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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.
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.
Gangai Amaran is back
Gangai Amaran is a man with multiple talents. A musician-cum-lyricist-cum-director, Gangai Amaran is back to score music after a long gap. Having scored music for several hit films in the early 1980s, Gangai Amaran has been roped in for 'Selvaraghavan BE', directed by Paranthaman, an associate of director 'Selvaraghavan'. The director has chosen the title as a mark of respect to his mentor. Gangai Amaran has penned the lyrics for many a movie besides crooning for songs as well. His directorial venture 'Karakatakaran' went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in Tamil cinema.
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.