Mumbai, Nov 8: Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor, known for making sensible films on a moderate budget, continues the trend with "Lakshmi", about human trafficking and child prostitution.
"The budget of the film is very small. It's been made under Rs.5 crore. We don't really have any stars in the film," Elahe Hiptoola, co-producer of "Lakshmi", told Ians.
Hiptoola and Kukunoor have worked together on many films. Some of them are "Rockford", "3 Deewarein", "Hyderabad Blues 2", "Dor", and "Mod".
"All the films that we have made so far have been made on an average budget except for '8x10 Tasveer', which had stars (Akshay.
"The budget of the film is very small. It's been made under Rs.5 crore. We don't really have any stars in the film," Elahe Hiptoola, co-producer of "Lakshmi", told Ians.
Hiptoola and Kukunoor have worked together on many films. Some of them are "Rockford", "3 Deewarein", "Hyderabad Blues 2", "Dor", and "Mod".
"All the films that we have made so far have been made on an average budget except for '8x10 Tasveer', which had stars (Akshay.
- 11/8/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
They stay with a film for months on end, but you never find an editor's name on a film poster or in a promo? Editors in Bollywood rue that they are not only badly paid and unrecognised but also face competition from untrained hands and computerised equipment.'Editors don't get recognition. Their names are not put on the posters. A music director or a lyricist only contributes to 20 to 25 minutes of a film, but their names are on the posters,' Shirish Kunder, who edited hits like 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Main Hoon Na', told us.'An editor's work is no less than that of a cinematographer. A cinematographer works for about 70 days of the shooting, an editor works for five to six months. But for some strange reason editors are not considered important enough,' he said.Suresh Pai, who worked on 'Page 3...
- 4/5/2011
- Filmicafe
The Hindi box office will soon be laden with sequels like 'Race 2', 'Don 2' and the third instalments of 'Dhoom', 'Golmaal' and 'Phoonk' as Bollywood walks in Hollywood's footsteps to make filmmakers feel secure and keep a captive audience in good cheer.'It is a commercial decision. If something works and you can continue the same story, why not bring it back again with the same theme and energy?' Karan Johar told Ians.'As long as you make it exciting for people, the idea works,' said the filmmaker, who is producing the sequel of his Abhishek Bachchan-John Abraham-starrer hit 'Dostana'.Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma said: 'It is not about following Hollywood. These days in Bollywood, everyone thinks in terms of only sequels. One spends so much money and effort in creating a brand; so it makes...
- 8/25/2010
- Filmicafe
New Delhi, Aug 22 – Nagesh Kukunoor is yearning to face the camera again. Absent from the big screen for the last four years, the director is now making an on-screen comeback with a cameo in his long-awaited project, ‘Aashayein’.
Last seen in a cameo in ‘Dor’ in 2006, the filmmaker has acted in most of his films like ‘Hyderabad Blues’, ‘Rockford’, ‘Bollywood Calling’, ‘3 Deewarein’ and ‘Hyderabad Blues 2′.
‘I am doing a cameo in ‘Aashayein’,.
Last seen in a cameo in ‘Dor’ in 2006, the filmmaker has acted in most of his films like ‘Hyderabad Blues’, ‘Rockford’, ‘Bollywood Calling’, ‘3 Deewarein’ and ‘Hyderabad Blues 2′.
‘I am doing a cameo in ‘Aashayein’,.
- 8/22/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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