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  • CR officials direct RGV to contact Railway Board for permission to shoot at CST

    CR officials direct RGV to contact Railway Board for permission to shoot at CST

    MUMBAI: In his quest to stay afloat given the washout of his latest film Department, Ram Gopal Varma is making a film based on the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

    Recently, Varma went to the Central Railway (CR) headquarters at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) to seek permission from the public relations department to shoot some scenes at the station.

    It is said that the CR authorities denied any permission and asked the filmmaker to approach the Railway Board in Delhi. Reportedly the authorities didn‘t want any gory images or blood to be shown as the incident wasn‘t one to be glorified. “So, we have asked the production to send the proposal in writing and we will be permitting them to shoot the scenes only if we feel that it will not affect the railways‘ image,” said a CR official.

    Varma‘s team is also scouting other locations and strategic places like Cama Hospital and the vehicle by which the terrorists had entered and gone on a rampage around the city. They are also trying to rope in the railway announcer who saved many lives on the night of the attacks.

    Varma had initially courted controversy when he visited the terror-ravaged hotels (Taj Mahal and the Oberoi) soon after the terror strike along with the then chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his son Riteish Deshmukh.

  • Ram Gopal Varma making film on 26/11 attacks

    Ram Gopal Varma making film on 26/11 attacks

    MUMBAI: Three years after his infamous visit to the Taj Mahal Hotel along with the then chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his son Riteish soon after the assault of the terrorists on 26/11, that cost the CM his job, Ram Gopal Varma has started working on the film based on the terrorist attacks.

    Varma has reportedly confided that the film tentatively titled 26/11 will not only cover the attack but also the behind-the-scenes action.

    ‘‘Everyone, more or less, has seen on TV or heard of what happened then. My attempt will be to capture everything from the time Kasab and the rest of the team landed on Mumbai‘s shore on Amar Singh Solanki‘s trawler to the National Security Guard‘s operation that eliminated all of them except Kasab who was captured,” Varma observed.

    According to the director, a large part of the film‘s focus will be on the police officer who died fighting the terrorists. “It will be completely based on the flush out operation at the Taj.” According to sources, major part of the film would be shot on the high seas. Varma is also trying to tie up with an international production house for the film.

    Varma and his team have already had a few sittings with Rommel Rodrigues, the author of the book ‘Kasab the face of 26/11‘. The author is assisting Varma in the fim. “He has an extensive knowledge of the event,” observed Varma.

    The film would be made for both national as well as the international audiences. It will have completely new cast to create a heightened sense of reality.

  • Maharashtra chief minister woos entertainment industry

    Maharashtra chief minister woos entertainment industry

    Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has invited the entertainment industry to come up with suggestions to help develop Maharashtra as a bigger player in the entertainment industry. While speaking at the FICCI seminar in Mumbai yesterday, Deshmukh said he would like suggestions from captains of industry to take his state forward.

    “This region should be developed as a satellite hub,” he pointed out. “I see earth stations coming up to make this as a centre of activity for television.”

    He added that his government was going to come up with a package to allow for the setting up of cinema multiplexes in the state. “We are examining what the other states are doing on this front. Top of our minds is making the sector viable.”

    He added that his government was working on setting up a new training institute for film and television in the state.