Showing posts with label Ketan Maroo. Show all posts
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'Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol' director Ananth Mahadevan: "I tell people one of my films is going to Oscars"
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As Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol is acquired by an OTT platform, director Ananth Mahadevan says the movie will reach a wider audience; insists it inspired India’s Oscar entry Laapataa Ladies
Upala KBR (MID-DAY; December 12, 2024)
Ananth Mahadevan’s first feature film, Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol (1999), is getting a new lease of life. In May, the Joy Sengupta and Sucheta Khanna-starrer came into focus when Mahadevan claimed that Kiran Rao’s acclaimed work, Laapataa Ladies, borrowed heavily from it (‘Mix-up in train and station straight from my film’, May 10). Now, the digital rights of Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol have been bought by Shemaroo, and the movie will stream on ShemarooMe from January.
Mahadevan says there has been renewed interest in the film ever since he pointed out that Laapataa Ladies—which revolves around two brides getting switched mistakenly, owing to their veiled faces—was inspired from his movie that had the same premise.
“It’s a pity that Ghunghat… had a two-time telecast on Doordarshan in 1999. As soon as [the officials at Doordarshan] got to know that Laapataa Ladies was similar to Ghunghat, they immediately called me and took rights for a three-time telecast. Now, [the OTT release] will ensure a wider reach,” says the director.
Laapataa Ladies has been selected as India’s official entry to the 2025 Oscars. As Rao takes the Sparsh Shrivastava, Pratibha Ranta, Nitanshi Goel and Ravi Kishen-starrer to the global stage, Mahadevan says, “Nobody will ever admit to it or prove that Laapataa Ladies was inspired. Though nothing can be done about it, the coincidences are too strong. When people call and tell me that it has been selected as India’s entry for the Oscars, I tell them, ‘That’s great. It’s the first time one of my films is going to the Academy Awards.’”
Meanwhile, Ketan Maroo, who bought the digital rights of Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol, is confident that the 25-year-old film has an eager audience. “People are saying that another movie is inspired by it, so there will be curiosity,” he states.
Rana Dagubatti to play Tarzan; Sunny Leone to play Jane in Soham Shah's next?
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Sonup Sahadevan (MID-DAY; May 13, 2015)
If the latest buzz is to be believed, Rana Dagabatti will soon go shirtless and bare his wild side. Giving him company will be Sunny Leone.
Sources in the industry suggest that the two actors have been signed for Sohum Shah’s next directorial venture, Adventures of Tarzan. While Rana will essay the titular role, Sunny will be seen as his romantic interest, Jane.
Says a source, “The makers felt there was no better bodied actor in Bollywood than Rana to play Tarzan today. So he was the obvious choice. And Sunny will play the usual glam doll.” It is believed that the movie will be a sequel to the 1985 film of the same name that had Hemant Birje and Kimi Katkar in lead roles. “It won’t be a sex-laced film, but Sunny as Jane will be seen wearing leaves for clothes to cover her modesty. The film will be as bold as its prequel,” informs a unit hand.
The movie is slated to go on floors in October. Sohum and producer Ketan Maroo were not available for comment.
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