I just got the CD soundtrack of Run, I was hoping that producer Sridevi and director Jeeva would keep the original Tamil music score from Vidyasagar. But when I heard the Hindi score I was stumped to find an awful score that sounded dated and 10 years older then the Tamil Version.

The original score was wonderful and with minor changes could have catered for north Indian audiences. Alas they are now presented with a score that was not worth my money.

Furthermore I have seen the song promos and the subway fight scene is looks similar, using the same stunt guys and location!!!! I only hope Peter Hain (Fight Director) ensures an improved sequence in the fight scenes otherwise what was the point of spending millions on a film when the original on DVD was avaliable for only £12.99 with English Subtitles....

I guess Boney Kapoor hasn't shown Sridevi the case study of Nayak which was expensive and poorer then the original and low budget Mudhalavan....



Edited By Shahran Sunny Audit on 1075703765

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Run runs into Censor problems

By IndiaFM News Bureau, May 05th, 2004 - 1230 hrs IST


Boney Kapoor's Run that releases on May 14 has some interesting action sequences well executed by action master Peter from Vietnam, which seems to be even better than the original Tamil film. But then this hard-hitting action sequences have created some censor problems for the film.

The censors demanded as much as 50 percent cut in the action scenes to grant the film a U certificate. Without these cuts the film would acquire a U/A certificate. But Boney felt that since a U (Universal) certificate doesn't make much of a difference from the U/A (Under the guidance of Adults), he went forward with the action scenes and a U/A certificate for his film.

I figure, Run will make a profitable run. Herer is my take on it:

1) Very modest budget. Only Rs 8 crore, so the All India Distributor cost should be around Rs 4 or 5 crore.

2) As I read at Rediff 'Run' page, it's shot in NOIDA (suburb of Delhi, but is in UP). Not many films are made in and around Delhi. So expect a good run in Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana, North MP.

3) Copy of a south hit that North Indians haven't seen. Bhumika Chawla is not bad plus Mahesh Manjrekar is enough to bring terror on the screen and audiences to theatres in and around Delhi. Bombay may not see a good run, but North India should be enough to recover the low cost of this film.

Rana

BTW,
1) When was 'Film City in NOIDA' set up?? Is Sunil Dutt started (in late 60s or early 70s) studio a different one?? How common are film shootings in NOIDA or in UP??

2) Hollywod, Bollywood and now NO-WOOD??

3) Talking of Wood, perhaps Hollywood was named on the basis of Holy Woods. It's wooded area. Fine. But in trying to think of a catchy name, they came up with Bollywood name, where there are no Woods at all. Same with all other so called ---wood studios in the world.

As long as the language of the film produced is Hindi, I doubt any other name will be given to the industry other than Bollywood. Foreigners dont even know the difference between the different Indian languages. They call them all Bollywood films. We often hear that Bollywood makes 800 films a year (When only over a hundred are in Hindi from Bombay).

ANyway, I think the decision to attract film companies to U.P. is a move by the state government and I read something about it about a year back in a Singapore paper.