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.
