Tag: Sunil Bohra

Sunil Bohra wants ‘A’ certificate for Trishna

MUMBAI: Producer Sunil Bohra has asked for an ‘A‘ certificate from the Censors for his forthcoming Frieda Pinto-starrer Trishna.

“The Censor Board will be viewing the film this week and we are applying for an ‘A‘ certificate like Aamir Khan did for Delhi Belly,” observed Bohra.

The film, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy‘s novel ‘Tess of the d‘urbervilles‘, tells the story of a woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) who has come to India to work in his father‘s hotel business.

After an accident destroys her father‘s Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. But despite their feelings for each other, they cannot escape the conflicting pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation, urbanisation and, above all, education. Trishna‘s tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given her.

The film starts off as a tale of romance, but fast turns into a lustful affair in which Riz‘s character exploits Trishna in the name of love. It is said that the film‘s sequences have references to the Kamasutra.

Shot in Hindi and English, Trishna is slated to release on 650 screens across the country. The film has cameos by Anurag Kashyap, Kalki Koechlin and singer-composer Amit Trivedi. It will release all across on 6 July.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that Bohra has planned the premiere of his film in Jodhpur, his hometown. Around 500 assorted guests from Bollywood and the British film industry are likely to attend the premiere.

May 30, 2012
Viacom18 buys remaking rights of Seeta Aur Geeta

MUMBAI: Viacom18 and Sunil Bohra have teamed up and bought the remaking rights of the 1972-made film Seeta Aur Geeta that starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles.

Seeta Aur Geeta is a story about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.

This theme has been earlier repeated in several films like Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in a dual role, Jeetendra-starrer Jaise Ko Taisa and the Anil Kapoor-starrer Kishen Kanhaiya.

While Katrina Kaif will essay the role that Hema Malini played, Abhay Deol and Akshay Kumar are being considered for the roles played by Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra respectively.

The film is set to go on floors soon.

March 5, 2012
Saheb, Biwi… sequel in offing

MUMBAI: Just under two weeks of its release, the makers of Saheb Biwi
Aur Gangster have already thought of a sequel to the film, likely to go on the floors early next year.

Though Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster released a week after the Shahid Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor-starrer Mausam (23 Sept), the film made box office magic elbowing out the latter.

Commenting on the sequel, producer Sunil Bohra said: “We never expected this kind of appreciation for Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster. We’ve decided to launch a sequel right away. Why wait? At the moment, the excitement is fresh for both the crew and the audience.”

October 10, 2011
Sunil Bohra set to make The Thief of Baghdad in 3D

MUMBAI: The tempo of making films in the three dimension format seems to be warming up with producer Sunil Bohra announcing that he is all set to make his fourth edition of The Thief Of Baghdad in 3D.

Confirming the same Bohra said in a statement, "Yes I am making The Thief of Bhagdad in 3D, for the simple reason that since we have made three versions of the film earlier, the fourth has to be different. The script is ready but we needed to have something different for the film and hence the 3D format.

It is almost certain that Bohra will cast Shahid Kapoor in the lead role. "It‘s really too early to say anything about this, in fact we haven‘t even thought of that yet. To be frank, we are still contemplating on locking on a director and will lock that in the next couple of weeks, after which we will think of the cast," Bohra quips. "Once we have finished with the cast and crew detailing, we are looking at starting the film early next year," he adds.

The Thief Of Baghdad has been made thrice under the Bihra banner. The first version that was produced by Sunil‘s grandfather Sreeram starred Mahipal in the lead. Dara Singh played the lead in the 1968 version while Shatrughan Sinha played the role in the 1978 version.

September 27, 2011
Sunil Bohra to launch online music studio

MUMBAI: Sunil Bohra is in the news these days. After collaborating with Ram Gopal Varma on his recent film Not A Love Story,he had announced that he wou’d distribute the Freida Pinto-starrer Trishna in India.

Now, Bohra is set to launch an online music studio that will reveal to the producers the revenues earned from the music of their film in a transparent manner.

Bohra Bros (BB) Music Studio will enable producers to remain the ultimate music rights owner, which is not being done by the big labels who typically acquire the music rights.

As opposed to a one-time music rights acquisition cost paid by the big music firms currently, the Studio will aim to promote film music albums at initial cost to the producer. And only after the music starts selling will the studio plan to split the revenue with the producer in 70:30 ratio, giving the major share to the producer.

BB Music Studio will be launched with the music of Bohra Bros upcoming film Sahib, Biwi aur Gangster that releases on 30 September.

September 3, 2011