Very good news Gopal , pleasure to know this. Awaitng for an awesome output of BOSS's master work in 2010 Nov-Dec.
Thanks for sharing this. 2009/12/16 Gopal Srinivasan <[email protected]> > Water-ing hole > > Shekhar's Paani is ready to roll in Spain > > By Subhash K Jha > Posted On Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 02:40:33 AM > Shekhar Kapoor flew into Chennai earlier this month to record his > first song for Paani, officially flagging off his first feature film > undertaking since the sequel to Elizabeth two years ago. > > Says Shekhar, “Paani is now completely on. We start shooting in April > 2010. We're at a pre-visualisation stage. And I needed Rahman's song > for that. Since it is located in a futuristic city, I've artistes in > Los Angeles, Singapore and India creating my city.” > > > While the film is set in futuristic Mumbai, Shekhar plans to shoot in > Spain. “I've had a big offer from Spain to shoot the film in their > country. They too are fascinated by the water theme. It's a massive > project. Otherwise it wouldn't interest me.” > > The film will star newcomers in the lead. Says Shekhar, “The girl has > to be a 17-year old French-Canadian who lives in the Upper City (the > posh area) of Mumbai. And the young Indian boy is a desi Leonardo > DiCaprio who's a water revolutionary.” > > The film is a forbidden love story. “The girl's father is the global > head of a water company. We need another girl, a smouldering > entertainer like Shakira, who's a big star in the Upper and the Lower > City. Then there's an Oracle called Amma.” > > Shekhar will cast the hero from India while the girl will be cast > internationally. He swears he hasn't decided a single member of the > vast cast as yet. “You know I had planned whole schedules of Elizabeth > and I hadn't found the actress to play the lead. And since Elizabeth > wasn't cast, no one else was. The studios were getting frantic with > worry. We tested a hundred actresses. I wasn't the least worried. I > knew I'd find my Elizabeth. I saw two shots of Cate Blanchett in a > film no one had seen and I decided on her. The most difficult actor to > cast was Richard Attenborough. Likewise I'm not worried about Paani.” > > The spoken language of Paani would be English. But there will be a > dubbed Hindi version. “Even the characters of the Lower City would be > speaking English. Slumdog Millionaire has proved that language is no > barrier. Even though all the Indians spoke English, the language > didn't come in the way of credible self-expression. I will have a > dubbed Hindi version too.” > > Paani will be readied in time for the Venice Film Festival in 2011. > > > ------------------------------------ > > Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? > <b> > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > Admin: [email protected] > To Subscribe: [email protected] > To Unsubscribe: [email protected]! Groups > Links > > > > -- Regards, Uday Kiran
