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After Dhananjaya and Sruthi Hariharan, debut director Pannaga Bharana has managed to sign a few more big names of Kannada industry to play the lead roles in his debut movie Happy New Year, which will feature five heroes and heroines. The latest to be signed on the project is Vijay Raghavendra, Diganth and Sonu Gowda. Vijay Raghavendra and Sonu Gowda will be paired together. This is the first time, both are acting together. Confirming the news, Sonu Gowda tweeted "Ahh my next Kannada movie excited to work wit my childhood friend #Pannaga humblest actor/friend #vijayraghvendra". Vijay will play the role a cop and Sonu will play his wife. Producer BC Patil's daughter Srusthi Patil will make her debut through this project and she is paired opposite Diganth in this multi-starrer. Diganth will play the role of a software engineer and Srusthi is essaying a role of traveler. This part of story will be completely shot abroad. Pannaga is busy with finalizing the other two lead pairs. Simultaneously, the pre-production work has started. The team will start shooting by the end of September. He is planning to shoot the five stories in different locations of India and abroad. Apart from the three pairs, rest of the star cast and crew is yet to be announced. BC Patil is producing the movie and there is no official word, as to whether he will be a part of the movie, as an actor. Meanwhile, Pannaga Bharana is looking forward for the release of Allama for which he worked as an associate. Currently, he is shooting for Seizer starring Ravichandran and Chiru Sarja.
Katrina not doing 'Happy New Year'
For those who have been waiting to see Shah Rukh Khan-Katrina Kaif re-unite for "Happy New Year" after "Jab Tak Hai Jaan", there is bad news. The actress won't be able to do the film due to prior commitments. There were reports that the two are coming together again in Farah Khan's directorial venture "Happy New Year", but according to reliable sources, "it is not true". As Katrina has signed two new films - Kabir Khan's directorial venture for producer Sajid Nadiadwala with Saif Ali Khan and Abhishek Kapoor's adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations", she has no room this year for any other film. Said a friend of Katrina: "She would have loved to do Farah's film, but we believe Farah initially wanted to sign a completely new girl for 'Happy New Year'. She zeroed in on Katrina recently when Katrina had already said yes to other projects. "Katrina and Farah are very fond of each other ever since they worked together in 'Tees Maar Khan'. The film's failure did not affect their mutual fondness. To be in Farah's next and that too with Shah Rukh with whom Katrina really hit off during 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', would have been fabulous. "However much Katrina would like to do 'Happy New Year', she cannot as she is committed to finishing Vijay Krishna Acharya's 'Dhoom 3' and Siddharth Anand's 'Bang Bang' before going into Abhishek Kapoor's film with Sushant Singh Rajput and Kabir Khan's film with Saif." Interestingly, Farah's heroine in "Happy New Year" has to be a fast-talking Marathi girl and also a fabulous dancer since it's the role of a dancer. "Katrina would have needed a long period of intense speech practice to sound Marathi. But where was the time?" asked a friend of the actress.
Prithvi not in Happy New year ?'
Prithviraj will don the role of a filmmaker in his new film 'Painting Life'. Directed by Dr Biju, with whom he has earlier worked together for films like 'Veettilekkulla Vazhi' and ', the movie will tells the tale of a film crew trapped in a village in North India. Reports are that Priyamani has been approached for the role of the heroine in this film. The film's locations include Himachal Pradesh and some other remote locations in North India. Dr Biju's earlier films, 'Veettilekkulla Vazhi' 'Saira' and Akasathinte Niram has been shown in many International Film Festivals and has won several awards.
Sonu Sood keeps 'Happy New Year' team fit
Sonu Sood flaunts a perfect set of abs and has been making sure that he keeps everyone on the sets of "Happy New Year" fit too. Sonu is confident that after the next schedule of the film, there will be visible changes in the way everyone looks. "Everyone is following a fitness regime. For the last schedule, I was absent for 10 days and everyone told me that they gained two to three kg in that period. When we were shooting, everyone used to have salads and junk food was not allowed on the set," the 41-year-old said here Monday at the unveiling of the cover of Health and Nutrition magazine featuring him. The film also features Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani and Deepika Padukone. "I remember I hid Shah Rukh's chocolates in Dubai and he was hunting for them and he knew that I must have hid them. So when you have everyone who wants to be fit, they are on their toes. We still have a long schedule of 80-90 days and I think after 90 days, you will see a huge change in everyone," he added. Sonu was last seen in "R...Rajkumar" in a negative role. "Happy New Year" is being directed by Farah Khan.
Watch out for 'Happy New Year' trailer Aug 14
The trailer of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Happy New Year" will be unveiled on the eve of Independence Day Aug 14 at a star-studded event here to celebrate the 'Indiawaale' sentiment which is inherent in the movie. Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd Wednesday announced that the first look of the grand Diwali release will be disclosed at Sahara Star Hotel in Mumbai, with the entire cast - SRK, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani and Vivaan Shah - along with director Farah Khan and composer duo Vishal-Shekhar, in attendance. The event will be "Happy New Year" presents “Indiawaale” celebration. "Indiawaale sentiment is an integral element of the film hence on the eve of Independence Day, the first look of the film is being launched as a part of Indiawaale celebration," read an official statement. "Unlike other trailer launches, there will be surprise performances based on the theme of Indiawaale and a huge digital campaign has been put in place to make sure that the trailer is seen by most of the audiences of Indian cinema across the globe," the statement read further. Farah is ecstatic about the plans. She said: “'Happy New Year' has been my dream project for a very long time and I am thrilled that Shah Rukh and I got back (together) after seven years to make it. The first look is all important these days and we have worked very hard to make ours exciting, entertaining and encompassing the spirit of our film.” This trailer launch won't just have mediapersons, but also for some fans who will also be present for the launch. "Happy New Year" promises to be a "rollicking, flamboyant, colourful, witty, action-packed musical bonanza". It will be distributed by Yash Raj Films worldwide, and in India, it will release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Producers happy with new technology
At a time when small producers are facing problems with the technologies in currency, Ability Media Factory has come as a ray of hope. Besides improved quality, this system for film exhibition reduces the costs for the producers, distributors and exhibitors. "Piracy too can be curbed using this technology," director Allani Sridhar said speaking about the system. "Film distribution is now dominated by digital technology. Due to this, producers are incurring losses because of piracy or high costs. Ability Media Factory should thus be encouraged," said producer Rama Sathyanarayana. Vasu of Multi-Dimension Media said, "This system is being used across North India in about 75 per cent of cinemas. It costs less and also puts piracy at bay." With the technologies currently in use in AP and Telangana, it takes Rs. 12 lakhs to release a film in 100 theatres. On the other hand, Ability Media Factory costs only Rs. 3 lakhs.