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REMIX NUMBER FOR 'KHAFFA' Music director Daboo I. Malik recorded a remix song for Starriders' KHAFFA on November 8. Daboo rendered the song himself. Produced by Hema Dalip Handa and directed by Devang Dholakia, the film stars Jimmy Shergill, Kim Sharma, Hrishitaa Bhatt and introduces Rahul Handa. 'EK MAIN EK TUM' FIRST COPY OUT The first copy of Vishal Entertainment Corporation's EK MAIN EK TUM is out. Produced-directed by Deepak Bengani, it stars Rahul Raj, Chahat Khanna, Kiran Bhatia, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Rana Jung Bahadur, Ravi Gosai, Priya Arya, Sumit and Aditya. Music: Bali Brahmbhatt and Rais Bhartia. 'EIK DASTTAK' IS 80% COMPLETE Sea Studios' first venture EIK DASTTAK is 80% complete. Cast: Vasundhara Das, Narendra Jha, Amith Behll, Murli Sharma, Shrreya Narayan, Vineet Kumar, Yatin Karyekar and Lilliput. Writer-director: Shekhar S. Jha. Music: Sukhwinder Singh. 'NAARI' EDITING BEGINS The final editing of A.C.P. Films' NAARI – THE GREAT began from November 7 at J.S. Edits. The talkie portions have been completed. Only two songs remain to be picturized. Cast: Yogesh Mahajan, Binny Bannerjee, Sameep Kang, Sangeeta Roy, Beena, Asrani, Smita Jaykar, Bharat Kapoor, Manmauji, Pinky Chinoy and Alok Nath. Producer: Ashok C. Patil Writer-director: Mahendra Belekar. Music: M.M. Burman. 'ANJAANE' RELEASING ON DEC. 30 Rishi Films International's ANJAANE – THE UNKNOWN is releasing on December 30. Produced by Dr. Anil Mehta and Mrs. Sneh Mehta and written-directed by Harryy W. Fernaandes, the film stars Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Kapoor, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Helen, Ranjeeta, Mushtaq Khan, Atul Parchure, Pramod Moutho, Daisy Irani, Baby Tanwigauri and Master Akshay. Music: Himesh Reshammiya. 'RAFTA RAFTA' POST-PRODN. ENDS The entire post-production work of producer Madhusudan Mehta and presenter G. Chandrashekhar Rao's RAFTA RAFTA – THE SPEED has been completed and the first print will be out on November 20. Cast: Sameer Dharmadhikari, Urmila Rao, Viraj Kumar, Monica, Asha Sachdev, Sheetal Bedi, Pushpa Verma, Shakti Singh, Brownie Parashar, Javed Sheikh, Shakti Kapoor, Mumait Khan, Shahbaaz Khan and Rahul Roy. Director: Raj Sharma. Music: Sen Bros. 'FAMILY' BACKGROUND SCORE Director Rajkumar Santoshi and music director Ram Sampat have completed recording the background music for producer Keshu and A.B. Corporation Ltd.'s FAMILY – TIES OF BLOOD. Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, new-find Aryeman, Shernaz Patel, Bhavana, Ashok Samarth, Vivek Madan, Arjun Raj Nirula, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunil Grover, Sanjay Singh, Sushant Singh, Anjan Srivastava, Gulshan Grover, Raza Murad and Kader Khan. 'PEECHHA' DUBBING ENDS Bobby Khan, Neelam Rajput, Rinky Ali, Kiran Kumar, Tinnu Anand, Dinesh Hingoo and Mubin Shaikh completed their dubbing for M.M.M. Movies' PEECHHA at Sneha Dubbing on November 11. The balance post-production work will be completed on November 25 and the first copy should be out in the first week of December. Producer: Mubin Shaikh. Director: Irfan Choudhary. Music: Vikram Shabab and John Hunt. 'KAAFILA' IS 75% COMPLETE After completing a 40-day shoot in Bulgaria, Mannerism Films P. Ltd.'s KAAFILA has now concluded another marathon schedule of 35 days in Manali and Ladakh. The film, at present 75% complete, stars Sunny Deol, Ammtoje Mann, Sudesh Berry, Sameep Kang, Paramveer, Tony Sandhu, Ashish Duggal, Chandan Anand, Girish Jain, Sachin Parekh, Arun Kadam, Anil Yadav, Jayanta Das, Anand Mishra, Satish Sharma, Sardar Sohi, Manish Kabir Sahney and Pakistani actress Sana Nawaz. Writer-director: Ammtoje Maan Music: Sukhwinder Singh. The film is slated for May 2006 release. 'TOM DICK HARRY' SHOOTING COMPLETED Oracle Entertainment P. Ltd.'s TOM DICK HARRY is now complete. The film is in its post-production stages. Directed by Deepak Tijori and produced by Avinash and Surendra Bhatia, the film stars Dino Morea, Jimmy Shergill, Anuj Saawhney, Celina Jaitley, Kim Sharma, Shakti Kapoor, Avtar Gill, Kunika, Rakesh Bedi and Gulshan Grover. Associate producer: Sudhir Kumar. Executive producer: Narsingh Rajput. 'YUN HOTA TO KYA HOTA… WHAT IF?' 15-DAY STINT After completing a marathon schedule in New York, producer Shabbir Boxwala and director Naseeruddin Shah will begin a 15-day schedule of YUN HOTA TO KYA HOTA… WHAT IF? from November 10 in Mumbai. Presented by Anil Samani, the film stars Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Karan Khanna, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ayesha Takia, Ratna Pathak Shah, Ravi Baswani, Tinnu Anand, Sameer Sheikh, Shahana Goswami, Ankur Khanna, Suhasini Mulay, Boman Irani and Paresh Rawal. The film also marks the acting debut of Imaad Shah and ace choreographer Saroj Khan. Music: Viju Shah. 'ZINDA' RELEASING ON JAN. 12 White Feather Films' ZINDA, produced-directed by Sanjay Gupta, is all set for release on January 12. The release date has been chosen keeping in mind the various festivals of Bakr-Eid and Makarsankranti falling in the same week. Keeping in line with all White Feather releases [KAANTE, MUSAFIR], all of which had grand releases, preparations are in full swing to make the ZINDA release a grand affair with multiple premiers being planned all across with various corporate and brand tie-ups being put into place. Presented by Nitin Manmohan and Sanjay Dutt and produced under the banner of White Feather Films P. Ltd., ZINDA stars Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Mahesh Manjerekar and Celina Jaitley. Music: Vishal-Shekhar, Strings and Shibani Kashyap.
'PEHLI NAZAR' LAUNCHED Jabeen International's PEHLI NAZAR was launched on November 9 at Sana Music with the recording of its first song. Tuned by Ali-Ghani and penned by Nawab Arzoo, it was rendered by Shaan and Pamela Jain. Cast: Divvij Kak, Sweety Chhabra, Arbaaz Ali, Ehsan Khan, Yunus Perwaiz, Vikas Anand, Dinesh Hingoo, Brijesh Tiwari, Duggal Raja and Ayub Khan. Producer: Jabeen Kak. Director: Arshad Khan. Cinematography: Shakil Ansari. Writer: Armaan Shahabi. Editor: Suresh Chaturvedi. Action: Ram Shetty. Lyrics: Nawab Arzoo and Shakil Azmi. A 10-day schedule will begin from November 12 [today] in Mumbai. 'DESHI MAAL, KARE KAMAAL' Tilakraj Films' DESHI MAAL, KARE KAMAAL will roll on November 15 with a 10-day schedule in Mumbai. Producer-director: Tilakraj. Music: Aman. Lyrics: Govardhan Rajasthani. Satish Khurana plays the main lead. 'TERA NASHA' ANNOUNCED Producer Mubin Shaikh [of PEECHHA] has announced M.M.M. Movies' TERA NASHA. The cast is being finalized.
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