Anurag Basu to direct 3 flicks

Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Basu had almost gone missing after the disaster of his film Kites that starred Hrithik Roshan and Mexican beauty Barbara Mori in the lead roles. But the director has no plans of stepping out from cinema as Anurag Basu is now going to make three films in 2011 !!!


The filmmaker said that he was supposed to do two films ‘Silence‘ with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, and the film on Kishore Kumar in 2011. Silence would’ve happened in 2010. But the movie got pushed ahead because Imtiaz Ali’s film ‘Rock Star‘ with Ranbir Kapoor got delayed for sometime. Now between Silence and Kishore Kumar biopic the director would be directing a third film.

He further stated that the shooting of Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra starrer Silence will start in January. The second leading heroine is still to be finalised. Anurag Basu stated his own reasons for being missing from the film industry for sometime now. We hope that his upcoming projects would become a hit…

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Anurag Basu shares his “English Act”

Anurag Basu may be a great director and writer but as a person he is a very down-to-earth kindda man. The director has recently directed Kites and has also acted as a writer for the movie. The movie has Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actress Barbara Mori in the lead role. Besides these two, Kangana Ranaut is also there.

Anurag says that when he was on his first day of shooting of Kites he explained a scene to Barbara. The actress could not understand that and requested the director to speak in English. This was a little difficult for the director but then also he explained the whole scene in his own style of English!

The director said, "Guess what? I was speaking to her in English all the time,". He was laughing also at the same time and was moving his hands in the air. Anurag also said , "I knew then she was not getting my English,." The director also said that he made a lot of hand gestures during the shoot of the movie and continued to do the same at his home too. About this he said that his wife thought that Basu is into sign language.

Anurag Basu’s first big budget movie

The name Anurag Basu is now well known everywhere. This popular Bollywood director has done many movies of a totally new genre. His movies Gangster, Metro etc were superb and had heart touching themes behind them. But till now Anurag has not done any movie of some very big budget. But very soon all of us are going to anjoy his experience with a big budget movie as he is directing Rakesh Roshan’s Kites.

About Kites( which stars Hrithik Roshan and Spanish actress Barbara Mori) and its budget, the director said "I don't think it was a huge challenge. Smaller films are more difficult because when you have a shoestring budget, you have to manage in that budget and make your film look good. Most of the time when I was writing small films, I was doing my production, too. 'I should write this scene - no it will cost you money chuck it out and write some other scene.' But this time I had a free hand. I just started to write and Rakesh-ji told me, 'Don't think about the budget, just write.' So I just wrote the film."

He is very happy to work with an experienced producer who is none other then Rakesh Roshan. Anurag Basu says "I knew Mr. Rakesh Roshan is an experienced producer at making huge movies, so I was very relaxed. I know nothing will go wrong when he's there." So whatever the budget of the movie is but one thing is for sure that good and talented people like Anurag Basu always entertain the audience in a unique way.

Anurag-Barbara's fight against cancer

When it comes to Kites, nobody knows that what kind of bond filmmaker Anurag Basu and actress Barbara Mori share with each other. Both feel great to be the survivors of cancer, though neither knew about this in starting. While Barbara Mori survived cancer, Anurag Basu won his war against leukemia a few years ago.


Anurag Basu told that he had no idea that the actress had also fought and conquered the same illness. After Barbara Mori had a conversation with Anurag Basu about her past illness he too poured talked about his illness to her. Both Barbara and Anurag have came out as strong human beings after fighting cancer.

Leak reports of Kites climax is wrong says Anurag Basu

Director Anurag Basu is really frustrated and disturbed by the recent leak reports of his upcoming film Kites climax. But the director reveals that this is not how the movie ends. Anurag also said that the movie shouldn’t get an A-certificate by the censors as it has no vulgar scenes.

The director is really upset as he strongly believes that the audiences would buy the tickets to watch this film with a wrong perception that they already know what’s gonna happen in the end. But at the same time he’s also happy to tell that the climax which have been revealed is totally incorrect.

The film is based on a love story about an Indian man's affair with a Latin woman. Kites is about the thrilling journey and unexpected betrayal. The movie will be released on 21st May, 2010.

Anurag Basu's future ventures include a romantic film with chocolate boy Ranbir Kapoor and sizzling Priyanka Chopra plus a biopic on Kishore Kumar.

Rakesh Roshan decides to direct Krrish 3

Finally, Rakesh Roshan has decided to direct Krrish 3. First the director, wanted Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to direct the film, but dropped the idea after Delhi 6 had a disastrous fate.

Hrithik Roshan who is more comfortable working with his father is also helping him with the script. Currently, both Roshans’ are busy with Kites and will begin working on Krrish 3 only after Kites releases.

Rakesh Roshan confirmed the news by asserting that, Krrish 3 is still in it's scripting stage and there is still time for the movie to go on the floors.

Anurag Basu - Passionate for 'Dark Cinema'

Among the new lot of Indian film directors and script-writers, known for directing films with themes of dark passion and adultery - Anurag Basu is a renowned name. Basu's films like Life in a... Metro, Gangster and Murder have all been dark and portray realistic cinema.

Personal Life

He was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2004 and underwent chemotherapy thereafter. Actress Kangana Ranaut who made her debut with his film Gangster was his discovery.



Beginning

TV Career

Television was the platform for showcasing the talent of Anurag Basu initially. He started his career in the television industry, directing 'Tara', one of earliest and longest running daily soap of the 90's. He was in his mid-twenties when he started, and went on to direct 70 episodes. He went ahead to direct more television serials and tried a hand at different genres ranging from daily soaps to thrillers like Saturday Suspense and horror X-Zone.

His most succesful work during this period was Balaji Telefilms daily soap "Koshish ...ek aashaa' in 1998, which went on to become one of the top shows on Zee TV.

In 2002, Basu directed the TV series Miit , which was based on the novel Noukadubi , written by the great Indian poet and writer Rabindranath Tagore. In 2007, he returned to the television circuit to produce and direct the college-drama Love Story for SAB TV.

Awards

Basu was nominated in the Best Director category at the 53rd Filmfare Awards for Life in a... Metro (2007). He received the Filmfare for Best Screenplay for Life in a Metro (2007)

Career

Film Career

Anurag Basu made his directorial debut in 2003 with the slasher film Kucch To Hai, co-directing with Anil V. Kumar and starring Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol and newcomer Anita Hassanandani. It was produced by Ekta Kapoor, with whom Basu had earlier worked on Koshish ...ek aashaa. Although the film was well promoted and had a decent opening at the box office, it failed commercially as well as critically.

After the failure of his first film, Basu went and joined hands with Mahesh Bhatt's production company Vishesh Films, where he directed his next four films.

The first was a mystery-drama Saaya starring John Abraham and Tara Sharma. It was inspired by the Kevin Costner starrer 2002 thriller Dragonfly, but it failed to register any cash at the box office and was critically panned by the critics for a loose screenplay.

Basu's third film Murder in 2004, which was inspired by Adrian Lyne's 2002 film Unfaithful was the benchmark in his career. The film dealt with adultery, and had one of the boldest scenes ever in the historyof Indian cinema. Despite, getting an A-certificate from the CBFC, the film became Basu's first hit. It was well-received by the critics too, appreciating the performaces by Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi. The music in the film by composer Anu Malik was also a hit, with chart busters like Kaho Naa Kaho and Bheeghey Hont Tere. The film gave Mallika Sherawat and Emraan Hashmi the star status instantly, and Murder, till date, remains one of the few commercially successful adult-certified films in India.

Filmography

As Director:



Kites (2009)
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik Roshan, ..
Synopsis: A triangular love story set in US.



Life in a Metro (2007)
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Shiney Ahuja, Shilpa Shetty, Dharmendra, ..
Synopsis: Intertwined 4 love stories, set in the fast paced maddening
city of Mumbai. All characters ar..



Gangster (2006)
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shiney Ahuja, Kangana Ranaut, ..
Synopsis: On the run from the police, gangster Daya seeks shelter in a
bar dancer, Simran’s, place. T..



Murder (2004)
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Ashmit Patel, Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, ..



Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004)
Directed by: Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Diya Mirza, Anupam Kher, ..



Kucch To Hai (2003)
Directed by: Anil Kumar, Anurag Basu
Main Cast: Ashay Chitre, Esha Deol, Vrajesh Hirjee, ..


Director Anurag Basu has wrapped up the shooting for Kites starring Hrithik Roshan, Kangana Ranaut and Barbara Mori, recently on 10th March. The film will move into post production after this. Kites has been extensively shot in Las Vegas, Mauritius and Mumbai. The film will be simultaneously released in English and Hindi. And for both Hrithik Roshan and Anurag Basu, along with the film’s producer, Rakesh Roshan (Filmkraft Productions), there is a lot riding at stake. The movie will be released by Reliance BIG Pictures.