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UTV backs out of John Abraham starrer Rockstar By Johnny Vaz (17 January, 2007) |
MUMBAI: The proposed film, Rockstar, starring John Abraham, has been abandoned. Producer UTV has backed out of the project, that was to be directed by Imtiaz Ali, due to some undisclosed reasons. The shooting of Rockstar was supposed to start from October 2006 and A R Rahman had been pencilled in as the music director for the film. Ali has earlier directed Socha Na Tha, which starred Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia. In the film, Abraham was to play the role of a rockstar for the first time and had already begun to take guitar classes to get a better grip on his character, say sources. "UTV is no more involved in this project and UTV and Imtiaz Ali have mutually decided not to do this movie. However, UTV would definitely wish to work with Imtiaz Ali in the future, provided he comes up with a good script," says UTV's senior vice president, marketing and communications Siddharth Roy Kapoor. |
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The full cast has been announced for the London transfer of the 12.5 million stage adaptation of Lord of the Rings. The Matthew Warchus –directed musical spectacular opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on June 19 following previews that begin May 9.
Previously announced stars include Olivier Award winner Laura Michelle Kelley (Mary Poppins), who will play Galadriel; and James Loye and Peter Howe, who originated the roles of Hobbits Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, respectively, in the Toronto world premiere. The London version, which at three hours will be 40 minutes shorter than the Toronto production, will see RSC actor Malcolm Storry, most recently seen at the National in The Royal Hunt for the Sun, take on the role of Gandalf. Michael Therriault will reprise his Dora Award-winning Toronto performance as Gollum, Jerome Pradon (Les Misrables) will play Aragorn, Richard Henders (Caroline, or Change in London) will play Merry, and Owen Sharpe will re-create Pippin, the role he originated in Toronto. Michael Rouse (The Boyfriend) will play Legolas, Svan Stephan (Guys and Dolls) will be Gimli, Steven Miller will play Boromir and Rosalie Craig will take on Arwen. Other members of the 50-strong cast include Andrew Jarvis (Elrond), Terence Frisch (Bilbo), Tim Morgan (Thoden) and Kirsty Malpass (Rosie). The J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired work received its premiere at Toronto's 2,000-seat Princess of Wales Theatre on March 23, 2006. Warchus' $27 million (Canadian), three-act production is the first stage adaptation of the literary epic and follows the hugely successful film trilogy. The London version arrives two years after the 2005 70th anniversary of Tolkien starting the trilogy, and the 50th anniversary since the works — "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King" — were published. Book and lyrics are by Shaun McKenna and Warchus with music supplied by A.R. Rahman and Finnish band Vrttin with Christopher Nightingale. The show is choreographed by Peter Darling with set and costume design by Rob Howell. While Peter Jackson's movie version of the trilogy amounted to nine hours of cinema, the London version will run at three hours. Of the stage adaptation, Warchus said, "We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of musical theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien's material. As a result, we will be presenting a hybrid of text, physical theatre, music and spectacle never previously seen on this scale. To read the novel is to experience the events of Middle-earth in the mind's eye; only in the theatre are we actually plunged into the events as they happen. The environment surrounds us. We participate. We are in Middle-earth."For more on Lord of the Rings, which is produced in London by Kevin Wallace and Saul Zaentz, call (0)870 890 6002.
By Subhash K. Jha Jan 17, 2007, 14:35 GMT
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) In Ravi Chopra's 'Baabul' Richa Sharma has crooned the bidaai song in an unending flow of heart-breaking emotions, for a full 15 minutes without any orchestral embellishments. Unfortunately, only a small portion of it was included in the album.
'In fact my composer Aadesh Shrivastava had put one traditional instrument. I had to request him to take it out. It was hampering my flow of musical thoughts,' said Richa, whose voice soars across the crooning kingdom in meteoric manoeuvres.
Listen to her do the bidaai song in 'Baabul' or the bitiya song in 'Umrao Jaan' or go back to the title song of 'Baghban' and of course the 'Kahin aag lage' song in 'Taal', Richa's voice rips a hole in listeners' souls.
'It's funny you say that, because I've been singing since the age of eight.
That's when I did my first religious songs. I still continue to do that.
They're my heartbeat,' Richa told IANS.
At one time she wasn't hopeful that she would make a career in film singing.
'Now, of course, I'm doing a lot of film songs. I never thought I'd be singing in films. I just didn't have the heroine's voice. I thought I'd continue to sing that stray religious songs or bhikhari (beggar) song that needed a philosophical rendering in a rangy throat. That's me. Fortunately, A.R. Rahman's 'Kahin aag lage' in 'Taal' was picturised on Aishwarya Rai.'
Nonetheless, Richa's ravishing range remains restricted to rangy theme songs. Heroine's voices have so far been associated with one kind of singing. And that's the Lata Mangeshkar role model.
Singers who have emulated her style have always reaped the maximum benefits in the recording room. Those like Alisha Chinai, Jaspinder Nirula and Richa, who have gone against the grain, have been put in the fringes.
To Richa's relief and joy things are slowly changing.
'And I've one amazing singer, Sunidhi Chauhan, to thank for this. How I adore that girl's voice! Her deviant voice makes me hopeful about the future for another kind of voices.'
What both thrills excites and intrigues Richa is the fact that composers seem to give her a lot of elbowroom to improvise.
'It's rather gratifying but also scary. Aadesh always gave me room to innovate tremendously. For the 'Baabul' song he gave me only one brief. He gave me the words 'Babul mora naihar chutal jaye'. And he just asked me to sing.
'I sang for 15-16 minutes without any musical accompaniment. Of these only two-three minutes have been retained in the soundtrack for the lack of space, I guess.'
One can hear Richa's looming regret at her luminous labours being edited so drastically.
'I've also sung the other number 'Kehta hai baabul', which Jagjit Singh and Amitabh Bachchan have rendered in 'Baabul'. My version has been kept out of the album.'
But Richa isn't complaining.
'I won't say I'm satisfied with my career in film singing. But I'm happy. Whenever I go to a music director, there's a certain look of respect in his eyes. I cherish that above anything else.
'One of the high points in my career in films as a singer was when I was called by Sanjay Leela Bhansali after he heard me sing 'Mere maula', one of my favourite tracks, from 'Khakee'.
'Sanjay made my day when he said he was looking for me for a long time. I've sung a beautiful thumri for Monty Singh in 'Saawariya'. What a pleasure it is to sing for a filmmaker who knows what music is all about.'
Richa admits Bollywood hasn't really decided what to do with her unusually textured voice and stormy range.
'But I've a place, though that place is restricted by the fact that I'm not the heroine's voice. Nowadays, when I look at the kind of voices that are voted in the televised music contests, I wonder what we respect - talent or just the ability to ask for votes in a charming way.'
By Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network |
Ever since one had heard the song 'Ek Lo Ek Muft' when the audio of GURU was released a few weeks back, it was quite apparent that it was the weakest link of the album.
While majority of songs by A.R. Rahman were pleasant on ears and promised to be popular (as they eventually did!) as days progressed, 'Ek Lo Ek Muft' rendered by Bappi Lahiri was always the sore point in the film's soundtrack.
The only way it could have salvaged itself was through good choreography and situational placement and one looked forward to the film's release to see if that indeed was the case.
Sadly, while the song comes at just the wrong time when the film's drama is at an all time high, it also has a glaring error of Abhishek Bachchan projected as a young man when he was clearly shown as a man with a paunch and white hair just a few moments back.
Overall the song just killed the narrative when it came in its full length and if the film wouldn't have returned back to its brilliancy soon after, one wonders how would have an impatient audience reacted to the song at that time.
Though the song is titled 'Ek Lo Ek Muft', one strongly feels that nothing of the song is retained in the second week of the film's run at the theatres. Chopping it completely from the narrative would only make the film tighter and consistently enjoyable!
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/07/jan/17_guru_abhishe k_bachchan_a_r_rahman_bappi_lahiri.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIPLuiZN5z4 Tell us how was struggle in starting your career with a song.
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