Ishqiya to go on floors in September

May 15th, 2008Related|Filed Under

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Mumbai: Shemaroo is co-producing a movie with Vishal Bharadwaj for his protégé Abhishek Chaubey. The film is titled Ishqia. It stars Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan and Nana Patekar.

Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada says, “Ishqia is being directed by Vishal’s first assistant. It is a dark comedy and will go on floors this September.”

The music of the film will be rendered by Vishal himself and Gulzar has penned the lyrics. He is also the creative producer on the project.
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Talking about Ishqiya Vishal says, “Ishqiya is about three romantic personalities — played by Arshad, Vidya and Naseer.

We want to give the music a classical tone with a modern packaging as Vidya’s character is a classical singer.

Apart from dealing with romance, Ishqiya is also a crime thriller. This is the first film under my production banner.

I support Abhishek’s vision. Vidya is a fine actress who is taking big leaps in her performances with every film.” 

Adds Vidya Balan, “Abhishek has a very powerful and exciting story to tell. Abhishek’s conviction inspires confidence. I am looking forward to working with him. To think that a song written by Gulzar saab will be filmed on me is like a dream come true.

One of my all-time favourite Gulzarsaab songs is Beeti na Bitayi Raina and it seems like poetic justice that my one song with him is a Raina song. I’m thrilled that Vishal is composing the music for this film. His is the kind of music that is everlasting.”

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