Nagesh's <i>Bombay to Bangkok</i> shall be a superhit
By:
Faridoon
Shahryar,
IndiaFM
Friday,
February
23,
2007
"When
I
have
eight
original
scripts,
I
don't
think
I'd
be
interested
in
making
a
remake," said
new-age
director
Nagesh
Kukoonoor
at
the
launch
of
his
romantic
comedy
film
Bombay
to
Bangkok
under
the
banner
of
Mukta
Searchlight
yesterday.
(Ironically
not
many
know
that
his
last
film
Dor
was
a
remake
of
a
Malayalam
film
Perumazhakkalam).
The
film
stars
Shreyas
Talpade
and
Thai
actress
Lina
Christianson.
Speaking
at
the
occasion
producer
Subhash
Ghai
adjudged
Nagesh
as
a
"great
director"
with
whom
he
had
delivered
a
quality
film
in
Iqbal
that
raked
in
the
moolah
at
the
Box
Office
besides
winning
many
awards.
"I am very happy he has brought another fine subject in Bombay to Bangkok. Such scripts fulfill the aim of Mukta Searchlight that supports the sense of independent cinema, good cinema made within a reasonable budget," said Subhash Ghai in his role of a veteran filmmaker patronizing quality films like Joggers Park and Iqbal.
Talking about the subject of Bombay to Bangkok, Nagesh said that he has been a frequent visitor to Thailand. "I truly enjoyed the place...this is a place I wanted to showcase in the film. I've tried to understand the Thai culture and from my research I can say that there are a lot of similarities between Indian and Thai cultures. It's Same Same...But Different." Same Same...But Different also happens to be the catch line of the film that is written in a zany manner on the film's poster that resembles an Airline Boarding Pass.
Actor Shreyas Talpade who won the Star Screen Award for the Best Actor in a Comic Role for Kukoonoor's Dor this year was "extremely honoured and happy at working with Mukta once again after Iqbal." Stunning Thai actress Lina Christianson started off by saying "Swastika" which can be Namaste, Hello or Salaam as Indians are familiar with. "I am very honoured and really excited," she said.
While Subhash Ghai is hoping that Bombay to Bangkok will be a "Superhit of 2007", Nagesh spelled out the premise of the film by stating in lucid terms, "The basic concept of the film is that it's a romantic comedy....There's a lot of chaos...And in the end everyone lives happily ever after." Considering Nagesh Kukoonoor always comes up with something different, this ticket to Bangkok is something that the cine goers must be surely looking forward to....Isn't it!
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