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After Cape Town, Darshan heads for Johannesburg
By Fakir Hassen, Indo-Asian News Service
Johannesburg, Aug 4 (IANS) After repeated international exposure
for Cape Town in Suneel Darshan's films, it is now the turn of
Johannesburg though it does not boast of scenic beaches and
mountain locales of the mother city.
Darshan is shooting major portions of his latest venture "Shakalaka
Boom Boom" here.
Bobby Deol, Celina Jaitley, Upen Patel and Kangana Ranaut, whose
debut role in the recent film "Gangster - A Love Story" received
great acclaim, are shooting here for a month, with others like
Anupam Kher expected to join them.
Darshan, who has set a record by shooting six films in Cape Town
because of his soft spot for South Africa, had decided that it
was time to showcase Johannesburg as well.
With the magic touch that he has for producing films that always
tug at the heartstrings of South African audiences, Darshan has
seen success here with his films "Talaash", "Barsaat", "Dosti"
and the particularly popular "Andaaz".
"They were successful because
they were family musicals, which always work here. I believe in
the institution of family though Indian cinema is going more
Western today. 'Shakalaka Boom Boom' is my attempt to go this
route, making a more urbane film. But there are certain values,
which I've not compromised with," Darshan told IANS.
"I have been shooting primarily indoors in Johannesburg in
houses that give me the feel of a very urbane city because the
film is a very youthful one."
However, Darshan feels the infrastructure in the city is not apt
for shooting a Hindi film and needs to be improved.
"Johannesburg is quite a well-established city although I still
feel the infrastructure you need to do Hindi films still needs
to be established here.
"With Ebrahim Kaskar (film shoot coordinator) in Cape Town, I
have had a very solid relationship. Hopefully, with the next
film or two that we shoot here, we will have a
similar relationship."
And Darshan would like to see greater involvement by the South
African government at all levels to achieve it.
With one third of the film shot in South Africa, "Shakalaka Boom
Boom" will include a two-week shooting schedule in the US, and
the rest of the film will be shot in India. It is expected to
hit screens during Christmas holiday.
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