INDIAN FILMS ENHANCE PRESENCE IN PORTUGAL

 Bengali Movie “BACHCHAN” To Film Three Songs In Portugal

                    

Lisbon, Portugal, July, 2014: 

As part of the mandate to further enhance Portugal’s image and lure as a top-end leisure destination, the Turismo de Portugal office has been actively in dialogue with Indian mainstream film producers, directors and location management agencies. With Indian cinema being a key driver that increases destination awareness and desire, Turismo de Portugal has been active in reaching out to the segment.

Turismo de Portugal in association with ‘All Around Globe Services PVT LTD’ of India & ‘Cinemate’ - Portugal’s leading line services company;  brings the first ever Bengali (Eastern India) movie to film the beauty of Portugal. The movie named “BACHCHAN” produced by one of the leading moviemakers ‘Grassroot Entertainment’ & ‘RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT’ a subsidiary of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group from India.

The film casts lead actors are played by Mr. Jeet and Ms. Aindrita Ray and is scheduled to be released in October 2014.

The three songs, which will be filmed in Portugal, will bring the country’s un-touched locations to the Indian audience. The film aims to shoot three of its music videos in the Portugal. These songs will be choreographed by India’s well known choreographer Mr. Baba Yadav. One of the three songs will be filmed in the city of Lisbon and Porto backdrop and the other will be in the natural beauty of Algarve, Aveiro and Ericira.

Mr. Amit Jumrani, Producer of the film “Bachchan”, commented; "An important thing to know about movie making is to bring new and unexplored locations around the world to the Indian audience. We are happy to find them here in Portugal".

Mr. Rengarajan Jaiprakash, Director of All Around Globe Services Pvt Ltd, commented; “We find Portugal is the most shooting friendly country and people are very happy to welcome us. We find Portugal very cost effective and efficient to shoot small budget and regional movies. After the great success of “Balupu” which we shot last year, we managed to get Bachchan to Portugal. With Bachchan we open the gates of Bengali film industry to Portugal. We managed to shoot 3 songs ( Music video) in seven days, thanks to “Cinemate” our local partner. We will have many projects coming here in the near future. We look at spending over 100,000 Euros per movie in Portugal”.

In the recent past South India’s blockbuster movie titled ‘Balupu’ starring Ravi Teja and Shruti Hassan, filmed their main title song along the streets of Lisbon with some additional sequences in the Algarve; the Southern region of Portugal.

About the actors of “BACHCHAN”:

Mr. Jeet - He has won several awards as the Lead actor.  He has acted in other films including , Sathi (2002), Champion (2003), Naater Guru (2003), Shongee (2003), Premi (2004), Bondhon (2004), Juddho (2005), Hero (2006), Neel Akaser Chadni (2009), Wanted (2010), Josh (2010), Dui Prithibi (2010), Fighter (2011), Shotru (2011), 100% Love (2012), Awara (2012), Boss (2013), he has established himself as one of the biggest superstars in Bengali film industry. As he always does he will be rocking with his casual acting style entertaining Bengali audience in this movie.

Ms. Aindrita Ray  – A well known actress from the Indian Film Industry, is known for her acting and especially dancing skills. She has won several awards back in India, but her biggest breakthrough was in the film Manasaare for her critically acclaimed role of a mentally challenged girl. She received many awards and accolades for her role which included Suvarna Award for Best Actress and a nomination for Filmfare Awards.

About All Aaround Globe Services Pvt Ltd:

The company is specialized in organizing International shoot of Indian films. Some of the films to their credit have been the latest Dhoom 3, Krrish 3 in Switzerland which had a spend over 1 million Euro for a 7 day of shoot. The company has filmed at various locations all over the world for Indian movies.

About Turismo de Portugal:

Turismo de Portugal, I.P. is an organization that aims to foster development of Portuguese tourism. Integrated within the Ministry of the Economy, Innovation and Development, Turismo de Portugal is the national tourism authority responsible for promotion, enhancement and sustainability of tourism activities, aggregating within a single entity all the institutional competencies related to stimulation of tourism activities, from the supply sector to demand. Using its privilege relationship with other public bodies and economic agents in Portugal and abroad, Turismo de Portugal is dedicated to fulfilling its objective of strengthening tourism as one of the core growth engines of the Portuguese economy.