PRODUCTION NEWS

 PRODUCTION NEWS

CHAMPAK BANNERJI RECORDS  ALL SONGS

 Writer-producer-director Champak Bannerji has recorded all the seven songs for Champak Bannerji Productions' Kashish-The Passion Of Love in the voices of Udit Narayan, Javed Ali, Sapna Awasthi and others. Music: Durga Natraj. The film will go on the floors shortly after the finalisation of its cast and other credits.

 

SHAHRUKH KHAN READS SCRIPT OF CHAMPAK BANNERJI's NEXT

 Superstar Shahrukh Khan has read and appreciated the script of writer-director Champak Bannerji's next, tentatively titled JUDGEMENT-THE FINAL VERDICT. According to Champak Bannerji who has won the Best Short Film Award of Shrishti Chakra at the last Goa Film Festival for his engrossing film on Global Warming:" Shahrukh Khan was mighty pleased with the script. Let's see what he says in the next meeting. I am going to complete my film KASHISH-THE PASSION OF LOVE this year and will wait for Shahrukh Khan's decision."

 

RAZA MURAD  PLAYS SHAHJEHAN, AURANGZEB ,JEHANGEER AND AKBAR

 

 Veteran actor Raza Murad is the only actor of Bollywood wo has played all the legendary  KIng and emperor characters of Indian History viz. Shahjehan in the serial VEER SHIVAJI , telecast on COLORS, Aurangzeb in veteran actor and producer Ramesh Deo's SARJA (Marathi), Jehangeer in producer-director -actor Sanjay Khan's 1857, telecast on DD 1 and Akbar in the serial TANSEN, telecast on DD1.All these Kings belong to the four generations in a single family ! Raza Murad's hypnotic voice, his majestic presence and his all round qualities of the gentleman actor with an amazing sense of humour made him the popular choice of the serial and filmmakers for these roles. Raza Murad continues to act in films and  serials and  also has the unique record of being the only actor who has been shooting almost every day since the last four decades eversince he made the dramatic presence of a 'shaayer' in Hrishikesh Mukherji's NAMAK HARAAM which was followed by director Mohan Bhakri's Punjabi film LACHHI  where he played the full-fledged villain for the first time and since then hasnt looked back.

 

TEJASWINI PANDIT PLAYS SAVITRIBAI PHULE

 Tejaswini Pandit who appeared in the Marathi hit MEE SINDHUTAI SAKPAL has been signed to play the title role of Savitribai Phule in  Cine Vision Arts' KRANTI JYOTI SAVITRI BAI PHULE ( in English and Marathi). Sameer Dharmadhakiri plays the role of Jyotiba Rao Phule, husband of Savitribai who was the first Indian woman teacher from Maharashtra and who created a revolution for women's emancipation. The film is being written,produced and directed by S.K. Sha Latta and will go on the floors in the mid-week of May at Chandivali Studiuos with a non-stop 20 day shooting stint. Associate producer: Mahesh Chandra Verma. Associate writer and associate director: Baba Saheb Saudagar. Labs: Prasad Labs.

 

TERE KHAYALON MEIN TO ROLL

 Cine Vision Arts' TERE KHAYALON MEIN will go on the floors in the first week of June in Mumbai locales with a 20-day shooting stint. The film, written,produced and directed by S.K. Sha Latta has music by Gautam Das Gupta who has recorded three songs in the voice of babul Supriyo. Lyrics: A.K. Shukla, Nityanand and Tushaar. The cast and other credits of the film are being finalised.Labs: Prasad Labs.

 

SATYA SAI BABA PROGRESSES

  Producer Balkishan Shrivastav and director Vicky Ranawat will commence the third shooting stint of A One Cine Vision's SATYA SAI BABA from 14th April till 20th April at various locales of Mumbai and Madh Island. Govind Namdev, Gargi Patel, Azaan Ali ( as Junior Satya Sai Baba) alongwith a crowd of 200 will take part in this stint. The film's main cast is headed by Anup Jalota who plays the title role of Sata Sai Baba alongwith Jackie Shroff, Aryan Vaid,Saadhika Randhawa, Sanjeevani Gupta,Zakir Husain,Raaj Premi, Sikander,Murli Sharma,Shakti Kapoor, Aroon Bakshi,Mushtaque Khan,Shashi Sharma,Shashi Kiran,Ashok Bhatia,Babban Gholap (Nanajee) and Sudhir Dalvi ( as Shirdi Ke Sai Baba).Writer: S. Sachinder. Lyrics: Sudhakar Sharma. Music: Chander Makwana and Aanchal Talesera.Singers: Anup Jalota, Sukhwinder and Kumar Sanu. DOP: S. Pappu. Atman Films ( Nanajee) presents the film which is 40% complete.

 

1857-TATYA TOPE TO ROLL

 

Cine Vision Arts' 18657 TATYA TOPE ( in English, Hindi, Marathi, Tami and Telugu) will roll on the floors on August 18th at Film City, Goregaon with a grand mahurat and 15-day shooting stint. the film is being written,[produced and directed by S.K. Sha Latta. Dances: Saroj Khan. Music: Bappi Lahiri. DoP: Nazir Khan. Dr. Amol Kole plays the title role of Tatya Tope in this mammoth historical. The cast and other credits of the film are being finalised.  Lab: Prasad Labs.