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'UNNS' SPECIAL EFFECTS ON |
The special effects of Buneesha Films' UNNS are being carried out at Rajtaru Studios. The first copy is likely to be out by this month-end. Directed by Bupender J Gupta, the film stars Sanjay Kapoor, Rituparna Sengupta, Sudhanshu Pandey, Juhi Babbar, Aman Verma, Vivek Shauq, Yatin Karyekar and Anjana Mumtaz. Music: Sujeet Shetty. |
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'JAANE BHI DO YAARON' SONG |
Music director Bappi Lahiri recorded a Punjabi number for Sunjay Sharma's JAANE BHI DO YAARON at Venus Recording. It was rendered by Daler Mehndi. The singer and music composer also exchanged gifts on that day to celebrate their yaari. While Bappi-da got Daler a Lucknowi kurta, Daler brought him another kurta from Lahore. |
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'DIL SE POOCH KIDHAR JAANA HAI' COPY |
The first copy of DIL SE POOCH KIDHAR JAANA HAI was out on December 16 from Prasad Lab. Produced by Suresh Jain under the banner of Vasudha Movies; the film has story-screenplay-dialogues-direction by Shrirang. Cast: Aditya Srivastava, Vani Tripathi and Vijay Maurya. Music: Aadesh Shrivastava. |
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'JANANI' DUBBING COMPLETED |
The dubbing of Ultra Distributors P. Ltd.'s JANANI – THE MOTHER has been completed. Recording of the background music will begin this week. Cast: Mohnish Bahl, Ayesha Julka, Bhagyashree, Aman Verma, Anjana Mumtaz and new-finds Vineet and Sonika. Director: Chandar Behl. Music: Nirmal B. Pawar. |
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'PEHLI NAZAR' TWO SONGS |
Music directors Ali-Ghani recorded two songs for Jabeen International's PEHLI NAZAR on December 20 at Sana Music. Penned by Nawab Arzoo and Shakil Azmi, they were rendered by Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal and Shaan. Cast: Divvij Kak, Sweety Chhabra, Vikas Anand, Dinesh Hingoo, Arbaaz Ali Khan, Tej Sapru, Vanita Malik, Yunus Perwaiz, Brijesh Tiwari, Duggal Raja and Vanita Thakur. Producer: Jabeen Kak. Director: Arshad Khan. |
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'SAWDHAN' SONGS RECORDED |
All songs for Mariyan Films' SAWDHAN have been recorded at Zel Studios in the voices of Francis, Vakil and Sabbar Khan. Writer-lyricist-producer-director: Majid Ansari. |
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'RAFTA RAFTA' FIRST PRINT OUT |
The first copy of Raj Dhariya Entertainment's RAFTA RAFTA – THE SPEED is out. Produced by Madhusudan Mehta, presented by G. Chandrashekhar Rao and directed by Raj Sharma, the film stars Sameer Dharmadhikari, Urmila Rao, Viraj Kumar, Monica, Asha Sachdev, Sheetal Bedi, Shahbaaz Khan, Brownie Parashar, Pushpa Verma, Javed Sheikh, Shakti Kapoor, Mumait Khan and Rahul Roy. Music: Sen Bros. |
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'PEECHHA' FIRST PRINT OUT |
The first print of M.M.M. Movies' PEECHHA was out on December 23. Produced by Mubin Shaikh and co-produced by Shahabaj Shaikh, the film is directed by Irfan Khan. Cast: Bobby Khan, Neelam Rajput, Rinky Ali, Mubin Shaikh, Dinesh Hingoo, Kiran Kumar and Tinnu Anand. Music: Vikram-Shabab. |
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'SIYASAT' NEGATIVE CUTTING |
Babubhai Desai, a diamond merchant, cut the first negative of Afreen Channel P. Ltd.'s SIYASAT – THE POLITICS on December 20 at Film City. The film is written-directed by K. Ashfaq for producer Nasir Ahmed. Cast: Kuwar Azeez, Ajeeta Kulkarni, Flora Khan, Pankaj Vishnu, Aryan Singh, Yasmeen, Ganesh Yadav, Usha Nadkarni, Dinesh Hingoo, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Milind Gunaji. Music: Santosh Sharma. |
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'AASHIQ BECHARA' FIRST SONG |
Music director Devang Patel recorded the first song of producer Rafiq Abbas' AASHIQ BECHARA on December 21 at Quality Lab. in the voices of Devang Patel and Shruti Pathak. Lyrics: Vinay Dev. Directed by Hanif Chhipa, the film will roll in London from December 26. Cast: Bobby Khan, Preeti, new-find Richa Verma, Shabbir Abbasi, Ashok Kumar and Devang Patel. The film is presented by Jalil Ahmed, who has also penned two songs of the film. |
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B. SUBHASH'S 'LONDON CALLING' |
Writer-producer-director B. Subhash is busy in London with the entire cast and crew of his latest venture LONDON CALLING. A 20-day schedule is in progress. The film is slated for release in February/March 2006. |
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'VIVAH' GOES ON FLOORS |
The shooting of Rajshri Productions P. Ltd.'s VIVAH commenced on December 5 and will continue till December 31, thus completing almost 20 per cent of the film. Produced by Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya and Ajit Kumar Barjatya, the film stars Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas, Samir Soni, Lata Sabharwal, Manoj Joshi, Amrita Prakash, Dinesh Lamba and Master Amey Pandya. Story-screenplay-direction: Sooraj R. Barjatya. Lyrics-music: Ravindra Jain. Associate producers: Sooraj R. Barjatya and Rajjat A. Barjatya. |
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'KRRISH' SHOOTING COMPLETED |
With the conclusion of 25-day marathon spell on three sets at Film City on December 19, the entire shooting of Film Kraft Productions [India] P. Ltd.'s KRRISH has been completed. Producer-director Rakesh Roshan canned vital talkie portions and action scenes in this stint. Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Rekha, Manini De, Kiran Juneja, Archana Puransingh, Hemant Pandey, Sharat Saxena, Puneet Issar and Naseeruddin Shah. Music: Rajesh Roshan. |
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ABHISHEK JOINS SHOOTING OF 'UMRAO JAAN' IN JAIPUR |
Abhishek Bachchan joined the unit of UMRAO JAAN from December 18 in Jaipur. The marathon schedule will be completed in the end of January 2006. Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Purru Raaj Kumar, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Ayesha Julka, Bikram Saluja and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Written-produced-directed by J.P. Dutta, the film is being made under the banner of J.P. Films. Music: Anu Malik. Lyrics: Javed Akhtar. Screenplay-dialogues: O.P. Dutta. Prod. executive: Rajesh Bhatt. |
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'GOLMAAL' PROGRESSES IN PUNE |
Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd.'s GOLMAAL – FUN UNLIMITED is being shot in Pune till December 31. A major car race sequence is being shot on the Pune-Bangalore highway by director Rohit Shetty and action director Jai Singh. Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tusshar Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Sharman Joshi, Paresh Rawal and Rimmi Sen. Producer: Dhilin Mehta. Music: Vishal-Shekhar. |
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'TEESRI AANKH' ON FEBRUARY 17 |
Baweja Movies P. Ltd.'s TEESRI AANKH – THE HIDDEN CAMERA will be released on February 17. Cast: Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Aashish Choudhari and Aarti Chhabria. Producer: Pammi Baweja. Director: Harry Baweja. |
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MUSICAL LAUNCH OF 'HOT AND SOUR' |
Rave Communications' HOT AND SOUR was launched at Venus Studios on December 19 with a song recording by music director Bappi Lahiri. Adnan Sami and Alisha Chinai rendered the song. Directed by Sunjay Sharma and produced by Vinod Guliani, the film is written by Jainendra Baxi. Concept: Balwinder Ram. Camerawork: John. Editor: Vinod Pathak. |
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'KOI NAHIN TERE SIVA' MAHURAT |
Director Mohd. Shamim Sayeed is introducing a new actress Muskan Khan in Sanoo Movies' KOI NAHIN TERE SIVA. Produced by Ashok Hirkaney, the mahurat was held at Papillon Park. A 10-day schedule has begun in Jamshedpur. Thereafter, the film will be shot in Canada. Cast: Muskan Khan, Naveen Beri, Govind Namdeo, Mukesh Tiwari, Mushtaq Khan, Nishigandha Wad, Shabnam Kapoor, Madhavendra, Sheetal and Dr. Chandrapal Singh. Choreographer: Ganesh Acharya. Costumes: Ritu Beri. Cinematographer: Shankar Naidu. Writer: Ashok Jabalpuri. Lyrics: Ibrahim Ashq and Dinesh Singh. |
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ADDITIONS TO 'HE' CAST |
Farah, Sachin Khedekar, Zakhir Hussain and Shakti Kapoor have been added to the cast of Damini Entertainment P. Ltd.'s HE – THE ONLY ONE, starring Mimoh Chakraborty and Hansika in the lead. Produced by G.V. Prasad and directed by Dhanraj, it has music by Himesh Reshammiya. Shooting is currently in progress at Padmalaya Studios, Hyderabad. |
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RAVI GOSAIN IN 'ROCKIN' |
Ravi Gosain has been signed to play a key role in ROCKIN, directed by Tanuja Chandra and produced by B.A.G. Films. Sushmita Sen heads the cast. |
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AMIT VERMA IN 'DETECTIVE NANI' |
After playing the love interest of Kittu in KITTU SAB JANTI HAIN on Sahara Television, it's now films for Amit Verma. He will be playing the lead in Romila Mukherjee's film DETECTIVE NANI. The film talks about the life of the residents of a residential complex. Filmed at real locations, the shooting was completed in 80 days. The film also stars Shweta Gulati, Amrita Saliya and Ankur Naykar. It is produced by Romila and singer Jolie Mukherjee. |
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