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Raavan embarks for last schedule, gears up for Apr-May'10 release
By Joginder Tuteja, August 21, 2009 - 14:07 IST
With Mani Ratnam now back in action, Raavan
is certainly seeing a strong push for itself as far as it's shooting
stint is concerned. Come 27th August and this epic film would be
embarking on the last shooting schedule.
Informs a senior crew member from Raavan,
"Yes, we all would now be traveling to a place near Mahabaleshwar which
would be the last shooting schedule for us. It would last for 40 days."
40 days? Isn't it too much considering the fact that quite a few movies
are entirely shot in such a huge span of time? "Why are you forgetting
that the movie is a bilingual and is being simultaneously shot in Hindi
and Tamil? Every scene is shot twice with a change in actors taking
place as well. You have to factor this as well before jumping to
conclusions around the film being over shot", he explains.
Total shooting days for the film would read 110-115 days. "This is
normal because it comes down to around 60 days a shoot for a single
movie. For a movie of this scale, budget, canvas and subject, it is but
natural to have an extended shooting schedule. Moreover, there is a lot
of outdoors required in the film as well that includes rock climbing
and some rough terrain", he divulges, "All of that comes with its own
challenges; something which wasn't surprising for any of us at all. We
knew what we were getting into the kind and the kind of dates that
would be required from us".
Since this is the last shooting schedule for the film, Raavan
would get into post production soon after the wrap is announced in
early October. "Yes, the entire post production is going to be an
intense exercise as well. The film is being readied for an April/May
2010 release", he reveals.
With music by A.R. Rahman, the Hindi version of Raavan stars Abhishek Bachchan,
Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Govinda and Nikhil Dwivedi.
