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Topic started by fb (@ 210.210.32.182) on Mon Aug 2 00:32:04 EDT 2004.
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Ram Gopal Verma woos Illayaraja after Rehman says no to 'Vaastu Shastra'
Monday August 2 2004 00:58 IST
ANI

MUMBAI: Ram Gopal Verma is planning to sign up South Indian music veteran Illayaraja for his next flick 'Vaastu Shastra'.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEE20040801143742&Page=E&Title=Startrek&Topic=0&

A.R.Rahman was earlier approached for the music of the film, but when he refused, Verma personally headed down south to woo the southern legend.

Vaastu Shastra is being directed by Saurabh Narang, produced by K. Sera Sera and Ram Gopal Verma and stars Sushmita Sen, Chakravarthy, Piya Rai Chaudhary and Purab Kohli.

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• From: fb (@ 210.210.32.182) on: Mon Aug 2 00:33:44 EDT 2004
  
  it may also be noted that Ramu 'sfirst film SHIVa had the maestros music.
  
  
• From: Ilayaraja (@ 195.92.67.79) on: Mon Aug 2 09:48:22 EDT 2004
  
  because the lord of music ARR said 'no'..
  
  
• From: Ilayaraja (@ 195.92.67.79) on: Mon Aug 2 09:48:28 EDT 2004
  
  because the lord of music ARR said 'no'..
  
  
• From: rju (@ 61.11.79.3) on: Mon Aug 2 10:05:03 EDT 2004
  
  Illayaraja in Verma's next film
  
  
  Monday, 02 August , 2004, 10:07
  
  Mumbai: Ram Gopal Verma is planning to sign up South Indian music veteran Illayaraja for his next flick Vaastu Shastra.
  
  A.R.Rahman was earlier approached for the music of the film, but when he refused, Verma personally headed down south to woo the southern legend.
  
  Vaastu Shastra is being directed by Saurabh Narang, produced by K. Sera Sera & Ram Gopal Verma and stars Sushmita Sen, Chakravarthy, Piya Rai Chaudhary and Purab Kohli. ANI
  
  http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13534811
  
  http://www.geocities.com/rgv_shiva
  
  
• From: Vaasu (@ 4.158.114.137) on: Mon Aug 2 10:18:48 EDT 2004
  
  is this who did crap Company? why IR waste time on these borng messed up movie makers? IR shold know Hindi movies were inspiring for composing songs, not background scores, IR' sounds and style does not suit the "spoken" hindi.
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.35.210) on: Mon Aug 2 10:57:52 EDT 2004
  
  but then Vaasu,
  dont we all reserve the maximum adulation for the background score when it comes to IR, as it is "the soul of the film" as a DFer put it..
  
  RGV's films rarely have unnecessary songs, and he gives high priority to the BGM. This could be good! :)
  
  
• From: Venki (@ 168.97.133.243) on: Mon Aug 2 11:16:38 EDT 2004
  
  Did ARR refuse because he realized that he won't be able to do justice to the story.
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.35.210) on: Mon Aug 2 11:24:34 EDT 2004
  
  Indha lollu thaane vendaangrathu! :)
  Adhaye maathi "Did RGV go to IR coz IR's sitting idly(saapatu idli illaba.. gammununu kundharadhu!) at home twiddling his thumbs"-niyum kekalaam.. aana kaeka maaten! :D
  
  
• From: maanick (@ 193.132.98.250) on: Mon Aug 2 11:30:48 EDT 2004
  
  curses.
  Mind your words.
  
  
• From: C~P (@ 61.95.159.19) on: Mon Aug 2 11:33:53 EDT 2004
  
  Adhaan solla maatan-nu sonnaan-la?!
  
  
• From: Ilayaraja (@ 195.92.67.75) on: Mon Aug 2 12:28:15 EDT 2004
  
  does RGV's movies have a story for thalaivar ARR to justify?
  
  
• From: cc (@ 198.232.250.51) on: Mon Aug 2 13:51:09 EDT 2004
  
  I don't think so..I don't remember any movies from RGV in the class of "Boys" and "New". Your thalaivar needs to wait for Sankar's next film. Any way, he has already signed up for doing BF.
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.36.35) on: Mon Aug 2 14:38:08 EDT 2004
  
  And I dont remember RGV making movies in the class of Roja, Bombay, Lagaan or Legend of Bhagat Singh either.
  
  And I dont think RGV, in his present position, would tolerate IR's ego. But I think IR is a new man nowadays. May be the grand fall in the no.of his movies made him change.
  
  
• From: rs (@ 203.101.42.78) on: Tue Aug 3 00:10:47 EDT 2004
  
  ada vidungappa.......... RGV thanakku oru tamilnattu composer thaan venumnu adam pidichathu namakkelam perumai athai vittutu chinna pasangallataam adichitti irukenega..... wat nonsense............enna chinapullathanama irukku
  
  
• From: zz (@ 203.145.174.29) on: Tue Aug 3 03:38:06 EDT 2004
  
  Good move by RGV...But Can IR do justice to now so prevelant mordern movies with his traditional WCM BGM?..lets wait and see(Listen).
  
  
• From: Salem Kutty Samiyar (@ 195.92.67.68) on: Tue Aug 3 04:06:44 EDT 2004
  
  y didnt RGV choose the legendary composer - DEVA ;)
  
  
• From: Kiran (@ 219.94.127.68) on: Tue Aug 3 04:22:56 EDT 2004
  
  I DONT KNOW HOW THOSE WILL WORK........
  
  IR GIVES WHATEVER HE WANTS...WONT LISTEN
  RGV TAKES WHATEVER HE WANTS ...WONT LISTEN
  
  BUT NOW HOW THESE GONNA WORK TOGETHER....I THINK RGV WILL BE SILENT TO JUST TAKES WHATEVER IR DELIVERS.....DEFINETLY HE WONT TRY TO SUGGEST IR ANYTHING .........
  
  
• From: Cinefan (@ 203.101.53.101) on: Tue Aug 3 06:43:51 EDT 2004
  
  Vaastu Shastra is a songless horror movie where BGM will play a big role like 'Bhoot'.Having worked with&listened to IR,RGV knows his talent in composing the BGM&so has chosen him.Why is such a big fight going on this thread?
  
  
• From: curses (@ 203.101.39.86) on: Tue Aug 3 08:26:16 EDT 2004
  
  fight-a?!?! ohh.. naan thaan start panni thulacheno? :(
  
  Venki sonna post-ku comedy nenachu bathi sonnaen.. ippadi vandhu nikkum-nu edhirpaarkala!! :(
  
  
• From: Guess Me (@ 202.83.36.35) on: Tue Aug 3 08:51:01 EDT 2004
  
  IR composing for a songless horror movie? Seriously I dont think this is going to work.
  
  IRs hasnt evolved with time. His BGMs still sound the same right from the beginning. No wonder people didnt choose him for modern trendy movies. The best example would be Kamal Hassan's "Alavandhan". Even while proclaiming that he is a big fan of IR, Kamal hired Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy for this project. This should be only bcoz the subject is too modern and sci-fi for IR to handle. The movie bombed in the B.O. though.
  
  RGV is taking a big risk now. May God save him.
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 61.95.225.122) on: Tue Aug 3 09:04:33 EDT 2004
  
  // RGV didnt make Roja, Bombay, Lagaan or Legend of Bhagat Singh either. //
  But he made a refreshingly new Rangeela, daring Shiva and above all, the most hard hitting , perfect to the core film Satya and the greatest ever docu-fiction 'Company" .
  all these films stand head and shoulders above the escapist, mushy fare like Roja, lagaan etc..
  
  
  
• From: kk (@ 61.11.82.116) on: Tue Aug 3 10:23:10 EDT 2004
  
  http://www.geocities.com/rgv_shiva/underpro.htm
  
  Vaastu Shastra: Promo Watch
  
  By Gaurav Malani (IndiaFM News Bureau), August 02nd, 2004 - 1300 hrs IST
  
  Cast: Sushmita Sen, Chakravarthy, Sayaji Shinde, Purab Kohli, Peeya Rai Chaudhary, Rajpal Yadav, Yashpal Sharma and Zakir Hussain
  
  Trailer duration: 2 minutes 58 seconds
  
  Another horror-thriller product from RGV's Factory comes in the form of Vaastu Shastra . The trailer opens with a legal notice that states ‘The producers are not responsible for any consequences of watching this film'. Whether used as a fear-inducing note or a precautionary message (since a person died in India last year while watching RGV's Bhoot in a cinema hall); for lovers of Varma style thrillers, this remark is just as ineffectual as the statutory warning on cigarette packs.
  
  The promo displays the movie title in Hindi script throughout perhaps to add to the rustic feel. Vaastu Shastra – ‘It won't help you' reads the tagline of the film. Ironically the film seems to work against one fallacy – that of Vaastu Shastra, while promoting another superstition – that of the supernatural. That makes us more inquisitive towards the theme and treatment of the film.
  
  The trailer opens on a haunting background score with a car shown moving towards Saswade, a village 30 kms on the outskirts of Pune city. With more one-liners, the trailer makes its point clear. ‘ If Bhoot scared you, this will kill you '. Now if this is not an overstatement, there's something real exciting in store for horror flick fans. However this film directed by RGV Protégé – Sourabh Usha Narang isn't a sequel of Bhoot , though in the same league. Infact it reminds more of RGV's Raat because of it's rural setup.
  
  With this film Chakravarthy of Satya fame returns to Varma camp while Sushmita Sen makes her entry too. Chakravarthy plays a writer who lands up at a secluded mansion in Saswade with his doctor wife (Sushmita) and four year old son; to let his creative juices flow and complete his writing assignments. But the mysterious mansion doesn't live up to its name – Shanti Kutir (which was also the film's earlier title). “ Yaha bhoot bhi rehte hai ” says the pokerfaced kiddo in one of his lines who gets the maximum footage in the trailer.
  
  From building basements, feline faces, candlelit rooms, sneaking eyes, following hands to vanishing lights, the promo shows everything habitually related to horror flicks. Infact even some bleached ghostly faces are revealed in the promo clip. The trailer ends on a chilling note with crackling sound and thumping beats showing the façade of a 10-year old girl (seemingly the spirit) in the mandatory white frock associated with ghosts.
  
  The last line goes ‘This September you will die'. Indeed horror flick aficionados will be dying for this film.
  
  
  
• From: kk (@ 61.11.82.116) on: Tue Aug 3 10:29:13 EDT 2004
  
  This picture is SCARY..
  
  http://www.geocities.com/rgv_shiva/vaastushas.jpg
  
  http://www.indiafm.com/firstlook/vaastushastra.shtml
  
  
  

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