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Spanish director Ezequiel Guerisoli is an ISKCON devotee and has made Mother Ganga which is a documentary on India's greatest river, the holy Ganges. It is a 50-minute documentary and it begins at Ganga Sagar on the Bay of Bengal where Ganga meets the sea to its source Gomukh high in the Himalayas. The 1600 mile-long journey is coordinated with state-of-the-art special effects and animation images. It has been inspired by Jaya Vijaya Das's book Our merciful Mother Ganga. Mother Ganga was shot in the year 2003 over a period of two months and the team has traveled from Ganga Sagar, West Bengal to Gomukh. German producer Bhaktivaibhava Swami also raised the funds to make the movie.
Preity Zinta ‘washes off sins in Ganga
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta had the most “adventurous day” Thursday, as she went to Haridwar to take a dip as part of the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, and “washed off” all her sins in the Ganga. “Had the most adventurous day today! Went to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Haridwar and I washed off all my sins in the holy Ganga,” Preity posted on her Twitter page. The actress made a sudden plan with her mother for the trip to the Maha Kumbh, which is being held in Haridwar since Jan 14 and will conclude April 28. “Tagged along with mother India to Haridwar hoping to find my twin…He he,” Preity quipped. “Slept for two hours and flew for six. The chopper ride was fun though,” she added.
Mumbai gang-rape: Big B expresses shock
"Deeply shocked" and "distressed" over the gangrape of a woman photojournalist in Mumbai, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said the pride in the name of Mumbai has taken a beating. He said it needs to be rectified soon. "We have all been very distressed and extremely shocked at this most heinous kind of crime - the gangrape that has happened in Mumbai. This a huge tragedy and I must say this that the name of the city (Mumbai) has taken a beating and we need to rectify that," Big B said here during the launch of a "Kaun Banega Crorepati" 'Hot Seat Aapke Shehar' van. A woman photojournalist was raped by five men in the abandoned Shakti Mills compound near Mahalaxmi railway station where she was on an assignment along with a male colleague here Thursday. The police has so far caught two of the culprits. "I hope the authorities will take the immediate steps and catch the culprits and put them through a very rigorous investigation, take them to the law and make sure that the law acts as soon as possible," added the 70-year-old. Lamenting how the city, considered safe for women, has witnessed such a crime, Amitabh added: "We have always had great pride in this city... in the city that has been devoid of any kind of such incidents. "Women have always been looked upon with grace and a lot of dignity and they have always felt very safe, irrespective of where they go or what they travelled in."
Ganga ready to flow
Ganga, starring the National award winner for the best actress Tara, is all set to storm the festivals. The film on the Joginis in Telengana region is very sensitive and serious movie. Produced under Maithi Kalamandir banner by Sekhar Yalamanchi, the movie is primarily aimed for the festival circuit. A fact vouched by the film's producer himself. Inspired by a song of Ande Sri, Ganga is directed by Krishnamurthy (the original director Vemu is out of the project now). Venu Gopal, Priyanka, Jayaprakash Reddy, Suman, Eeswari Rao, Chandra Mohan, Babu Mohan, Ranganath, Raghubabu, Venu Madhav are also in the cast. Koti has strummed the music. The songs will be released by this month. The movie will be released in August.
Ganga Cauvery from Himalayas!
Akshaya Productions maiden venture 'Ganga Cauvery' shot at the highest peak surroundings of this country starring Akshay, Mallika Kapoor, Mahi, Thara, two famous journalists Ganesh Kasargod and B.Ganapathi has returned from 15 days shooting in the beginning of snow fall at Himalaya. The 150 crew that went to Himalaya held the muhurut of the film 'Ganga Cauvery' at Gangotri the genesis place of Ganga River. The shooting was held at Harshil village, Bagodi, Gangotri, Batawadi, Bajora, Uttar Kashi, Haridwar and Hrishikesh says debut director Vishnukanth. The 15 scenes, two songs and two bit songs cost Rs.35 to 40 lakhs for the producer for the first schedule. Producer Venkatappa is brimming with happiness because the nature supported the unit to shoot the required portions. When some of the Hindi films found it difficult to shoot the Kannada film team had the great opportunity he said. This will be a visual treat to the audience of Karnataka feels Venkatappa. Actress Thara, journalist Ganesh Kasargod, lyricist and music director K.Kalyan, hero Akshay shared the shooting experience with the media on Sunday evening.
'Ganga Cauvery' brisk shooting
After completing fifteen days schedule at Himalaya region in the minus degree temperature at places like Harshal village, Bagodi, Gangotri, Batavadi, Baguru, Uttar Kashi, Haridwar, Hrishikesh producer R.V.Venkatappa's expensive venture 'Ganga Cauvery' is now shooting at a private house in Mysore ring road. It was a marriage invitation card getting final touches scene where yesteryears actress Roopa Devi, Ananthnag, Chitra Shenoy, Ramesh Bhat, hero Akshay and heroine Mallika Kapoor took part in the comedy sequence. Vishnukanth who played 'Dr.Ambedkar' title role in the past is independently directing this film. He has written the story and screenplay while B.A.Madhu of over 100 films has penned the dialogues. Two senior journalists Ganesh Kasargod and B.Ganapathi are playing key roles in this film produced by Akshaya Productions. H.C.Venu is the cameraman and K.Kalyan has penned the songs and scored the music.