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Subject: [arr] [Semi-ARR] Rings producer, Shekar to make magic
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:37:35 -0800 (PST)
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> Rings producer, Shekar to make magic
> Deccan Herald
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> The Hollywood producer of the blockbusters Lord of the Rings and
> The Matrix, Barrie M Osborne,
> is collaborating with Indian film director Shekar Kapur for a movie
> Paani, which he feels has
> good prospects of making it to the Oscars.
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> �The movie will highlight the Indian film industry at Hollywood
> like the Lord of the Rings did
> for New Zealand [where the trilogy was shot]. It will also show
> what can be achieved in India,�
> Mr Osborne said at a press conference here on Friday. He said he
> hoped the Paani project would
> take off this year. �Paani is a great story. Shekar has a great
> scriptwriter with him. I love
> the story. I love the take on it. And the visuals. It can go to the
> Academy awards,� said Mr
> Osborne, who is currently involved in the films Magnificent Fingers
> and The Alchemist.
>
> Paani is set in a future Mumbai where water is so scarce it becomes
> a currency.
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> �Working with Shekhar Kapur for Paani will be a highly challenging
> task as we have to envisage
> a situation in a futuristic period and make it entertaining at the
> same time,� Mr Osborne said.
> To a query on the budget, Mr Osborne declined to reveal the exact
> figure but said, �Shekar
> wants to bring some portion of the finance for the movie from
> India. We want it to be an Indian
> film.�
>
> On whether he would take up projects with other Indian film-makers,
> Mr Osborne said he chose
> his projects based on the strength of the script and if a script
> narrated to him by an Indian
> film-maker was impressive, he would love to work on it.
>
> The producer, who is visiting India for the first time, said he has
> seen movies made by Shekar
> Kapur, Meera Nair and Satyajit Ray. �In my younger days, I saw
> Satyajit Ray�s films at film
> festivals in the US.�
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> Shekar Kapur, who was scheduled to attend the press meet, did not turn up.
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