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When 'Paheli' is already complete for release, Shah Rukh urged director Amol Palekar to cast Sunil Shetty. As the producer of the film, SRK doesn't want to loose his 'Main Hoon Naa' co-star. 'Main Hoon Naa' was one of the biggest hits of last year. Shah Rukh wants to try Sunil in 'Paheli' as a luck factor. Sunil will play a small but important roll opposite Juhi Chawla.
Srk thinks that Sunil is lucky for his production company!!! ‘‘CAN I produce this film?’’ Shah Rukh Khan asked Amol Palekar when he sought an appointment with Bollywood’s favourite star to ask him whether he would play the hero in his new big-budget film.
As it turned out, Sandhya Gokhale’s script of a legendary Rajasthani love story excited Shah Rukh — and a whole host of Bollywood biggies, it appears. Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Juhi Chawla, Sunil Shetty are all part of the star cast.
Though Palekar hates to admit it, Paheli sets a new precedent for him as director, where his audience will widen, thanks to all the ingredients of mainstream cinema that have gone into making the film, what with a high profile cast, six songs, special effects and elaborate sets.
Palekar’s got one of the best music directors — M M Kreem — on board, and Gulzar as lyricist. The playback singers include Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Madhushree and Shreya Ghoshal.
Paheli is based on the novel Duvidha penned by Rajasthan’s Sahitya Akademi winner Vijaydan Detha. A folk love story, Sandhya Gokhale says Mani Kaul made it into a film in 1963 but that ‘‘the perception was totally different.’’
In typical Palekar fashion, the film was shot in 43 days flat — 21 days in Rajasthan and 22 days in Mumbai. Palekar and Gokhale have just returned to the city after completing shooting. Says Palekar: ‘‘Now, the post production work will begin and since we want to make it technically very savvy, I cannot give a precise timeframe when the film will be complete but it should be over around Diwali.’’
Palekar, whose last commercial film Anaahat with Sonali Bendre made waves and ran to packed houses for months, says Paheli is a feel-good film. ‘‘You will want to see it again.’’ But he was reluctant to reveal either the story or the budget. ‘‘It is not as big a budget as Devdas nor as small as Anaahat.’’ Shah Rukh’s wife Gauri Khan is the producer of the film through her company, Red Chillies Entertainment.
Palekar, who is well-known for experimenting with variegated themes, says he had wanted to do a film on this novel for a long time. It took Palekar and Gokhale a year to research the project.
Palekar says he has many firsts in Paheli, like using elaborate sets — a sprawling haveli from the Navalgad area of Rajasthan was recreated; special effects, thanks to Shah Rukh who he says is extremely techno-savvy; and sync sound (not dubbing).
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It seems like the Amol Palekar directed , Shah Rukh-Rani starrer with a working title ‘Ghost Ka Dost’ , has now been renamed ‘Paheli’.
The shooting of the film based on Vijay Dan Detha’s novel ‘Duvidha’, has already commenced and some sources also claim that Amitabh Bachchan and Juhi play cameos in the movie.
This is the only film Shah Rukh has given a green signal to for 2005.
Directed by veteran actor Amol Palekar and produced by SRK's Red Chillies this film stars Rani Mukherjee. It is a periodical set in Rajasthan. Ravi Chandran is roped for camera work. “Amol Palekar narrated the script. I liked it. It’s a very sweet story,” he says. What isn’t known yet is that the sweet story is actually a ghost story. Shah Rukh Khan plays a double role in Palekar’s untitled film. In one of the roles, SRK plays Rani Mukerji’s husband. In the other, he’s cast as a ghost. After the highly unexpected role in Swades, Palekar’s film would give SRK another chance to go beyond his image.
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i saw the awards too and i liked them better than filmfare... i think SRK and Pretiy's dance was the best... i did not get akshay and Malika Sherawat's dance b/c i think they were supposed to give the Lifetime Achievement Awardd to Darmendra so they should have done a dance on all of his movies... and Zayed Khan cannot dance for his life... Karan and Juhi were funny...
Here's other important awards... Best Story (critcs): Swades Best Director (Critics): Swades Best Debut Director: Farah Khan
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SanjuBaba said:
y are u up to a fight here. if u like Shahrukh, thats ur matter. keep it urself. I am talking abt KJ AND YC movies. Not abt Shahrukh.I just passed a comment and if u read carefully most of the movies above are KJ and YC movies.
i wasnt talking about SRk...but about Karan and YC movies
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