Showing posts with label Warsaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warsaw. Show all posts
Arjun Rampal felt I could achieve the look he had in mind-Gabriella Demetriades
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Fashion designer Gabriella discusses styling actor-partner Arjun Rampal for Crakk and bringing alive his vision for the character
Upala KBR (MID-DAY; February 10, 2024)
Fashion designers will tell you that seeing their creations being worn by actors is an unmatched high. Presumably, the joy only doubles when you style your long-time partner. Gabriella Demetriades agrees.
The fashion designer, whose pieces have many takers in the movie industry, is thrilled to have styled her actor-partner Arjun Rampal in Crakk—Jeetegaa Toh Jiyegaa. She says it all started with the actor having a distinct look in mind for director Aditya Datt’s sports action film.
“My label, Deme, works a lot with stylists on films and ads. Arjun and I both share a love for fashion. He had a specific look in mind for Crakk and felt I could achieve it. So, my team and I started designing the looks and put the mood board together. He loved it, and so did Aditya Datt,” she smiles.
Demetriades’ previous styling gigs include collaborations with Lisa Haydon, Aditi Rao Hydari and Shibani Akhtar. Working on the Vidyut Jammwal and Rampal-starrer was a creatively satisfying experience for her.
“The creative process was incredible. We shot at exciting locations in Krakow and Warsaw. Seeing the clothes in such interesting settings is fun. While we customized some key looks, most of them were sourced and purchased from international designers and brands. [We also used] a lot of upcycled army gear, vintage leather and denim.”
With her good looks, it’s not surprising that she has got movie offers. The designer made her acting debut in the Telugu movie, Oopiri (2016) with Nagarjuna. She teases that there is more to come. “I have done a cute role in a comedy where I play Arjun’s love interest. It’s a movie shot in the UK and produced by Viki Bharari. It should be released this year.”
Aditya Roy Kapur to shoot for Fitoor in Poland's art galleries?
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Abhishek Kapoor moves to art galleries in Europe with his hero Aditya Roy Kapur for a month long schedule of authentic art work for his Indianised Great Expectations
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 11, 2015)
Aditya Roy Kapur flew off to Poland last week to prep for his upcoming 30-day, long schedule of Fitoor. And director Abhishek Kapoor will be joining him shortly for his adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, Great Expectations.
Aditya, who plays Noor, an Indianised Pip, is an artist in the film and his perfectionist director was keen to have some authentic paintings from the World War era in the film.
"Poland is the last leg of the shoot and the unit are mostly shooting inside Warsaw's traditional and contemporary art galleries. The paintings are life-size and Noor is seen painting as well as showing off his work in these scenes," revealed a source close to the development.
The makers went through a long paper trail to get permission to shoot in these galleries. They have promised that none of the paintings will be affected by the lights. A museum and an art gallery are being used as sets and Gattu is mostly using sunlight and available indoor lighting," the source added.
Buzz is, the Kashmir schedule will be reshot with Tabu who replaced Rekha as the desi Miss Havisham, in the film. But the source dismisses this, "All the scenes with the rest of the cast have been completed during the Mumbai schedule. Now, it's only Aditya in Poland."
Apart from his solo sequences as an artist, the 29-year-old actor will also shoot an emotional scene about the loss of love, Firdaus, played by Katrina Kaif. In the Dickens' novel, Firdaus is the wealthy and sophisticated Estella, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham.
After shooting Kick, Jacqueline Fernandez back to Poland to shoot Karan Anshuman's next
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Ankur Pathak (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 21, 2014)
Poland seems to be the new Switzerland for Bollywood. After Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick, it is Excel Entertainment's Bangistan which will be shot in the European country.
Incidentally, this will be Jacqueline Fernandez's second visit to Poland. She's the leading lady of both films.
Since Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez were already shooting Kick, the locals were confused between the two Bollywood units mistaking one for the other when Anshuman was there for a reccee.
"People would approach me thinking I am Sajid from 'Keeck'. After a point, I got tired of refuting them and pretended to be Sajid," he reminisces with a laugh. "I guess some Poles have even posted pictures on Facebook with a caption identifying me as Sajid."
Ask why he chose to set his film in Poland, he says, "It's an unexplored location. My characters needed to be in a place completely alien to them and Poland lends itself perfectly to the story that I've written. We also intend to get some known Polish actors on board."
Anshuman insists that Poland's tragic history adds to his screenplay.
He adds, "Krakow and Warsaw are so spectacular that wherever you place your camera, it results in a picture-perfect shot." The other two locations are Benares and Ladakh. "The three places are almost like characters in my film."
Exotic locations viewers will get to see in Bollywood films this year
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Kunal Guha (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 5, 2014)
Hindi films are synonymous with escapism. One reason could be the exotic locations they’re set in. From Switzerland to Shimla, our films have given an identity to the places that have served as a picturesque backdrop for their stories.
For years, Indian filmmakers have scanned the globe for unique destinations that complement the script and offer viewers a chance to visually experience places that may not (always) be on the tourist map. So fasten your seat belts as Bollywood takes you on a world tour:
Kick in Warsaw
Sajid Nadiadwala has shot in the swankiest clubs of Las Vegas (Anjaana Anjaani) and is the first Indian producer to shoot at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles (Kambakkht Ishq). For his directorial debut Kick, he was looking for a country with stunning locales, a European feel and interesting architecture. “My subject required a place with concrete buildings like New York’s Wall Street and some heritage buildings. I found all this and more in Warsaw,” says Sajid, who has just returned from a schedule in Poland with some amazing footage never seen before in Hindi cinema.
Humshakals in Derbyshire
Director Sajid Khan’s next, Humshakals, has one thing common with his Housefull franchise; they’ve all been shot in England. Being his third time in the UK, Sajid admits that he feels less like a tourist there. His breakthrough find: the Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. “The house is almost like a silent character in the film. After 30-40 recces and checking out about 100 castles in England and Scotland, my mother suggested the Chatsworth House, which she’d seen in a movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice,” he reveals. It was love-at-first-sight for Sajid but his location manager told him that it would be impossible to shoot there as it was a major tourist attraction. “But I was determined and agreed to an hourly breakdown whereby I would be allowed to shoot in a part of the house which would be locked down each day for certain hours,” explains Sajid.
Phantom in Beirut
Kabir Khan’s ambitious spy thriller, Phantom, has mostly been shot in places that one has only heard about while browsing through the news. “My choice of location is script-driven. I don’t set my film in a city or a country simply because it would make for a pretty backdrop,” explains the director whose latest story led him to civil war-ravaged Beirut, Lebanon. He not only shot in the city but even in the mountains close to the Syria border. “There are some talented production designers who are capable of recreating these places, but I hate sets. I’ve been a documentary filmmaker and for me authenticity is important. And today, we have the budgets to shoot in countries we’ve never considered before. Besides, the audience is sharp and well-travelled and you can’t claim to have filmed in Beirut when you’ve actually shot in Dubai or somewhere in the Middle-East. Even the light is different in different parts of the world and something like a tree could give it away,” asserts Khan. But a location like this would mean braving volatile conditions and Khan admits that you don’t do something as foolish as landing up in a country that’s going through a political crisis without proper planning. “As a documentary filmmaker, I realised that things aren’t as bad as they sound in the news. Yes, security is a concern and there were bombings before and even during our schedule in Beirut. But if you only reach out to people and explain what you’re doing that takes care of most things,” reasons the filmmaker who even met a Hezbollah leader who smoothened out things for him. While shooting near the Syria border the Phantom unit once even managed to attract the attention and interest of the Israeli army. “We were filming in the hills near the border. Our cast and crew were armed with tanks and guns and that drew the Israeli forces to us. They circled our unit on F16s and even clicked several pictures—possibly wondering who we were or what we were up to,” narrates Khan with a laugh.
The Xpose in Paris
This Himesh Reshammiya murder mystery The Xpose may be set in India but some of the songs have been shot in Paris. “The light you find in European countries illuminate the frames, literally. Also, one gets more day hours to shoot between June to July, when you can begin as early as 7am and wrap up as late as 9-10pm,” explains Rakesh Upadhyay, business partner, HR Musik Ltd, the banner producing the film.
Tina And Lolo in Penang and KL
This Charlies Angelsesque action flick starring Sunny Leone and Karishma Tanna needed a big city setting, along with a few beaches. Director Devang Dholakia considered several options, including Georgia, which he had to drop for lack of subsidies, before finally settling for Malaysia. “We needed a city with a lot of skyscrapers, runways, shopping malls and a few imposing structures. We found these in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is a shoot-friendly country and it cost us the same as it would in Mumbai. Many South Indian films have been shot there,” says Dholakia.
Hindi films are synonymous with escapism. One reason could be the exotic locations they’re set in. From Switzerland to Shimla, our films have given an identity to the places that have served as a picturesque backdrop for their stories.
For years, Indian filmmakers have scanned the globe for unique destinations that complement the script and offer viewers a chance to visually experience places that may not (always) be on the tourist map. So fasten your seat belts as Bollywood takes you on a world tour:
Kick in Warsaw
Sajid Nadiadwala has shot in the swankiest clubs of Las Vegas (Anjaana Anjaani) and is the first Indian producer to shoot at the Universal Studios in Los Angeles (Kambakkht Ishq). For his directorial debut Kick, he was looking for a country with stunning locales, a European feel and interesting architecture. “My subject required a place with concrete buildings like New York’s Wall Street and some heritage buildings. I found all this and more in Warsaw,” says Sajid, who has just returned from a schedule in Poland with some amazing footage never seen before in Hindi cinema.
Humshakals in Derbyshire
Director Sajid Khan’s next, Humshakals, has one thing common with his Housefull franchise; they’ve all been shot in England. Being his third time in the UK, Sajid admits that he feels less like a tourist there. His breakthrough find: the Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. “The house is almost like a silent character in the film. After 30-40 recces and checking out about 100 castles in England and Scotland, my mother suggested the Chatsworth House, which she’d seen in a movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice,” he reveals. It was love-at-first-sight for Sajid but his location manager told him that it would be impossible to shoot there as it was a major tourist attraction. “But I was determined and agreed to an hourly breakdown whereby I would be allowed to shoot in a part of the house which would be locked down each day for certain hours,” explains Sajid.
Phantom in Beirut
Kabir Khan’s ambitious spy thriller, Phantom, has mostly been shot in places that one has only heard about while browsing through the news. “My choice of location is script-driven. I don’t set my film in a city or a country simply because it would make for a pretty backdrop,” explains the director whose latest story led him to civil war-ravaged Beirut, Lebanon. He not only shot in the city but even in the mountains close to the Syria border. “There are some talented production designers who are capable of recreating these places, but I hate sets. I’ve been a documentary filmmaker and for me authenticity is important. And today, we have the budgets to shoot in countries we’ve never considered before. Besides, the audience is sharp and well-travelled and you can’t claim to have filmed in Beirut when you’ve actually shot in Dubai or somewhere in the Middle-East. Even the light is different in different parts of the world and something like a tree could give it away,” asserts Khan. But a location like this would mean braving volatile conditions and Khan admits that you don’t do something as foolish as landing up in a country that’s going through a political crisis without proper planning. “As a documentary filmmaker, I realised that things aren’t as bad as they sound in the news. Yes, security is a concern and there were bombings before and even during our schedule in Beirut. But if you only reach out to people and explain what you’re doing that takes care of most things,” reasons the filmmaker who even met a Hezbollah leader who smoothened out things for him. While shooting near the Syria border the Phantom unit once even managed to attract the attention and interest of the Israeli army. “We were filming in the hills near the border. Our cast and crew were armed with tanks and guns and that drew the Israeli forces to us. They circled our unit on F16s and even clicked several pictures—possibly wondering who we were or what we were up to,” narrates Khan with a laugh.
The Xpose in Paris
This Himesh Reshammiya murder mystery The Xpose may be set in India but some of the songs have been shot in Paris. “The light you find in European countries illuminate the frames, literally. Also, one gets more day hours to shoot between June to July, when you can begin as early as 7am and wrap up as late as 9-10pm,” explains Rakesh Upadhyay, business partner, HR Musik Ltd, the banner producing the film.
Tina And Lolo in Penang and KL
This Charlies Angelsesque action flick starring Sunny Leone and Karishma Tanna needed a big city setting, along with a few beaches. Director Devang Dholakia considered several options, including Georgia, which he had to drop for lack of subsidies, before finally settling for Malaysia. “We needed a city with a lot of skyscrapers, runways, shopping malls and a few imposing structures. We found these in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is a shoot-friendly country and it cost us the same as it would in Mumbai. Many South Indian films have been shot there,” says Dholakia.
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