Ram
Gopal
Varma
has
roped
in
a
huge
ensemble
cast
for
his
up
coming
next,
Rann.
Apart
from
signing
his
favourite
actor,
Amitabh
Bachchan
to
play
a
pivotal
role,
the
maverick
filmmaker
has
also
got
in
Riteish
Deshmukh,
Sudeep
(hero
of
Phoonk)
Gul
Panag
and
Paresh
Rawal
to
play
important
parts.
Manisha
Koirala
too
gets
a
new
lease
of
life
in
Bollywood
as
Ramu
has
cast
her
too
in
his
film.
She
is
back
to
Ramu
camp
after
almost
six
years
gap
since
Company
(2006).
"When
News
Channels,
Political
parties
and
Industrial
czars
are
the
principal
movers
and
shakers
in
a
film,
there
is
obviously
a
tremendous
scope
for
high
drama.
This
is
not
so
much
my
conscious
intention
as
the
director
of
the
film,
but
the
very
demand
of
the
subject
matter.
Having
said
that,
even
the
so-called
high
profile
people
at
the
end
of
the
day
are,
'people'.
And
no
matter
how
powerful
they
are,
they
are
not
without
their
share
of
insecurities,
egos,
jealousies,
and
dilemmas." states
Ramu
in
his
blog
about
Rann.
Explaining
in
details
each
and
every
cast
member
of
his
film,
Ramu
states
-
I
really
enjoyed
the
process
of
casting
for
the
incredibly
exciting
and
thrilling
characters
of
Rann.
Amitabh
Bachchan
as
Harshvardhan
Malik
-
The
founder
of
the
first
ever
private
news
channel
in
the
country
INDIA
24/7,
the
Harvard-educated
Harshvardhan
Malik
is
India's
most
respected
media
personality.
He
is
a
hardcore
upholder
of
journalistic
ethics.
No
wonder
his
Channel
is
battling
for
survival!
Riteish
Deshmukh
as
Purab
Shastri
-
Armed
with
a
degree
in
journalism,
Purab
Shastri
truly
believes
that
the
media
should
be
the
check
point
for
the
people
of
a
country,
and
therefore,
it
should
report
news,
instead
of
manufacturing
news.
Purab's
thinking
sets
him
apart
from
most
youngsters
of
this
country.
While
everyone
is
chasing
their
individual
dreams,
Purab
aggressively
wants
to
work
towards
a
better
India.
Needless
to
say,
a
clash
between
Purab
and
the
powers-that-be
looks
inevitable.
It
is
dangerous
to
be
right
when
the
government
is
wrong!
Sudeep
as
Jay
Malik
-
A
go-getter
and
highly
aggressive
and
ambitious
son
of
Harshvardhan
Malik,
Jay
looks
at
his
Dad's
news
channel
purely
as
a
business
enterprise
that
must
make
profits
to
justify
its
existence.
He
hates
that
his
competition
is
doing
better
than
him.
Manisha
Koirala
Nalini
Kashyap
-
She
is
the
programming
head
of
Harshvardhan
Malik's
news
channel,
INDIA
24/7.
Having
been
in
the
industry
for
long
enough,
she
has
developed
a
practical
view
of
how
things
operate
here.
And
this
comes
in
direct
conflict
with
what
her
boss
Harshvardhan
Malik,
thinks.
Juggling
the
cut-throat
world
outside
with
the
idealistic
universe
of
her
boss,
Nalini
Kashyap
has
her
job
cut
out.
Paresh
Rawal
as
Mohan
Pandey
-
It
is
every
politician's
dream
to
become
the
Prime
Minister
of
his
country.
To
that
extent,
the
leader
of
the
opposition
Mohan
Pandey
is
no
different
from
his
contemporaries.
The
only
difference
being
-
if
the
need
arises,
Pandey
can
and
will
kill
to
get
the
coveted
chair.
Gul
Panag
as
Nandita
Sharma
-
The
assistant
of
an
ad
filmmaker,
Nandita
Sharma
someday
hopes
to
bag
an
independent
feature
film.
She
is
in
a
live-in
relationship
with
her
boyfriend
Purab.
Nandita
is
smart,
educated,
and
intelligent.
She
is
also
highly
indifferent
to
what's
happening
in
the
country,
and
first
thinks
about
herself
and
her
man,
before
anything
or
anybody
else.
On
both
counts,
she
represents
the
youth
of
India.
Mohnish
Behl
as
Amrish
Kakkar
-
He
was
the
first
to
have
the
VISION
and
the
foresight
to
realize
that
even
the
business
of
delivering
NEWS
can
be
made
ENTERTAINING.
Amrish
therefore
can
be
safely
held
singularly
responsible
for
taking
the
television
news
industry
to
the
dogs,
or
to
the
heights,
depending
on
how
you
see
it.
His
channel
is
no
less
than
a
shady
brothel,
the
content
that
is
NEWS
is
no
less
than
a
cheap
hooker,
and
Amrish
Kakkar
-
the
most
powerful
pimp
around.
Rajat
Kapoor
as
Naveen
Shankalya
-
Apart
from
being
the
son-in-law
of
Harshvardhan
Malik,
is
also
one
of
the
topmost
industrialists
of
the
country.
Despite
this,
he
is
the
most
insecure
man
on
earth,
and
won't
rest
till
he
becomes
the
number
one
industrialist
in
the
country.
His
best
buddy
Mohan
Pandey
becoming
the
Prime
Minister
of
India
will
surely
help
his
cause.
Raima
Sen
as
Yasmin
Hussain
-
An
ex-model,
and
fiancee
of
Jay
Malik,
Yasmin
watches
TV,
reads
gossip
columns,
and
for
most
part,
takes
everything
that
is
dished
out
to
her,
AT
FACE
VALUE.
She
does
not
understand
the
intricacies
of
power
games,
and
hidden
motivations
behind
actions
of
people.
The
resources
at
her
disposal
to
know
what
is
true
and
what
is
not,
are
limited.
She
is
not
innocent,
and
she
is
not
clever
either.
Yasmin
therefore
epitomizes
the
'common
man'.
Rajpal
Yadav
as
Anand
Prakash
Trivedi
-
A
creative
editor,
Anand
Prakash
Trivedi
has
a
knack
for
sensationalizing
even
the
driest
story
and
making
it
sound
like
the
story
of
the
decade
with
super
catchy
headlines.
More
than
any
filmmaker,
he
makes
far
better
movies.
Only,
he
calls
them
NEWS.