Hey Lawrence, This is great news but do u think Rakeysh will wait for 2 years? i guess this interview was give before Rang De was released.
As per the latest interview of Rakeysh Mehra, he is planning "Delhi 6" as his next movie. Bhairavi is a project for whcih he wants to cast Amitabh, Abhishek and Jaya bachchan. He said he will do that only if these 3 sign up the project. whatever it may be, all i wish is ARR should be music dir for rakeysh films, be it Delhi 6 or Bhairavi. From AKS and Rang De we can say that Rakeysh is a creative genius. it would be great if two creative genius work 2gether. What do u say? --- lawrence jerome braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MEET THE WRITER OF 'RANG DE BASANTI' > > The coveted writer Kamlesh Pandey is very much > excited about his > forthcoming mammoth project, 'Rang De Basanti', > starring Bollywood > superstar Aamir Khan. > > "Till date as a writer I had been just writing what > others either > wanted or expected from me and hence hired me to > write. I think I > have had enough of it. Now that I do not have to > prove to any one > about my capability, I have decided to write what I > want. And my > latest release as a writer- Rakyesh Om Prakash's > 'Rang De Basanti' > is one subject with which I am literally gung ho > about," comments Kamlesh Pandey. > > Kamlesh who had started his career, as a writer with > Pankaj > Parashar's Jalwa, has indeed come a log way. Among > the films which > he has written are Tezaab, Chalbaaz, Dil, Saudagar, > Khalnayak and > Beta. > > Right now, Kamlesh is excited with the course his > career has taken > him. Two > of his films are seeing the light of the day in > January - Sanjay > Gupta's recently released 'Zinda' and Rakyesh > Mehra's 'Rang De > Basanti'. "I am excited about both the films. While > I have just > written the dialogues of Zinda, which has been > inspired by a South > Korean film called Old Boy, I have written the > screenplay and > dialogues of Rang De Baanti, which is essentially > Rakyesh Mehra's > baby, Kamlesh adds. > > > "Luckily Rakyesh and I share the same emotions and > concerns. Rang De > Basanti > may have a cynical point of view but I think it is > the wake up call > or today's youth, who seem to have compromised with > the two > monoliths- the corporate and the family, who shape > your, who > actually shape your mind and make you believe what > they want you to > believe", he states Kamlesh is happy that Aamir Khan > has loved only > two subjects in the last ten years- Sarfarosh and > Rang De > Basanti. "The way Aamir has accommodated himself so > beautifully and > dissolved himself in the group is to be seen to be > believed.", > Kamlesh chips in > > The under current of the film Rang De Basanti, > according to Kamlesh > is what > would Bhagat Singh had done if only he was alive > today. "I wrote > Rang De Basanti out of a sense of anger because > under the guise of > cinema, we only > find crap cropping up every one and then. I had > grown up on as > staple diet of Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor as a child. I > belong to the > school, which thinks that a film ought to have some > substance and > set out to say something.", Kamlesh adds, > > "I have used a very odd structure for the film, > which was very > difficult. I feel that it is the director's vision, > which has to > take over once my script, is ready because it is the > director who > sets out to execute on celluloid what the writer > writes on paper. It > is creditable that Rakyesh has delivered what he had > promised", he > further chimes in his views > > Kamlesh laments the fact that though we claim to be > the biggest film > industry in the world, we do not even have a film > course or > workshops for screenplay writing in even a single > university. > Kamlesh feeds the kitty, saying, "It is pathetic > that we do not have > even half a dozen competent writers though we claim > to producer > around 800 films in a year. India has been unfair to > writers who I > feel have not been given their due credit and > status. No wonder > almost 95% of the films released every year flop > miserably. Though > the media is ready to write reams and reams about > any girl who is > willing to take off her clothes, it does not bother > to respect > writers who are treated like illegitimate children." > > Kamlesh who has also written for TV serials like Mrs > Madhuri Dixit > says that though he is out of television more or > less because he is > not able to relate to the vision people have of > television, says > that he couldn't say no when Ekta Kapoor approached > him with the > offer to be on her panel of writers and supervise > her serial Kahani > Ghar Ghar Ki with his story inputs. Says Kamlesh , > "I have known > Ekta right from the time I had commissioned her TV > serial Ek Paanch > for Zee TV almost a decade ago." > > Kamlesh Pandey is not ready to just sit on his > laurels now that both > Zinda and Rang De Basanti have reached the winning > post. He has > started working on two projects for Rakyesh Mehra > for whom, > incidentally he had also written Aks with which > Rakyesh has made his > debut as a director. "One of the two films will be > Delhi 6, which > will be a light hearted film about real people in > flesh and blood > who inhabit Chandni Chowk in Delhi while the other > one will be a > musical called Bhairavi for which A. R. Rahman has > promised to > compose music provided Rakyesh is ready to wait for > two years", he > utters > > Kamlesh Pandey has added one more feather to his > already crowded cap > by writing a stage musical called Bharathi for > Pashagoshi > Productions from Israel, who have earlier produced > several stage > musicals like The Fiddler On The Roof, Phantom of > The Opera etc. "I > was given a brief to write a stage musical on India > with 14 popular > Bollywood songs and weave a story on India. It is a > live show with > Bhavana Pani, daughter of writer-director Uday > Shankar Pani in the > title role. Ganesh Acharya, Remo and Jojo Khan have > done the > choreography for the live show, which consists of 60 > dancers from > India. The play has run for a month and a half in > Israel in the > Hebrew language and is now all set to open in France > on January 26 > this year in French.", Kamlesh tells > > The intelligent writer has always enticed the souls > and is geared up > once again with the upcoming 'Rang De Basanti'. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. 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