*"The film will be set 100 years ago"* OMG ! Will ARR take this project, since he is no more interested to do the epic movies.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Mahima Sengupta < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Is he rewriting the epic? :P > > --- On *Sat, 6/6/09, Sreekrishnan R <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Sreekrishnan R <[email protected]> > Subject: [arr] Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s next : Paanch Kaurav > To: "We, the fans !" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 1:27 PM > > *‘I don’t get the point of intervals’ **| *Article on ROPM > * > Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was in the city for just a few hours. But he didn’t > take much time to get nostalgic. > * > “Chennai is not new to me. I have literally lived here for the last five > years. I came here to meet AR Rahman to discuss music for my films. I was > also present in the city when Rang De Basanti (RDB) and Delhi-6 were > screened,” he says. > > Rakeysh is upbeat about the city’s Mozart. “I have worked with AR Rahman in > two of my films and I feel at home with him.. After he won the Oscars, we > talked for half an hour! I also met him as soon as he returned to the > country. I heard that a huge crowd gathered at the airport to receive him. > Guess I missed that scene,” he chuckles. He is equally effusive about our > Ulaga Nayagan, “I saw Dashavathar with Kamal Haasan. He has the most > expressive face,” but adds, “I was disappointed I couldn’t see ‘actor’ Kamal > in it.” > > His recent movie, Delhi-6, received a mixed response at the box office. > And, Rakeysh accepts that with a smile. “I’m both happy and heart broken > with the results of Delhi-6. Certain aspects of the story worked well. The > songs > have almost become anthems. But, I wasn’t able to tell what was running on > my mind and transcribe the thoughts on to the screen. Well, it’s all a part > of life. I’m a story teller. There is no excitement in telling the same > story again and again. A filmmaker learns the most while he’s making a film. > After making RDB and Delhi-6, I have gained more knowledge. I discovered why > I make a film,” he says. > > Though his movies are commercial (read song and dance) in nature, Rakeysh > is tired of them. “It will look idiotic if a cop bursts into a song in > between the story. So, I weaved songs with the script in RDB and Delhi-6. > But, I don’t get the point of having intervals. I was forced to have an > interval in my films for economic reasons. I don’t think attention spans are > decreasing, at least, not in the entertainment business,” he says. > > Rakeysh believes that the market will expand only if a filmmaker tries out > new things. “Audiences are humans. It’s ok to make them feel uncomfortable > because their sensitivity will make us experiment. Unless we give them > things on a new platter, they won’t know which they like the most,” he says. > > Rakeysh reveals that he is currently working on a few scripts. “My next > film, Paanch Kaurav, will be an adventure film, based on mythology. The film > will be set 100 years ago and I’m sure it will be better than Lord of the > Rings or any other film in that genre. It will be a fantastical film,” he > says. > > And, it doesn’t stop with that. “I’m writing the script for Bhairavi,” he > says and adds that he plans to make a film on the romance between Mirza and > Sahibaan, which is likely to have his Delhi-6 pair, Abhishek Bachchan and > Sonam Kapoor, in the lead. > > But he’s more excited about producing films for young directors. “I’m > planning to produce movies with young talents. My first movie will go on the > floors this September,” he says and adds, “I want to work with newcomers. > You never thought you would get a captain from Ranchi!” > > Rakeysh is also quite clear about his formula for making his films. “When I > make movies, it’s more like a personal experience. It has to challenge me, > excite me. Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favourite. How do we expand our > cinema? That’s the challenge Slumdog... throws at us. If I can achieve that, > I’m a perfect filmmaker. After all, I have just arrived,” he signs off. > > * > http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/Boll ywood/I-dont- get-the-point- > of-intervals/ articleshow/ > 4624981.cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bollywood/I-dont-get-the-point-of-intervals/articleshow/4624981.cms> > * > > Krish.. > His Music ~ My Mother Tongue > > > ------------------------------ > Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India > Travel Click > here!<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_Travel_1/*http://in.travel.yahoo.com/> > > > > -- Farzad Khaleel Webmaster www.rahmaniac.com
