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Ram Gopal Verma To Direct An English Film?

Ram Gopal Verma the man who does not hesitate to step into unexplored territories is at it again. We hear that Ramu is now going to direct an English film. While not much is known about the project it may well be titled ‘Within’, the cast and credit of which is still at planning stage.

 

 

VAT Collides ‘Rang De Basanti’

While most of India has come to a standstill due to the 3-day VAT (Value Added Tax) strike, it did not stop Amir from going about his work and that too in the heart of India´s capital New Delhi (one of the worst hit). Wearing light moss coloured t-shirt and light khaki trousers Amir looked cool in Delhi heat and shot for a few important sequences of his upcoming ‘Rang De Basanti’ at the historic India Gate last Thursday, much to the excitement of the holiday crowd lolling in the India Gate lawns nearby.

 

Naseer Shoots In Lahore For ‘Khuda Ke Liye’ ?

Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, paid a secret three day  visit to Lahore to shoot for a feature film, ‘Khuda Ke Liye’. According to the ‘Daily Times’, Shah visited Lahore on March 11 and stayed in the city for three days before flying back to Delhi on March 15. Shah is playing the role of a religious scholar in the film, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor, and shot in Pakistan, England and America.

 

Preity Joins Salman And Akshay In Sajid’s Next

Preity Zinta teams up with Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in Sajid Nadiadwala’s next to be directed by Shirish Kunder. The movie was supposed to have commenced in London from April and release around Diwali this year but Salman had to allocate bulk dates to his Hollywood venture ‘Marigold’ and so the project will be delayed. Incidently, while Salman and Preity have acted together in many successful projects together, this will only be the second time after Tanuja Chandra’s ‘Sangharsh’, that Akshay and Preity will come together.

 

‘Kisna’ In A New Avtar

Despite the disastrous fate of ‘Kisna’, Subhash Ghai is now preparing its English version for release abroad. The filmmaker is currently busy with the editing, dubbing and mixing of the International version which will be far shorter than the Hindi one. With a running time of just 100 minutes, the English film will have two songs - the title track and ‘Chilman’, picturised on Sushmita Sen. So satisfied is Ghai with the edited and abridged version that he actually professes that every filmmaker should, as a learning exercise, re-edit his film soon after release, for himself. "It’s an experience in itself," says the showman, adding, "You often realise, how many unnecessary scenes you had retained in the released version."

 

Sunny’s ‘Prithviraj’ To Be Announced By Month End

Macho man Sunny Deol, who is on high these days as his upcoming ‘Jo Bole So Nihaal’, has shaped up quite well and that too after all the baseless rumors about the movie kept on floating and one fine day much to the shock of ‘Jo Bole So Nihaal’ detractors, the news emerged that the movie was complete ! Talking to the media Sunny made it clear that irrespective of whoever else is making a film on ‘Prithviraj’, his version of the film will be announced by this month end and will be directed by ‘Pinjar’ famed director Chandra Prakash Diwedi.

 

‘Tango Charlie’ Release Blues, ‘D’ on April 15

Rumors are rife that ‘Tango Charlie’ may have some new distributors  or in extreme case may even be postponed, as in some territories  (specially East Punjab and Delhi-U.P.), the distributors are keen on an April release date because Indo-Pak cricket and board exams (in many states) have resulted in pathetic openings/collections for many of the new releases post ‘Bewafaa’. A representative of the Delhi-U.P. distributor was in Bombay on March 11 to discuss the matters but a final solution could not be arrived at. ‘Tango Charlie’ is scheduled to release on March 25 and with the producer sticking to his guns, there are bound to be some interesting developments. Meanwhile Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘D’ (a prequel to ‘Campany’), has a tentative release date of April 15 along with ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’.