It is a time when even the most optimistic and the dwindling number of positive thinkers are talking about the growing gloom all around and darkness looming large all over the industry. Everyone is talking about how the global recession is having a damaging impact in every office, studio, corridor and even gully where cinema is a way of life. There are people seeing dark visions of D-day drawing closer. And there has been no talk about new films being launched. There were no parties to celebrate any kind of success because there was no sign of success being seen anywhere. Events like being invited to the “auspicious” launching of a film or a “muhurat” as it is called were slowly going out of fashion and the atmosphere was filled with an eerie feeling of insecurity. It was in this kind of ‘world’ that we were surprised to see a rare bright spark of light at Future Studios owned by the ambitious and dynamic woman of power, the woman of today and tomorrow, Mrs. Mona Kapoor to the “muhurat” of a film at last. It was not a Hindi film. It was a Marathi film called ‘Gaiir’. It was like the good old times when some of the celebrities from Hindi film walked in to grace the occasion. Their coming in gave many in the studio that the better times for Hindi films was coming back. But, no, the celebrities where guests walking in to wish a bright future for a Marathi film being made by a team of enthusiastic and energetic young men. Among the big names who were welcomed by the leader of the team were the famous three brothers in white, directors Abbas- Mustan and their brother Hussain Burmawala, the editor of all the films directed by his brothers A & M, writer- director Anees Bazmee, Ananth (Talent Unlimited) Narayan Mahadevan and above all the busy as busy can be big man of the business of entertainment, Shyam Shroff of Shringar Films and the pioneer of the multiplex movement in India.
The three brothers in white who have been names behind some of the most successful films during the last two decades traveled from the other end of the city and still were the first to reach in spite of the snarling traffic jam which is slowly becoming a sickening way of life in the city. They marveled at the huge set put up for a Marathi film. They were happy to know that the young director, Satish Rajwade who had earlier made a comedy was now directing a suspense thriller which is their favourite genre of film making. Mustan said a good film is a good film and language makes very little difference to the quality of a film. The brothers in white who had heard the one line of ‘Gaiir” were excited about the subject and said they would be waiting to see what shape the young director gave with. They were sure that they would make a good film and said they would be very happy if he made a better film than them.
The ‘muhurat’ shot was a brief affair but according to Prashant Ghaisas, one of the closest well wishers of the team making “Gaiir” it would be a muhurat shot of a Marathi film that would be remembered for long. Amrita Khanvilkar, one of the most promising artists of Marathi and Hindi films faced the camera for the first shot and what followed was as interesting and intense as a scene in a quality thriller. Ananth (talent unlimited) broke the ceremonial coconut, Shyam Shroff sounded the clapper board, Anees Bazmee switched on the camera and the brothers in white directed the shot and it was all over within moments and a memorable moment in Marathi films was canned.
Shyam Shroff, a veteran of several years sounded the clapper board wise because of some technical snag. But he later said something that thrilled the team of ‘Gaiir’. He said any film in which the clapper board was sounded twice during the “muhurat” had always been a major hit and he was confident history would be repeated with ‘Gaiir’ sending of wave of thrill among the members of the team. The director of the film, Satish Rajwade said it was a great day for him to have Abbas-Mustan directing the first shot of his first film as a thriller because he was a great admirer of the men in white since his college days.
The unit of “Gaiir” being made under the banner of Kruti Films went into action, shooting soon after the muhurat and hope to complete the film within three months at a thrilling pace. The film will have four songs and a background score to suit the mood of a thriller.
The film has a very ‘strong’ cast in Sandeep Kulkarni(of ‘Shwaas’ the first Marathi entry at the Oscars), playing a double role, Ankush Choudhary, Amrita Khanvilkar and Tejaswini Pandit in the key roles. Dialogue by Parag Kulkarni, lyrics by Shrirang Godbole, music by Avinash-Vinayak, and cinematography by Suresh Deshmane are the other credits. The film is a Sanjay Ghodavat Group Presentation. The one question the media and the guests wanted an answer to was how the unit managed to get so many celebrities from the world of Hindi films for the ‘muhurat’, of a Marathi film. The suspense stays on. Woh Kaun Tha? Yeh Sab Kaise Hua?
Source: http://www.supercinemaent.com/InterviewDetails.aspx?interviewId=67
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