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Sur
Pooja
Bhatt issued a trade notice last week that she is severing all ties
with Pooja Bhatt Productions, which she had started with her uncle
Mukesh Bhatt a year ago and has floated a company called Fish Eye
Productions Pvt. Ltd. And what do you know! She has announced her
first project as well. The maiden venture is to be titled
'Sur'
and will star singer Lucky
Ali under the direction of the Bhatt
protégé, Tanuja Chandra. Well, it's the story of a young music
teacher, played by Lucky Ali who feels threatened by the brilliance
of his girl-student, despite the student's is devotion to him. He
suppresses her creative freedom until she is forced to leave him.
When he realizes what he's done, he tries to persuade her to return,
but by then she has lost her hearing.
Quiz Tanuja on casting Lucky as a lead
player, she promptly says," I love his kind of music. He has so much
rhythm and music in his body. He seemed like the perfect guy for the
character. He was rather intimidated that we offered him the role
first, but later accepted when he heard the script." Lucky, though
will not compose the music for the film. Instead, it's going to be
M.M.Kreem, who had earlier provided the music for Mahesh Bhatt's
'Criminal.' Few know
that Lucky has dabbled in acting before. He has done a TV serial for
a private channel a few years ago, just before he made it big with
his singing career. And we must say, he was not bad. Rather
likeable, in fact. The film rolls in May with Lucky's dates in
place. Tanuja is admittedly looking forward to the project. "Pooja
understands a great deal about production. At the same time, she
won't pull back any punches saying, "Add this for commercial value"
or something like that. Plus, she has a great sense of design. I am
sure this is going to be one of the best-looking films we'll have."
The heroine or the girl to play the student is still under
consideration And Tanuja has not made up her mind about who it will
be.
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