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The audio of forthcoming Telugu romantic war drama "Kanche", which stars Varun Tej and Pragya Jaiswal in the lead, will be unveiled here on September 17. The music launch date coincides with the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The team zeroed in on Vishakhapatnam as the location to release the audio because the city has a unique connection with World War II era. "The city was the target of a Japanese air raid and a number of bombs were dropped on the port city, to target Allied warships. A bomb failed to explode and it is still present in a museum in Vishakhapatnam. The team, therefore, selected the city for the audio launch," read a statement. "Kanche" is set against the backdrop of World War II, with Varun playing the role of an Indian solider in the British army. The film, which is slated for worldwide release on October 2, has music by Chirantan Bhatt. Jagarlamudi Sai Babu and Rajiv Reddy have produced the film on First Frame Entertainments banner. The audio album will be released through Aditya Music.
'Kanche' transported me to a different era: Pragya Jaiswal
Actress Pragya Jaiswal, who plays a girl from the royal family in forthcoming Telugu war drama "Kanche", says the experience of working in the film transported her to a different era. "I play a girl from 1930s. This character transported me to a different time zone. You know, even after the shoot got over, it took me a while to get back to my normal self," Pragya told. "I got so involved in the project that even when I was at home, I'd wear a bindi, and my mom would ask me if everything was all right with me," she added. The film, which releases on Thursday, features Varun Tej in the lead role of a soldier. It would be considered unconventional for an aspiring actress to do a period film so early on in her career but Pragya didn't have any qualms whatsoever. "It really didn't matter to me. Varun and I just surrendered to director Krish Jagarlamudi, and it was so much fun. I had auditioned for Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar is Back', which was directed by Jagarlamudi, but unfortunately I couldn't make it to the film," she said. "After completing the film, he asked if I'd like to work in his next film, 'Kanche'. By then, I had researched about his work and even watched one of his films called 'Vedam', and was so touched by it that I ended up crying," she added. Pragya is glad she got an opportunity to work with Jagarlamudi, who's known for his content-driven films. "You can be sure that his work will not be run-of-the-mill," she said, adding that the film too has its commercial moments. "It's just that it's set in a different era. It has romance, action, drama and almost everything else that'll appeal to the masses," she revealed. Talking about her director, she said: "Krish is a stickler for details. He'd look at me when I come out of the vanity van in my costume and say that I can still look better. This happens despite doing several dress and makeup trials." "He's a very organic director who likes to get everything right before going for shoot. He doesn't like his actors to sit and prepare their lines and prefers their performance to be as realistic as possible," she said. Pragya's co-star Varun comes from actor Chiranjeevi's lineage and she didn't have any clue about it until they met on the sets. "I knew he belonged to some big family, but realized how big only after we started shooting. Krish never wanted us to meet until the first shot. He wanted the unfamiliarity between us to come alive in the scene, so he didn't let us meet. It actually worked very well," she said. Recalling one of the incidents on the sets when they were shooting in Tatipaka village in Godavari district, where many locals turned up, she said, "I was supposed to slap Varun in a scene and the fans were shouting 'don't slap' in Telugu. I didn't understand what they were saying for a long time but when finally Varun told me what they were actually saying, I was scared to do the scene". Another time, they were shooting in a lake in Georgia, where the water was extremely cold. "We were filming an emotional duet, and I was supposed to splash some water on Varun's face. Every time I touched the water, my hands almost froze and I struggled to move them," she said. Pragya, on a signing off note, said: "I'm getting offers from Telugu and Hindi industries. But I'm waiting for the release of 'Kanche', and then will decide the course of my future".
'Kanche' allowed me to experiment musically: Chirantan Bhatt
Bollywood composer Chirantan Bhatt is making his southern debut with the forthcoming Telugu film "Kanche", and he says the opportunity to work in the war drama gave him the freedom to experiment musically. "It made me understand and appreciate Carnatic music. Unlike Bollywood, where music is expected to be an instant chartbuster, I got to do a lot of melody in this album. Since this was a period film, it gave me scope to experiment with my work," Bhatt told. For someone who has predominantly worked in Hindi films, fascination for southern music started when Bhatt studied audio engineering here. "Since I studied in the south, I always had the urge to work there. Even though I worked in 'Thoofan', the Telugu dubbed version of 'Zanjeer', I couldn't create music that'd suit the local sensibility because the songs were composed keeping Hindi audiences in mind," he said. So when director Krish Jagarlamudi approached him with an offer to work in "Kanche", he was excited to take up the challenge. "I knew it was going to be challenging, considering it's a period film. But if it isn't challenging, it'd be like doing some kind of daily chore you're so used to doing," he said. Jagarlamudi's crystal clear vision helped the "Shaapit" composer immensely. "To understand what Krish exactly wanted was the real challenge. Once I cracked it, it wasn't so tough to work. He gave me references of southern composers such as Ilayaraja and Keeravani," said Bhatt, who experimented with a variety of instruments in the album. "In Bollywood, the use of instruments mostly is limited to drums, piano, pads, violin and guitar. For 'Kanche', I used tabla tarang, sarod and a few other instruments because the songs had to depict a lot of mood and emotions," he said, adding southern filmmakers still prefer recording music with live instruments. Talking about the difference in the music culture between the two industries, he said work in southern cinema is "very organised". "Even for one song, there's so much of ideation in the south. The director sits with the lyricist and the composer, discusses the song and lyrics. In Bollywood, they're always talking about creating a hit number," he said. "The oddity factor works in Bollywood. It's alright even if a singer sings out of tune; it's still lapped up because it's odd. In south, most singers are musically literate, well versed in Carnatic music, which is part of their upbringing," he added. One of the challenging parts of working on the film was to do justice to the war portions. The film is set against the backdrop of World War II, and the team shot the battle sequences in Georgia. "We tried to approach the battle scenes like the way Hollywood would. Some of these war scenes were like nine-minute long. There'd few minutes of lull followed by some aggressive fighting, so we had to constantly innovate with the music to keep the interest level intact," he revealed. "Kanche", which features Varun Tej and Pragya Jaiswal, releases worldwide on October 22.
Kanche lady as Bad Police
Despite scoring a decent hit like "Kanche", heroine Pragya Jaiswal haven't got any big offers on hand. But when director Krishna Vamsi offered her a chance to romance Saidharam Tej in "Nakshatram", it's her dream come true. Here comes the first look of Pragya who will be seen as a bad police officer inside the film "Nakshatram". This hottie's rude attitude inside the role is reflected in the poster itself while we hear that she unveiled loads of glamour in couple of songs opposite Saidharam. Directed by Krishnavamsi, Nakshatram has Sandeep Kishan and Regina in the leads, while Saidharam and Pragya are playing two cameos.
Kanchana 2 release date
Choreographer turned actor and filmmaker Raghava Lawrence's Kanchana 2 is gearing up for a worldwide release on 16th April. Leading Telugu producer Bellamkonda Suresh bought the Andhra and Nizam distribution rights of this Telugu-Tamil horror thriller, while Raghavendra Production presents Kanchana 2 will be distributed by Sri Thenandal Films in Tamil Nadu. Third part in the Muni franchise, Kanchana 2 was in the making for almost a year now. Taapsee Pannu played the female lead, Kovai Sarala will be seen in a key role. Kanchana 2 audio album will be launched this Sunday [April 5], followed by film release on April 16.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali grabs Kanchana remake rights
Bollywood noted film maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has grabbed the remake rights of Raghava Lawrence’s commercial hit Kanchana. Bhansali will produce the Hindi version of the film while the latest buzz is Lawrence will don the director cap for Hindi version too. The details of the other cast and crew of the film are yet to be finalized. Bellamkonda Suresh produced the Telugu version with Lakshmi Rai as the leading lady and Sarath Kumar in a prominent role. Kanchana was sequel to Muni and the third part of the film Muni 3 is currently in progress which is also being directed by Lawrence and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh with Tapsee as the heroine.