Kites: steamy scenes would be the same in Hindi and english versions

The seeming deadlock over the release of the much-hyped Kites is now over. Producer Rakesh Roshan and director Anurag Basu have agreed on how different the English and Hindi versions of the film would be.

While the supposed steamy scenes would be the same in both versions, there would be separate voice-overs in Hindi and English, both done by Hrithik Roshan, whose love story the film chronicles in a style that would recall David Lean's Brief Encounter and K Balachander's Ek Dujje Ke Liye.

Director Anurag Basu refutes the report that the steamy scenes in the two versions will be different in Hindi and English. "We can't cheat Hindi audiences. The so-called steamy scenes will be the same in both versions. The visuals will remain unchanged in both. There won't be anything radically different in the two versions because Hrithik and Barbara Mori speak English-Hindi and Spanish, respectively in both English and Hindi."

So what would make the two versions different? "The narrative, the voiceover. Hrithik Roshan will do the voiceover. In the Hindi version Hrithik will do the voiceover in Hindi and in English he'll do it English. That would be the basic difference between the two versions."

Kites: Fooled you, Hrithik and Sussanne Roshan walked the ramp at the IIFA

Drunken Friend blurt it out- Roshan's Cooked up the Hrithik-Barbara Love Story


When Hrithik and Sussanne Roshan walked the ramp at the IIFA on Friday night, they looked like a perfect loving couple. And that is exactly what they are, now it turns out, since the ‘Hrithik is close to Mexican hottie Barbara Mori’ rumour was apparently spread by the Roshans themselves to promote their film Kites, as revealed by a source close to the family
The plan was blurted out by this close friend,who was backstage and tipsy
When Hrithik and Sussanne kissed
before going on to the runway, this friend called out, “Hey, don’t do that, it’ll spoil your strategy.” The source let out that all the statements made by the family, including Sussanne’s statement that no one could break her marriage, were calculated to keep people hanging on to every word written about the drama. Multiple mentions of Mori’s name, followed by obvious denials of an affair by Hrithik and other family members,would, of course, keep the film alive in public memory
In fact, another family friend claimed that even the recent split between Kites cast member Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman hints at a publicity gimmick. “They are part of the same strategy. Rakesh Roshan is keen to show that Kangana is single as part of the promotional plan,” says the friend. The Roshans were unavailable for comment
But Adhyayan says, “I’ve never used my relationship to get importance in the media. Now that we have broken up, all sorts of rumours will start.” Planned ‘rumours’ of a split or affair to promote a film or brand is not new to Bollywood. Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan cooked up a story of their split before a brand campaign last year
This was, apparently, Sussanne’s first runway outing and she was nervous. But she did it to support sister Farah, a jewellery designer. “She had to convince me [to walk], but I’m sure we’ll be great,” Hrithik said before the show.

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Strike over, Kites to release on time

It's official. The stand off between producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing is finally over.

According to filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt, the breakthrough came late on Friday morning. "Yes, the strike got over at 3am. All the parties agreed to our demand and we all will be releasing films soon.

He refused to give more details.

The meeting that began late Thursday night concluded early Friday morning after multiplex owners agreed to the terms and conditions of the producers.

The first one to give in was Big Cinema who signed on the dotted line. Soon to follow were other multiplex owners like Fame Cinema, Cinemax, Fun Republic, Innox and PVR, who gave their verbal assurance to end the strike.

Asked if the strike was really over, Tushar Dhingra, Chief Operating Officer, BIG Cinemas replies, "Yes, the strike is over."

When further queried whether it was only BIG Cinemas that has agreed to the demands of the producers, Dhingra replied, "All of them."

However, Shravan Shroff of Fame Cinema and Devang Sampat, Senior Vice President of Cinemax did not respond to the calls or smses.

Sources say that they have agreed to the terms and conditions verbally and will soon sign on the dotted line by Saturday.

On April 4 the producers decided to go on a strike after multiplex owners refused to share equal revenue with them. In the last two months the industry has suffered around Rs 60 crore losses as no new films released in the theatres.

The producers had demanded a revenue share of 50:50 ratio from multiplex owners but the latter refused stating they will give 45:55 ratio, and will give 50:50 only if a film is a hit at the box office.

They (multiplex owners) however informed that they would pay 50:50 profit sharing in the first week of the film's release, 42.5 ratio in the second week and 37.5 in the third week.

So, we can expect Kites to release on time i.e. Oct-Nov 2009.