18 October, 2015

NAGESH KUKUNOOR'S DHANAK RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION AT BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL



Mumbai, October 9, 2015: After bagging two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak (Rainbow) made its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival 2015. 

Busan International Film Festival is held annually at Busan, South Korea, since 1996 and is one of Asia's most prestigious film festivals.  

The premiere of the film received a warm reception and the audience cheered right through the end credits. 

The film has received several distribution queries since the screening at Busan. Drishyam Films feels it is a positive sign as preparations are on in full swing for the film's upcoming India release, slated for January 20, 2016.  

Nagesh Kukunoor, director, Dhanak says,  "Dhanak's dream run continues! To be given a chance to screen at Busan is a wonderful honor. March on Chotu and Pari!"

Shiladitya Bora, CEO Drishyam Films: "We are delighted to have the film's Asian premiere at Busan. Busan has a fantastic film market with a diverse and engaging audience presence. We are excited about having received quite a few distribution queries from various territories."

The award-winning film produced by Drishyam Films had its world premiere earlier this year at the prestigious film festival, Berlinale, where it bagged The Grand Prix for the best feature-length film and the Special Mention for the best feature film by The Children's Jury for Generation Kplus. 

About the film:

The film which stars, Hetal Gada and Krrish Chhabria in the lead roles is about an eight-year-old blind boy whose 10-year-old sister promises him that he will get his vision back before he turns 9. The film follows the duo on a magical journey through the sand dunes of Rajasthan. The film also stars theatre actors, Vipin Sharma and Vibha Chhiber in the prominent roles.

Like Iqbal, Dhanak also explores the beautiful relationship of a brother and sister and the central character suffers from a disability, but in a dramatically diverse setting. This is also Nagesh’s second film with children after the much acclaimed Rockford.

Sukhe & Raftaar Swag like Brad Pitt in their latest single “All Black”

After stupendous success of his single “Jaguar” famed Punjabi singer Sukhe is now ready to enthrall the audience with another chartbuster single ‘All Black’ featuring renowned rapper Raftaar. ALL BLACK is being released by India’s biggest music label T-Series. The label has produced a very stylish video which shall be seen on mainstream Hindi satellite music channels in addition to Punjabi TV channels.

Talking to the media, Sukhe said, Jaani (Lyricist) has put in lot of attitude in the lyrics and the music is real hip hop style which will resonate with the youth. After Jaguar, the expectations from me are really high and I hope “All Black” will meet those expectations. Raftaar has added a real punch to the track”

Neeraj Kalyan, President of T-Series said, “the team of Sukhe, Raftaar & Jaani have come out with a really gem of a groovy track. T-Series is making a big departure from the norm by releasing this Punjabi video on T-Series mainstream channel on YouTube. The song shall be promoted heavily across all national satellite channels. Raftaar’s rap is the song highlight”

Raftaar’s rapping has bought the singer quite some accolades under his name. The rapper has been a popular for his spunky rap numbers in Bollywood and smashing singles in Punjabi. ‘All Black’ is groovy number where the two stars will be seen trying to woo their girls in their own style. While the song is a Punjabi number, Raftaar will be seen rapping in all Hindi. The quirky but meaningful lyrics is what makes the song different and the reason why T-Series decided on backing the project.

The song will be launched on 10th Sept on a grand scale.

Sanchiti Sakat and Pamela Jain dubs for Rajasthani serial at Andheri

Sanchiti Sakat and Pamela Jain dubs for Rajasthani serial Swteshvar Mahima at Andheri .

Sanchiti Sakat is busy hese days in recording different songs for serials,marathi films,ganpati bhajans and Hindi films.


Recently she dubbed for Rajasthani serial Sweteshvar Mahima at Andheri.


Sudhakar Sharma has written the lyrics which is composed by music director Shyam Jawda.


The Television Serial is produced by Naresh Rajpurohit and directed by Sani Mandawara.Pamela Jain was also part of this song recording.