the film will be completed on January 30 and the first print will be out on February 5. The film, produced by Razzak Khan and Zubair Chauhand, stars Soniya Khan, Sharmila Shetty, Heena Rajput, Arshad Ansari, Nisha Khan, Sameer Nanavati, Kishore Bhanushali, Birbal, Salil Sudhakar, Geeta Nishaad, Shakeela Majid, Ashwin Kaushal, Arun Mathur, Mahesh Raaj, Hemant Birje, Kiran Kumar and Razzak Khan. Story by Razzak Khan, screenplay-dialogue by Ashok Jabalpuri, lyrics by Ayub Siddique and Nayyar Jounpuri, music by Navin Kumar, cinematography by Dinesh K. Thakkar, choreography by Mahesh Kumar and Dinesh Balraj and editing by Rajender Singh are the major credits. Hanif Darvesh presents the film.

Saugandh Geeta Ki
The final editing of Trishna Arts’ Saugandh Geeta Ki began on January 10 at Prakash Kothare’s editing room. The film is produced by Chandni Gupta and Avinash and directed by Willy-Raja, and stars Dharmendra, Hemant Birje, Lalitesh, Vijay Gupta, Anil Nagrath, Poonam Dasgupta, Ishrat Ali, Anjali Kashmira, Pinky Chinoy and Mahesh Raaj. Written by Siddique Durrani, it has cinematography by Shyamal Chakravorty and music by Sourabh. It is presented by Khazanchi Gupta.


LAUNCHED

Great Target
Shreeman Films’ maiden film Great Target was launched with non-stop shooting schedule, at Mohan Studios (one of the oldest studios in Mumbai), on January 9. Lead pair Pramod Anand, Ashima Bhalla and Pinky Chinoy faced the camera for the inaugural shot, while veteran actor Biswajeet sounded the clapper board and Kulbhushan Gupta switched on the camera. Dharmendra plays key role in the film which also stars Nirmal Pandey, Kiran Kumar, Harish Patel, Charlie and Vidya Sinha in important roles. Being produced by Dr Rajiv Ranjan Singh and jointly directed by Jeet and Rajiv, it has music by Ghulam Ali and Chander who had already recorded six songs penned by Rajiv Ranjan, cinematography by Hasmukh Rajput, story by Saroor Lakhnowi, screenplay-dialogue by Harsh Krishnatrey, action by Ilias Shaikh, art by Mahender, choreography by Gopal and editing by Jeet.

Apsara
Writer-producer-director Rajesh Mittal and Nirmala Movies’ Apsara was launched on January 8 at Essel Studios followed by a 12-day shooting stint at Film City, Surve Farm and Khandala locales. Raza Murad sounded the clap for the muhurt shot and newfind Sucheeta (in title role) and Anil Dhawan faced the camera. The film also stars Aslam Javed, Mac Mohan, Shail Chaturvedi, Anil Nagrath, Ramesh Tiwari, Ali Khan, Kiran Amroo, KK Sharma, Sheetal and Raza Murad. It has cinematography by Aroop Hazra, music by Arvind Kishan Raaj, action by Yusuf Khan, choreography by Meera-Raju and editing by Subbiraaj.

Hunterwali
Hunterwali was launched on January 9 at Essel Studios. It was followed by a ten-day shooting schedule at Basra Studios, Film City, China Creek, Bassein Fort and Khandala locles. Raza Murad sounded the clapper-board for the muhurt shot and Satnam Kaur (playing the title role) and Anil Nagrath faced the camera. The film also stars Dinesh, Mac Mohan, Rohit Raj, Ramesh Goyal, Jeetendra Shrimalee, Menka, Pooja Khan and Raza Murad. The film is being written and directed by R Mittal and has music by Prem Kumar Sharma, cinematography by Arron Hazra, action by Yusuf Khan and editing by Subbiraaj.

Ang Se Ang Laga Le
Deepak Arts Movies’ Ang Se Ang Laga Le was launched with the recording of a song on January 14 in Mumbai. The film is being produced by Sanjay Ahuja and written by Anand Dehelvi and KL Ahuja and has music by Surendra Kohli and cinematography by Harish Chaudhary. It stars Amit Kapoor.

SIGNED

Kaaboo
Producer-director Vicky Ranawat has signed super model Miss Gladrags ’98 — Tora Khasgir opposite Rajat Bedi for his Khusi Films’ Kaaboo. She also participated in a five-day shooting stint from January 4 at Madh Island, Lokhandwala Complex and other locales of Mumbai. The film also stars Faisal Khan, Nirmal Pandey, Alok Nath, newfind Priyanka Mehta, Mushtaq Khan, Virendra Saxena, Mahesh Joshi (Congress Minister of Rajasthan State) with Sayaji Shinde and Govind Namdeo. Two more heroes and heroines are under finalisation. Being written by S Sachindra, the film has cinematography by Naseer Khan, action by Heera Singh, choreography by Ricky-James, art by Ranga, sound by Yaseen Khan, editing by Kuku and Cuckoo, lyrics by Naqsh Lyalpuri and music by Anchal Talesara.

Dil Se Teri Yaad Na Jaye
Purvee, Mahesh Raaj and Tara Sharma have been added to the cast of Sai Leela Productions’ Dil Se Teri Yaad Na Jaye. They participated alongwith Raajeev Raaj, newfind Meghna, Ranjeet, Yunuz Parwaiz, Dinesh Hingoo, Aarif Khan, Devraaj, Babban Yadav and Raza Murad. A four-day shooting stint of the film was held at Basra Studios, MBC Studios and locales of Mumbai. Written-produced by lyricist Naim Singh, the film has cinematography and direction by Anil Dhanda, music by Chandrama Chandrahi, art by Amrik Singh and action by Darshan Singh. Mrs. Latika presents the film which is now 80 per cent complete.

FIRST COPY

Ek Raaz Mere Dil Mein Hai
Mixing of Cine Deep Productions’ Ek Raaz Mere Dil Mein Hai was completed on January 12 at Sight-N-Sound. The first copy of the film will be out on January 20 and it is being released in February all over. Produced and directed by Surinder Malhotra, it stars Jay Thakur, Sanjeevna Gupta, Anu Kashyap, Sapna, Priya Kadam, Mac Mohan, Madhoo Bharti, Mahesh Raaj, Dinesh Hingoo, Rana Jung Bahadur, Raju Shrivastava, Ynus Parwaiz, Ankush Mohit, Surednra Pal and Ranjeet. Written by Dr. Balkishan Mauj, it has music by Gunwant Raaj, lyrics by Kaivalya Shah and Soz Lyalpuri and cinematography by Rajan Lyallpuri.


ANNOUNCED

Chunariya
Producer-director Balvinder Sandhu announced B.S. Films’ Prod. No.3 titled Chunariya recently. The film has story, dialogue and lyrics by Sudhakar Sharma and screenplay by Dilip Raj. The cast and other credits of the film are being finalised.


COMPLETE

Meri Dhoti Tera Ghagra
Writer-producer-director and hero Yogendra Konkar and Saryu Arts’ Meri Dhoti Tera Ghagra is now complete after a five-day shooting stint held from January 7 till 11 at Madh Island, Film City and on locales of Mumbai. Three songs and the entire talkie portion of the film were picturised on Yogendra Konkar, Satnam Kaur, Anamika and Hitesh Sampat. It has cinematography by Patni Bros, music by Satish Naik and choreography by Dilip Khanna.

Thakur
Mixing of N.D.R. Productions’ Thakur was completed on January 10 at Anand. The first print of the film was out on January 18. The film is produced by Dinesh Mohnot, Rakesh Mohnot and Gaurav Mohnot and directed by JC Jain, Naresh Mohnot presents it. It stars Dharmendra, Yamini, Kumar Raaj, Hemant Birje, Raza Murad, Bharat Kapoor, Gurbachan, Birbal, Mahesh Raaj, Madhoo Tyagi, Neelam, Shehnaz, Sudha Kapoor and Indu Sharma. Written by Ravi Bhooshan, it has music by Babu Kishan, cinematography by Manish Jehangeer, action by Darshan Singh and editing by Prakash Kothare.


SHOOTING

Dushmani
The entire unit of Suraj Prakash’s, Kareena Sanah Combines’, Dushmani left for Coimbatore on January 1 for a 15-day shooting stint. Thereafter, the unit left for Hyderabad on January 16 for a further non-stop shooting spell. The entire shooting including the songs will be concluded in the on-going schedule. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Faisal Khan, Munish Kohli, Puru Raj Kumar, Arbaaz Ali Khan, Roshni Jaffrey, Mahi Vij, Sonia Agarwal, Jyoti Rana, Hemant Birje, Tej Sapru, Shiva, Ishrat Ali, Arjun and Raj Babbar. Jointly produced by Manoj Chaturvedi and Ajit Singh and directed by Imran Khalid, the film, written by Meeraq Mirza, has cinematography by Lenin Xavier, action by Hanif, choreography by Bhupi and Habiba, art by Naeem Khan, sound by Banne Khan, editing by Sanjay Sankla, lyrics by Vinay Bihari and Jyoti Naidu and music by Nikhil-Vinay.


Aandhi Aur Toofan
The last five-day shooting stint of Manav Enterprises’ Aandhi Aur Toofan began on January 15 at Chandivali Studios, Basein Fort and on locales of Mumbai. One song and climax scenes was picturised on Dharmendra, Nirmal Pandey (in a double role), newfind Preeti Bhutani, Sanjeevni, Hemant Birje, Rajesh Rajan, G Harish Kumar, Kulbir Kaur, Pushpa Verma, Pinky Chinoy and Sadashiv Amarapurkar. Being produced by Ashok Saraswat, the film has story and direction by S.R. Pratap. Written by Khaleed Jameel, the film has cinematography by Hira Saroj, lyrics by Ravi Chopra, music by Amod Bhatt, choreography by Agnes Hamilton and editing by K Rafiq. VB Saxena Moradabadi is the executive producer and Peter Almeida is the co-producer. George Albert. D’Cruz presents the film.


READY

Jagira
V4U Movies’ Jagira has been issued censorship certificate by the censors. The film is slated for February 2 release all over. Starring Dharmendra, Irfan Kamal, Pinky, Hemant Birje, Shahbaaz Khan, Dinesh Hingoo, Anil Nagrath, Razzak Khan, Kiran Kumar and Shakti Kapoor, the film is being directed by Kanti Shah. Written by Basheer Babbar, it has cinematography by Dilip Dey, action by S Aslam, choreography by Raju Naidu, art by Sayed Dawood Sayed, lyrics and music by Sawan Kumar Sawan. It’s a Jyoti Pictures’ presentation.

REGIONAL
Kunkuwacha Karanda
Producer Shivaji Kalekar (long time production assistant to SK Talwar, Vinod Talwar and Parto Ghosh) has turned independent producer and has announced Ambabai Pictures’ Kunkuwacha Karanda. The film is being directed by Prabhat Kumar, and has story by Shiva Kalekar, screenplay-dialogue by Ashok Kambli and cinematography by Shabbir Naik. Music director Raam Laxman recoreded all the songs in January. The film will go on the floors in Kolhapur locales.