No frontal nudity for Ravi Kishan : Sudhir Kadam

THAT Ravi Kishen is playing an aghori, a naked godman, in Sudhir Kadam’s Man From Benaras is known by now. What is little known is that Ravi’s episode in Raaz Pichle Janam Ke is what inspired Sudhir to cast him as the aghori. “Raaz Pichle... was about past life regression. It revealed that Ravi was a Naga baba (nude baba) in his past life. That’s when I thought no one would suit the role better than him,” says Sudhir, who’s making the first commercial film on aghoris.

The film, to be shot in Kathmandu and Varanasi, will be directed by Viktoria Sege and Sudhir’s wife Tejaswi. The story revolves around the aghori and a foreign journalist who comes to India to track the story of the aghori and falls in love with him. The female lead could be played by a top Hollywood actress. But it could also be Italian hottie Maria Grazia Cucinotta, who was in the Bond film The World is Not Enough and the Italian film Il Postino. “We’re approaching her through agents. We need a popular actress, but it’s an English film, so it could also be a Hollywood actress,” says the California-based Sudhir,
who’s come down to India for the film.

The 100-minute-long film will mostly cater to the overseas audience. “There will be lots of protests here from different sects, and not just because of the nudity in the film, which will be very subtle. There’ll be no frontal nudity. While shooting, he (Ravi) will have to sit nude. But a loincloth will be used for close-up shots,” maintains Sudhir.

Documentaries on aghoris and literature on them have formed the core of Sudhir’s research. “We have enough depth in the subject to make the film. Aghoris are followers of Shiva. They are mostly ostracised from society. They’re found in Ujjain and Nepal also. They eat out of a human skull for 12 years and possess supernatural powers,” he reveals.

The film will be shot by an American crew who’ll soon come to India for the recce. Sudhir calls it a supernatural thriller. “Two people — the police and the journalist — try to investigate the case of the aghori. Whether he really possesses supernatural powers with which he attempts to save people, is debatable. I have Naseeruddin Shah in mind for one of the roles,” says Sudhir.

MNS Vice-President Baageesh Saraswat Graces Launch of DEVAR BHABHI

MNS Vice President Baageesh Saraswat who is also the speaker of the party was the chief guest at the launching of Nandini Film Productions' Devar Bhabhi ( in Bhojpuri) at Sagar Ratna Hall, Fun Republic Multiplex on 14th April. The film which is produced by Nanda Laxman Shelar and directed by B.N. Tiwari stars Pawan Singh and Paakhi Hegde in the title roles. Other cast are being finalised. Pawan Singh also rendered the first song of the film on the same day earlier at Trio Digital. which was set to tune by Madhukar Anand and written by Vinay Bihari. Cinematographer: Niranjan Singh. Writer: Rajan Agarwal. Dialogue: Anjani Shrivastava.Sound: Champa Tiwari.Production executive: Shashikant Mena. C. Centhil of South is presenting the film. Among the well-known guests who graced the launch were Sunil Boobna, leading producer of Bhojpuri films, Anand Mohan, Dinesh Chaturvedi- secretary of Film federation Of India and many party workers of MNS

JALA DEB DUNIA TOHRA PYAR ME – dubbing completed

Dubbing of American’s productions house Pun Film’s first bhojpuri film Jala deb dunia tohra pyar mein completed at Audio lab and dialogue studio . Pawan kumar sharma is the producer of the film. creative and associate director Tejaswi kadam ( Maker of Award winning Hollywood film Fortune teller ) Dhiraj singh is the director of the film. It stars Ravikishan, shikha, Brajesh Tripathi, Komal, Seema Singh, Nilima Singh, Vinod Mishra, Shameem Khan, C.P. Bhatt and Phool Singh. Music by Rajesh-Rajneesh, Song by Vinay Bihari, Screenplay and Dialogues by Surendra Mishra, Editor - Gopal Raghani. Action- by R P Yadav, Choreography by Rikky Gupta and Ram Dewan.

Ravi kishan dubs for “SATYAMEV JAYTE ”

Super star ravi kishan dubs for smt. Rama Devi Production’s “Satyamev Jayte ” at Audio lab Andheri west . The film is being produced by Anil Surynath Singh and written directed by Babloo Soni,Executive Producer – Zafar Khan , it has lyrics by Vinay Bihari, Santosh Mishra and Pyarelaal Yadav music by Rajesh Rajnis, Screenplay-dialogues by Santosh Mishra, cinematography - Akram khan, editor Govind dubey . choreography - Dilip mishtry, action- jaggu sathe, Its stars, Ravi kishan, Anupam Shyam, Brijesh Tripahi , Sikandar khan , Gopal Rai, Manoj Dwedi, Randhir singh, harisharan, Sunil Bihari and debutant Akshara

Rajiv Dinkar in Maryada

Choreographer turns actor Rajeev Dinkar is playing main lead in Pinky Raj’s films MARYADA. Muhurat of this film was held at Mhow Indore M.P. ( Birth Place of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar ) . The film being produced by Pinky More, written and directed by Rajan Thomas. It stars – Kunal Singh, Rajiv Dinkar, Pal, Girish Sharma . camera – Manish Vyas. Other cast and credit will finalize soon.

Production news

“RISHTEY” – Returns from Location Hunting
Sudhakar Sneh, Director Raju Chauhan and cameraman Devendra Tiwari has returned from Nepal recently, after scout the location hunting, for Melodymax’s “RISHTEY”. It has lyrics & music by Sudhakar Sneh, screenplay by S.K. Chauhan and dialogues by Jeetendra Suman. It stars, Sikandar Kharbanda, Simran Yadav, Raju Khan, Girish Sharma, Sunita Sharma, Rajneesh Khajuriya and Kunal Singh. All 9 songs of the film have already been recorded. The film will mount the sets with a start-to-finish shooting schedule in Nepal next month.

Rani Chatterjee - Shivam Tiwari Teamed in “FAUJI”
Rani Chatterjee and Shivam Tiwari has been teamed together for the first time in D.S. Films Entertainment’s “FAUJI”. It is written by Jitendra Suman, has music by Md. Raj Sen & R.P. Thakur and lyrics by Vinay Bihari who also playing a key role in this film. Rest cast & credits are under finalization. The film will mount the sets next month with a start to finish shooting spell.

Ravi Kissen Signed in Melody Max’s Film
Bhojpuri super star Ravi Kissen has been signed in Melody Max in association with Ram Media & Motion Film’s Bhojpuri film “SAJNA SAATH NA CHHUTE” to be directed by Sudhakar Sneh from his own story. It has screenplay by Rakesh Nirala, dialogues by Rakesh Nirala & Jeetenra Suman, music by Sudhakar Sneh and cinematography by Anil Dhanda. It co-stars Kunal Singh, Shahbaz Khan, Krishna Bhatt, Deepak Sinha and Rahul Khan. Other cast & credits are being finalize very soon.

“GALWA TOHAR TAMATAR HAU GORIYA” Negative Cutting
The Negative Cutting Ceremony of Baba Chandan International’s “GALWA TOHAR TAMATAR HAU GORIYA” was performed at Movie Lab on 20th April, 2010 by the hands of writer-Producer Bhaiyalal Seth himself. The film is being directed by Vijay Krishna Chaturvedi, it has dialogues by Kannan Iyer, music by Kanak Raj, lyrics by Bhaiyalal Seth, choreography by Ashwin Gohil & Dilip Mestry, action by R.P. Yadav, editing by Deepak Kapoor and cinematography by Ashok Chakravarty. It stars, Rani Chatterjee, Pramod Singh, Sushil Singh, Sudhir Pandey, Anoop Arora, Irshad Khan, Rashmi Sharma, Reema, Ashok Seth, Dinesh Chaturvedi and Uday Shrivastava.

“TRINETRA” 2-Days Shooting Complete
A 2-days shooting schedule of Infinity Entertainment’s “TRINETRA” has been completed at Basra Studio recently. The film is being directed by Shaad Kumar and produced by P. Mishra, it is written by Santosh Mishra, has music Ashok Kumar ‘Deep’ and lyrics by Ashok Kumar ‘Deep’ & Pyare Lal Yadav, choreography by Ram Dewan and cinematography by Shaad Kumar. Co-producers : Bano Ali, Jitendra Singh & Dinesh Kumar Chopra. It stars, Vinay Anand, Pankaj Kesari, Ruby Singh, Seema Pandey, Vijay Lal Yadav, Dharmesh, Pooja Singh, Amrit Pal, Samarth, Dev Malhotra, Jitenda Singh and Rakesh Pandey. Raj Chopra presents the film.

“DIYA AUR TOOFAN” Preview Show Held

The Special Preview Show of Namrta Film Creations’ “DIYA AUR TOOFAN” was held at Movie Lab recently. The film is being produced by R.P. Singh and directed by Mithilesh Avinash. It has music by Kumar Paras, lyrics by Ganesh Kumar Kajal, Amit Yadav and Taslim Tanha, choreography by Ashwin Gohil & Praveen, editing by Kamal Sahgal, audiography by S.K. Singh and cinematography by Lokesh Bhandari. It Stars, Kunal Singh, Brij Mohan, Priya Kapoor, Priya Pandey, Mehnaz, Ashok Tyagi, Kuldip, Sonia Mishra, Sanjay Verma and others.

“KANOON HAMRA MUTTHI MEIN” Celebrates Silver Jubilee in Bihar

UD Movie & Shri Ram Lakhan Production’s “KANOON HAMRA MUTTHI MEIN” has celebrated Silver Jubilee (25th combined Weeks) in Bihar and marching towards 100-days in Mumbai and Maharashtra at many cinemas. The film is being produced by Deepa Narayan Jha and directed by Annand D. Ghatraj. It has story-screenplay & dialogues by S.K. Chauhan, music by Raj Sen-Dheeraj Sen, lyrics by Vinay Bihari, action by Jeetu Singh, editing by Shibu, audiography by Keerti Panchal, art by Anjani Tiwari and cinematography by Narendra Patel. Co-producers : Aditya Narayan & Sonu Tripathi. It stars, Ravi Kissen, Rashmi (Divya) Desai, Rani Chatterjee, Monalisa, Alok Yadav, Brijesh Tripathi, Sunil Pal and introducing Shubham Tiwari. Udit Narayan presents the film.