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The English conversation between actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kinsley in the forthcoming film “Teen Patti” has been dubbed in Hindi for the single screen audience, producer Ambika Hinduja of Serendipity films said. The movie has been directed by Leena Yadav. “In the movie Mr. Bachchan’s character Venkat is narrating his journey to Perci Trachtenberg (Ben Kingsley). Of course, Sir Ben doesn’t speak Hindi. Their conversation is in English. Those particular scenes, which come at a very important juncture in the movie, have been dubbed for the single screen audience,” Hinduja told IANS. “Mr. Bachchan has dubbed for himself and Boman Irani has dubbed for Sir Ben,” she added. Hinduja maintains that though the film is releasing worldwide, it has not been dubbed for the overseas non-traditional market but has been subtitled for some selected regions. “Currently the worldwide release is Feb 26. We are starting with the traditional territories. We have got some non-traditional territories like Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria that have shown keen interest in the film and we are releasing it there. For the Middle East, Gulf and these non-traditional territories we have subtitled the film in English and Arabic,” said Hinduja. Around Rs.30 crore was spent on “Teen Patti.” It is going to have a big release with 900 prints for India and abroad along with 1700 UFOs (digital print). Serendipity films is still negotiating with some countries who have shown an interest in releasing the film. “We have 900 prints for India and overseas along with 1,700 UFOs. Every single day we get calls to release the film in Europe and in some Southeast Asian countries, but you know the deal has to make sense for us so we are going to exploit it peacefully,” said the producer. This is her second film after “Being Cyrus” (2005) which was directed by Homi Adajania and her first mainstream Hindi film. Hinduja involved herself with every frame of “Teen Patti”. “I am the creative producer and was involved in every aspect, stage and process of the film and the making of it. Because it is my second film and the first mainstream film, I wanted to give it my best and establish my company with “Teen Patti”,” said Hinduja. Asked about the genre of the film, she said: “I can’t give a specific genre to “Teen Patti”. It is a thriller, a drama and it’s a film for the global audience. It deals with a universal theme like greed, deception, relationships and most importantly achievements and all of us across the globe can identify with these particular themes. “ The movie was invited by 12 film festivals but Hinduja didn’t accept any of them because of a fear of piracy. “We were invited by 12 film festivals, but piracy is a big threat. For example, the movie ‘What’s your Raashee’ was screened at the Toronto film festival five days before its release and it was out in the market before the release. For a movie like ‘Being Cyrus’ there was no competition in the market, there was no threat; it was first of its kind so we took it to various festivals. It was highly appreciated and after being written about, we released the film,” said Hinduja.
'Majic Ajji' is 'Thantira Patti'
Three and half years old Kannada cinema 'Majic Ajji' the first High Definition digital camera film in India starring the Kushboo and Master Tejas in lead roles is dubbed to Tamil as 'Thantira Patti'. Kushboo is playing 'Grandmother' on silver screen while the Bangalore bright boy Master Thejas who was studying in 7th standard then at Little Lilly English School in Mahalakshmi Layout is studying today in the I PUC of MES College, Bangalore. Dexterous director Dinesh Baboo has done the story, screenplay, cinematography, directed it and is one of the three producers of 'Magic Ajji'. Subburaju of Rajassu combines and Surendra are the other two producers of 'Magic Ajji'. For technical expertise Lloyd Roberts CEO of Whiz works worked on this film. Made in Kannada this film dubbing was thought three and half years ago is materializing now. Still a pretty looking Kushboo plays the protagonist role and she dies in the first reel of the film. Her grandson Master Thejas only visualizes 'Ajji' and there is more magic from the duo. Kushboo is shown as 100 years old but she remains in her looks as of now. The grandson even asks Ajji to take him to heaven and there are many funny and engaging scenes on the screen. Sudharani plays Master Tejas mother, Gurudutt, Komal, Mandya Ramesh, Ramesh Bhat Shivaram are also in the cast. The graphic work consists of 30 minutes in the film and the entire film was shot in HD digital camera. The shooting was held in at the favorite spot of the director Dinesh Baboo ' Mysore. Ten days of shooting was held at Lalit Mahal Palace ' popularly called the White House of this country?
Competition with ‘Teen Patti’, says KCK producer?
“Teen Patti” and “Kartik Calling Karthik” – two awaited movies of the year are releasing on the same day, but Ritesh Sidhwani, the producer of “Karthik Calling Karthik”, doesn’t fear competition. “We have no competition with ‘Teen Patti’. We have only 52 Fridays in a year and with the Indian Premiere League (IPL) and other events that go on in a year, there are only a certain number of weeks that are good for a film’s release,” said Sidhwani. The producer also stressed on the strategy to make a film exciting enough to enthuse the viewer to come and watch it at the theatre. “You have multiple films releasing on the same day, so one needs to create some kind of a demand and mystery about your film. If you manage to convince the audience that this is something different, you need not worry about any competition,” he said. While “Teen Patti” stars Amitabh Bachchan as a mathematician, Farhan Akhtar plays the role of an introvert in “Karthik Calling Karthik”.
After ‘Kites Hollywood editor for Teen Patti
First it was Anurag Basu’s “Kites” that had Brett Ratner from Hollywood to put together the material. Now director Leena Yadav has roped in Oscar winning editor Hughes Winborne to edit her film “Teen Patti”, which is releasing Friday. Winborne, who has edited Will Smith starrer “In Pursuit Of Happyness” and “Seven Pounds” and also won an Oscar for his editing in Paul Haggis’s “Crash”, has ‘re-edited’ “Teen Patti”, which was first edited by Kaushik Das. “We needed that international sensibility to be placed on the footage. We sent a subtitled print to Hughes. But he soon did away with the subtitles. He got all the Hindi jokes and punchlines,” Yadav said. Why was it felt that a Hollywood editor would be able to give “Teen Patti” the global cut? “It’s really about getting the rhythm right. The Western audience has a different pace for movie viewing. That pace worked beautifully in my film,” said Yadav. An international editor was not all that “Teen Patti” got from abroad. The film also imported a stunt coordinator. The German stunt director Armin Sauer, who has worked with global biggies like Matt Damon in “The Bourne Supremacy” and Ralph Fiennes in “The Constant Gardener”, had been called to supervise the stunts. Yadav let go of all stops and made sure she pulled the punches as hard as Armin. “These stunts that Mr. Bachchan has performed are very real, very raw. Not for a second was I allowed to feel like a woman on the sets. Agreed there were a lot of men on the set and two intimidating stalwarts like Mr Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley. But any director regardless of gender would have fely equally intimidated by these two stalwarts.” It’s generally said that female directors have a much tougher time directing a film than their male counterparts. Yadav says she has never had to suffer because of her gender. “Not once did I feel I was disadvantaged by my gender. On the sets, my authority was never questioned. Whether it was legends like Mr. Bachchan and Sir Ben or the newcomers, they all surrendered to my vision,” she said.
'Pata' for release in May
The shooting of 'Pata' produced by R Srihari Raju on the banner of VT Creations introducing Siva Ganapati as director, Madhusudhan, Poonam and Jyothika Krishna in the lead, was formally launched on January 9 and was totally completed by March 16. It is well aware that the lives of human beings had an attachment with the song right from the day of their birth till their death. The song will have all kinds of elements. The hero of the film Madhusudhan was trained in Satyanand's film institute for five months. Quddus, Pratap and V Sagar scored tunes for the movie. Producer says, 'The audio would be formally launched in April and the film would be released as a summer special. The film will be a total entertainer. Though all the lead artistes and the director were novices, they performed extremely well.'
Teaser: 4 Telangana Youth On Pitta Goda
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