oh boy! dream projects lets all pray they come true
--- On Mon, 8/11/08, Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [arr] ARR - BB combo in 19 steps
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 1:38 PM
http://sify. com/movies/ tamil/fullstory. php?id=14737697
Bharath Bala and his Bharath Bala Productions (BBP) who makes
television commercials, documentaries and music videos have now tied
up with Walt Disney to produce a feature film in English.
The martial arts film titled 19 Steps, will feature Kamal
Hassan, Japanese superstar Tadanobu Asano, and Asin in the lead roles.
It will be directed by Bharath Bala and will have music by A.R Rahman.
Remember Bala and Rahman combo have produced the unforgettable music
video documentaries like Jana Gana Mana and Vande
Mataram.
Bala's film is based on a script written by the best known writer in
Malayalam M.T Vasudevan Nair or MT as he is popularly known, a
Jnanpith award winner who has won five National awards for screenplay
writing.
This period film deals with Kalaripayattu the martial
arts form from Kerala and will trace its roots to the ninth century.
MT, the 75 year old literary giant has written on Kerala folklores and
warlords in films like Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha and is now the
script writer of Hariharan directed
Pazhassi Raja, the costliest Malayalam film ever, a historical featuring
Mammootty and Sarath
Kumar.
MT's script is now being re-written by Hollywood script doctors to
give 19 Steps an international look and suitable for an
overseas audience.
In the film Kamal plays a character role of a
veteran Kalaripayattu guru who trains Tadanobu Asano in his
fight against his enemies. Asin will play a local princess and a
martial arts expert who falls in love with Asano.
The shooting of the $ 50 million film is likely to start in the summer
of 2009, and Walt Disney wants a fusion of Japanese and Indian martial
arts in the film. It will have versions in English, Hindi, Tamil,
Telugu and Japanese. Recently Bharat Bala told a tabloid "It's too
early to disclose anything. Currently we are in the midst of
negotiations."
