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on 2008/1/28 0:53:41
Bhushan Kumar's mega film "Karzzzz" was flagged off on 25th Jan '08 on the T-Series premises with a puja to introduce the entire star cast of the film.
Hosted by popular RJ and Anchor Siddharth Kannan, the event saw the presence of the original creator Subhash Ghai and the evergreen Rishi Kapoor himself, who shared their fond memories of the film and expressed their heartiest wishes to the present crew to make it an even bigger success. Also present to grace the occasion and seek the blessings of God and Subhash Ghai, were the cast and crew of the new film- Himesh Reshammiya, Debutante Shweta, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar and Director Satish Kaushik, along with Mr. Bhushan Kumar, Mr. Krishan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Tanya Kumar and Tulsi Kumar from T-Series. The stars started off the event with a small Pooja thanking God and went ahead to grace the stage and share their thoughts on the film.
Subhash Ghai considered it a proud moment that when Bhushan Kumar and Himesh approached him for the remake of this film. He said "It's a big compliment that they wish to bring the original film back to life." On the other hand, Rishi Kapoor who mesmerized everyone present said that he thoroughly enjoyed portraying Monty and he looks forward to the new Karzzzz.
Produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar, Karzzzz is a remake of Subhash Ghai's 1980 film about reincarnation. Indra Kumar's daughter Shweta will make her debut with Karzzzz and play the lead role of Tina Munim opposite Himesh Reshammiya who will don Rishi Kapoor's role for the same. Urmila Matondkar could not be present due to sickness.
Directed by Satish Kaushik, the film also stars Urmila Matondkar, Gulshan Grover, Danny Denzongpa , Rohini Hatangadi and Raj Babbar. Himesh Reshammiya also scores a hat trick by acting, singing and composing the music for the film!!!
The shooting is scheduled to commence from 10th February and the film will be shot in South Africa, Kenya & Mumbai.
T-Series has bought the remake rights from Mukta Arts for the original film ' Karz' directed by Subhash Ghai. The original film had a cast of Rishi Kapoor, Tina Munim, Premnath amongst others and was a blockbuster of the 80's.
