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Aarkayne
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Shahran Sunny Audit wrote:
But with The Rising I look forward to watching Aamir Khan, yet being a Keten Metha film I doubt it would be a great film. The only film I enjoyed of his was Hero Hiralal, and that was made over 10 years ago!! Since then he has directed poor and dull films. Here's hoping Aamir Khan helps him out the way N. Shah did on HH.

Mehta has disappointed off late...in fact I dont remember a single movie in the last 10 years as you mention that have been of consequence with exception of SARDAR which unfortunately I have not seen (and dont know if a VHS or DVD source is available) but have heard rave reviews about !!!

But going from his record prior to the past 10 years he has made some significant movies and he does have a serious potential.....consider BHAVNI BHAVAI, MIRCH MASALA, HOLI (in which Aamir incidentally got his first break, albeit a TV film)...it seems with age Indian directors seem to only get worse, which I sincerely hope Mehta disproves !!!

Yet again one cannot bank on reputation alone, for the proof is in the pudding.....



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seems like sinking:

The Rising in troubled waters

Ever since Aishwarya Rai has backed out of Ketan Mehta's The Rising, the film is having a tough time obtaining producers to finance the venture. For starters Sahara Parivar one of the co-producers of the film have backed out. Speaking to the press Sushanto Roy said that it was really sad that Sahara was withdrawing its support to The Rising. "We cannot continue to associate with a production that shows no respect to the Parivar. Aishwarya is one of the directors of the Parivar and we prefer to be loyal to her," he said. For the uninitiated, Miramax was to distribute The Rising internationally. But the minute they learnt that Ash was no more a part of the film, they too backed out!



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zibawala wrote:
seems like sinking:

The Rising in troubled waters

Ever since Aishwarya Rai has backed out of Ketan Mehta's The Rising, the film is having a tough time obtaining producers to finance the venture. For starters Sahara Parivar one of the co-producers of the film have backed out. Speaking to the press Sushanto Roy said that it was really sad that Sahara was withdrawing its support to The Rising. "We cannot continue to associate with a production that shows no respect to the Parivar. Aishwarya is one of the directors of the Parivar and we prefer to be loyal to her," he said. For the uninitiated, Miramax was to distribute The Rising internationally. But the minute they learnt that Ash was no more a part of the film, they too backed out!



B4U

Man, what is with this Aish obsession? It's not like she's a huge draw in the West, and she certainly isn't a particularly good actor. Aamir Khan produced and starred in an Oscar nominated film! Isn't that good enough for them?
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DragunR2 wrote:
zibawala wrote:
seems like sinking:
For the uninitiated, Miramax was to distribute The Rising internationally. But the minute they learnt that Ash was no more a part of the film, they too backed out!



B4U

I doubt this news...till it is confirmed by a publication of repute at least.....B4U is at best a cheap channel (remember owned by the infamous brothers that also sell inferior quality DVDs)...this might be another tool of public politicking to apply pressure, malign names and so on.....as far as raising finance is concerned I dont think it will ever be an issue with an Aamir Khan film.....at that with Bobby Bedi as producer, who IMHO is a producer of repute having gotten many a successful project under his belt....we will have to wait and see how many of these things are simply hot air and how much real.....



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Here's the full story .......

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms ... sid=294020

The Rising loses Sahara for ousting Ash
ARCHANA K SHARMA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003 09:41:32 PM ]
MUMBAI: Sahara India has withdrawn its association from ‘Mangal Pandey - The Rising' after Aishwarya Rai who is a director with Sahara was ousted from the film produced by Bobby Bedi. Entertainment One owned by Manmohan Shetty was financing the film and Sahara India has a stake in his company.


Spokesperson for the company in a press statement said, “We shall never continue any association where the concerned people shall not care for the respect of our Pariwar and Pariwar people. .. We should have been intimated and consulted before she was so unceremoniously thrown out of the project.'

Bedi said that the withdrawal would not make any difference to the making of the Amir Khan starrer film and work was on as per schedule.

“We have had no contact or any meeting with Sahara officials regarding the Rising. The film is largely being funded by Manmohan Shetty's Entertainment One. We understand from Shetty that Sahara was trying to negotiate with him at a larger scale not related to Rising. Entertainment One is still financing the film and that is what matters to us,” Bedi said.

The reason of Rai's ouster was her differences with Bedi over payment of money. Sushanto Roy of Sahara said, “Her international agents wanted to settle (the issue) mutually and amicably.'”

Rai has already been replaced by Amisha Patel.


A Sahara official said that though the company had withdrawn its involvement from the film, it would continue to deal with Shetty's company in other projects.
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Aishwarya's rEVENGE:

Aishwarya gets even with 'The Rising'
By Our Correspondent ©2003 Bollyvista.com

Aishwarya Rai had been signed for Aamir Khan's 'The Rising', being directed by Ketan Mehta. But after her foreign agents reportedly quoted an astronomical sum and refused to budge, she was expelled for Amisha Patel instead. Now Aishwarya happens to be on the Board of Directors of Sahara who are also one of the financiers for this magnum-opus. It seems as a result of Aishwarya's departure from the project, she's even got them to withdraw their association from the project! Of course, Sahara claims that they went ahead and withdrew from the project out of their own volition!

The result? Perhaps 'The Rising' may get stalled for some more time for want of a financier. Surely Aishwarya knows how to get even with people!


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The Rising will happen....read on...

http://ww1.mid-day.com/entertainment/mo ... /70540.htm
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DragunR2 wrote:
zibawala wrote:
seems like sinking:

The Rising in troubled waters

Ever since Aishwarya Rai has backed out of Ketan Mehta's The Rising, the film is having a tough time obtaining producers to finance the venture. For starters Sahara Parivar one of the co-producers of the film have backed out. Speaking to the press Sushanto Roy said that it was really sad that Sahara was withdrawing its support to The Rising. "We cannot continue to associate with a production that shows no respect to the Parivar. Aishwarya is one of the directors of the Parivar and we prefer to be loyal to her," he said. For the uninitiated, Miramax was to distribute The Rising internationally. But the minute they learnt that Ash was no more a part of the film, they too backed out!



B4U

Man, what is with this Aish obsession? It's not like she's a huge draw in the West, and she certainly isn't a particularly good actor. Aamir Khan produced and starred in an Oscar nominated film! Isn't that good enough for them?

Lagan did not make much money in US/UK outside of the
core audience despite the Oscar nomination. Aamir Khan
is no bo draw for Miramax for now. Rai might be one after "Bride and Prejudice".
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Since Mirmax is doing this film internationally we can expect a good dvd. I hope they don't do the same thing with 'RISING' that they did with JetLi's 'HERO'. :ffs:
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spike86 wrote:
Since Mirmax is doing this film internationally we can expect a good dvd. I hope they don't do the same thing with 'RISING' that they did with JetLi's 'HERO'. :ffs:

Knowing Miramax/Dimension, they will probably add a hip hop soundtrack.

BTW, you might want to see Volcano High on MTV...
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spike86 wrote:
Since Mirmax is doing this film internationally we can expect a good dvd. I hope they don't do the same thing with 'RISING' that they did with JetLi's 'HERO'. :ffs:

We're doomed if Miramax does the DVD (although it will be better than eros). Many of their foreign title DVD's have had scenes cut (and for Jet li's films they were also dubbed) and are tailored for "American audiences".
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DragunR2 wrote:
BTW, you might want to see Volcano High on MTV...


I've seen the promos for this and one word -weird! It looks like a Korean teen drama with kung fu and hip hop. But I still think MTV is ripping of FUSE network's 'KUNG FAUX', which btw is hilarious.



Worst case scenario with MIRAMAX doing 'RISING'- dubbed, songs cut or making it a two part movie, THE RISING volume 1 and THE RISING volume 2.! :D :baaa:



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The Rising seems to have a knack for making waves for the wrong reasons.

First, its lead heroine Aishwarya Rai quit unexpectedly from the project. Soon, Sahara India Pariwar, whom Aishwarya is associated with, withdrew its association from The Rising.

Now, co-producer Entertainment One (besides Bobby Bedi) has washed its hands off the film. A report on mid-day.com reveals that The Rising will now be produced by Bobby Bedi and director Ketan Mehta.

Manmohan Shetty and Pravin Nischol of Entertainment One refused to divulge the details for taking this step.

The Rising, featuring Aamir Khan as Mangal Pandey, will be filmed in three schedules at Pataudi, Pune and Uzbekistan.

Will this film ever be made

The Full report from http://www.mid-day.com

Manmohan Shetty of Entertainment One has opted out of Ketan Mehta’s The Rising starring Aamir Khan. Based on the 1857 mutiny, this is another jolt to the film which has been seeped in controversy right from its start. First Aishwarya Rai went out of the project.

This was followed by Sahara dissociating themselves from the project as Aishwarya is one of the directors on their board. Aishwarya was replaced with Amisha Patel and the film finally went on floors in Pataudi, Madhya Pradesh, this month.

On Wednesday, however Shetty met up with co-producer Bobby Bedi and agreed to mutually part ways. Entertainment One was said to finance about 60 per cent of this Rs 35-40 crore project. Now The Rising is being produced by Ketan Mehta and Bobby Bedi.

Says Shetty, “We have decided to stop further exposure to the project. As of now we shall not be providing any further financial assistance to The Rising.” When asked for the reasons behind the decision Shetty admits, “There were various reasons but I wouldn’t like to go into that.”

It learnt that Entertainment One was not comfortable with deal from the beginning. They preferred to be transparent in their dealings but the co-producers apparently were not. They seemed hell-bent on taking unilateral decisions without consulting anyone (the decision to replace Ash with Amisha was one of them) and there was complete lack of communication.

Entertainment One was part-funding the project and they wanted to have a say in production matters like it happens in the Hollywood Studios. When things reached a head, Shetty felt that it was better to opt out. It is also learnt that he requested Aishwarya to be back in the project but she refused.

Pravin Nischol, executive director, Entertainment One, states, “We have no further involvement with The Rising. Entertainment One will not be presenting The Rising any more. We are happy without each other. The producers will arrange for the rest of the funds themselves. It’s true we were supposed to have part-funded the project and our involvement was coming between 50 to 60 per cent of the total project.”

Was the reason they backed out was because of Sahara (who has been planning to buy a stake in Entertainment One) putting pressure on them? “No, nothing of the sort!” adds Nischol.

The film is supposed to be shot in three schedules in Pataudi, Pune and Uzbekistan. Reports say that with Entertainment One backing out, the first schedule is already in jeopardy and shooting has been stalled. Pooja Bedi, executive producer, and sister of Bobby Bedi rubbishes the rumours.

She says, “The shooting of the film is very much on at Pataudi and the project not been stalled. In fact,” Bedi continues, “We are not only on schedule we are a day ahead of schedule.” The unit is coming back tomorrow after completing the schedule. Though she says that that there were other financiers besides Entertainment One she doesn’t want to disclose the details.

Meanwhile Rikku (Amisha Patel’s secretary) says, “As far as I know shooting has not been stalled. Amisha is still shooting in Pataudi. In fact we have been receiving payments right till yesterday. There have been no problems on the payment front.”

Now it is to be seen whether The Rising lives up to its title.


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***Roll, bhi lamba chaheey, paisa bhi zayada chaheey,
apology bhi!!!!


Ash comes clean!

Syed Firdaus Ashraf | February 09, 2004 23:03 IST


Controversy seems to be a constant companion of Ketan Mehta's The Rising.

Lead actress Aishwarya Rai quit unexpectedly just two weeks before the launch of the film. No sooner had she quit than Sahara India Parivar withdrew its association from the film. Then, co-producers Entertainment One (headed by Manmohan Shetty and Pravin Nischol) washed its hands off the film.

On Monday, on the sets of Samir Karnik's Kyun....! Ho Gaya Na, Rai disclosed that she was approached by the producers of The Rising to reconsider her decision on quitting the film. More on The Rising!








"In the end of December, just two weeks before the mahurat of The Rising, the producers approached me and told me to reconsider my decision [to quit]. They also told me that they will apologise publicly and that they were ready to renegotiate with my agents about the price," said Rai.

Rai added, "I received the final script of the film three weeks before the mahurat of The Rising. They added that if I worked in the film, they would rework the script. Since the focus of the film was not on Jwala [the name of Rai's character in the film], I thought, 'Why should I do the film?' After all, even if I agreed, it would not mean I would increase my screen presence.

"If I had to discuss my role again with the producers, people would misunderstand me. They would think, 'Price bhi chahiye, apology bhi chahiye aur role bhi chahiye. Toh log galat samjhenge [She wants the money, apology and the role. People would have misunderstood that].' I asked them whether they had approached any other artiste. They said yes. So I simply refused to renegotiate with them."

The former Miss World admits she never expected the issue to be blown out of proportion: "The whole thing blew up in media. I wasn't here at the time [Rai was in London shooting for Gurinder Chadha's Bride And Prejudice]. So I decided to keep quiet. I would speak only when I had to."

The Rising is now produced by Bobby Bedi and Ketan Mehta. A period film about the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny and its hero Mangal Pandey, the sepoy who protested against the British, the film stars Aamir Khan in the title role. The actor is reportedly getting Rs 7 crore (Rs 70 million) for the film. Apparently, when Rai's agents asked the producers for Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million) as her remuneration, they refused. She walked out of the film. Amisha Patel then stepped into her role. The film also stars Rani Mukerji and British actor Toby Stephens.

Rai is more than happy to talk about Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na, in which she costars with Vivek Oberoi. "I wanted a light comedy film. I wanted to have fun. You may love ten scripts but you can only do two films. I wanted a different kind of film from the others I have done. I chose Chokher Bali because it was a very intense role and required discipline in terms of work. I choose Bride And Prejudice because it was a new experience. I choose Khakee because of working with Rajji [director Rajkumar Santoshi]. Similarly, this one is because of fun and comedy."

"Comedy is difficult for an actor -- it is difficult to make other people laugh. But I think I have a good sense of humour and manage to make people laugh and make them happy. I always see the flip side, though that does not mean I am flippant," quipped Rai.


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