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Geeta Basra is mighty thrilled and is now a bundle of nerves as she awaits the release of her second film THE TRAIN which arrives on June 8th. But before that she is also quite excited about the film's screening at IIFA that takes place a day earlier in Yorkshire. "Isn't it tremendous?" she asks, "I still can't believe that THE TRAIN is being showcased at this platform. I am still waiting for the feeling to synch it that after THE TRAIN is being spoken about in the same vein as LAGAAN and PARINEETA, both of which were earlier showcased at IIFA. Our film has now done what these two films have done to Indian cinema." "I am so anxious about this whole thing; I can't even describe it", says Geeta who has a mysterious role to play in THE TRAIN, "I am sure people are going to have very high expectations from the film now due to the standards that THE TRAIN has set for itself."
ZOR LAGAA KE . HAIYA-Racing Completion
Gemini's Studios, one of the very few privately owned Studios to have all facilities of Filmmaking, i.e. Shooting floors to Sound Studios and Post Production, and a more popular Film education division 'Digital Academy ' The Film School' has entered the arena of Feature Film Production with its Film entitled 'Zor Lagaa Ke.. Haiya'. The Company Director, Mr. Kartikeya Talreja stated that this is the golden time for Indian Cinema where the audience is appreciating stories which no one could have dreamt of producing a few years ago, cheers to small Budget Films like 'Bheja Fry' and Films of a different genre like 'Chak de India' and the recent box office hit 'Taare Zameen Par'. The, Studio is planning to produce 3 -5 quality Films every year and hopes to keep to its ideal of 'Good Story, Well told'. 'Gemini's Studios has chosen to produce Zor Lagaa Ke' Haiya as it is a well written screenplay with flavor of Fun, Frolic, Comedy all throughout and it also has a very strong public message which is the need of the hour . The Film Story revolves around five kids, Mithunda, Mahesh Manjrekar, Seema Biswas, Riya Sen, Raj Zutshi, Sachin Khedekar, and Gulshan Grover. We did cast Mithun Chakraborty because not only is he a phenomenal actor, but also because of his outstanding comeback with the role he played in Guru' quotes Kartikeya. The film is stated to release in the month of May and is written and Directed by Girish Girija Joshi. Music by Bapi Tutul, Lyrics Amitabh Verma, editing V.N.Mayekar and cinematography by Hari Nair. Much has been said about the look of Mithun , Riya and Mahesh in the film with each character promising to surprise the audience. The look of the film will soon be unveiled, till then let's just hang in.
Madhusree releases "Lagi Lagan"
It is a dream of every reputed play back singer to come out with a musical album in which the artist can make the kind of music that he or she likes the best and experiment a lot with the sounds and feel without restrictions. Vocalist Madhusree has made her dream a reality on Friday at her residence when music Wizard A.R.Rahman, Gulzaar Saheb, Mani Ratnam and Shaan released her first non-film album titled as "Lagi Lagan". She is today one of the hotshot singers in India having given her voice for famous songs in super hit films like 'Rang De Basanti', 'Kisna', 'Swades', 'Yuva', 'Kal Ho Na Ho', 'Kuchh Naa Kaho', 'Tehzeeb', 'Saathiya', 'Shivaji- The Boss', 'Jodhaa Akbar' etc. The album Lagi Lagan is released by BIG Music in association with Crossword Bookstores. BIG Music is India's leading Music and Home Entertainment Company and Crossword is India's leading lifestyle bookstore. "Laga Lagan" contains nine romantic songs composed by Madhusree's husband Robby Badal. Aditya Pushkarana played the keyboards, Shyam Raj gave life to saxophone tunes and Dilshad played the Srangi. On the launch of the album, Madhusree told that for more than one year she has put her heart and soul in making the songs. She also expressed her gratitude to BIG Music and told that she is extremely happy as her fans and music lovers will now be able to hear the music. The singer further spoke about the music style. She said that Thumri style of music was adopted as it is not understood by everyone in the present day. So she and her team wanted to present Thumri in a way that will be understood by all kinds of people. Notes from other styles such as Jazz, Latino and Western classical music have been incorporated in "Lagan Thumri". Madhusree in her singing career has performed with eminent musicians like A.R.Rahman, Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Sukhvinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Alka yagnik, Sadhna Sargam, Chitra, Rajesh Roshan, Himesh Reshmiya, among others. One of her most remarkable live performances was at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles organized by The Philharmonic Orchestra. On Saturday Madhusree performed the songs from her debut non film music album at the Crossword store in Mulund.
Chennai 600028 is no Lagaan
Venkat Prabhu says that the movie Chennai 600028 has no resemblance to the Oscar-entrant Laagan. 'Though both revolve around cricket, they differ from each other', he said. 'The whole movie is based on the problems confronting a local cricket team. To give a realistic flavor, the ones who are playing in the local tournaments, are part of the acting team. The game is only part of their lives, as along the way there is the experience to treasure of love, friendship and the inevitable difference of opinion'. Produced by S P B Charan and J.K Saravana, Chennai 600028 was slated for release on 14 April but backed out at the last moment to release on 27 April. The climax was shot in more than 10 days with the help of around 5000 co-artistes at the Somasundaram ground in Chennai. Yuvan's music is already a big hit. It goes on to show that the movie would also repeat the same magic.