Gangtok
(UNI):
He
shares
his
first
name
with
the
Indian
Idol
3,
but
this
Prashant
is
making
waves
on
yet
another
reality
show
on
the
television.
Prashant
Rasaily,
a
budding
director
from
Sikkim,
has
entered
the
top
ten
of
the
first
Indian
reality
show
based
on
film
making
Gateway
presided
over
by
Ashok
Amritraj,
the
chairman
and
CEO
of
Hyde
Park
Entertainment.
Prashant
became
the
third
person
from
the
Hills
in
recent
times
to
have
made
it
at
the
top
of
reality
shows
after
Indian
Idol
Prashant
Tamang
and
Chhote
Ustaad
aspirant
Prakriti
Giri.
This
achievement
means
that
the
talent
pool
from
the
Hills
is
making
a
presence
yet
again
on
the
small
screen.
Prashant
was
chosen
as
one
of
the
final
18
contestants
invited
to
Mumbai
to
participate
in
the
reality
show
after
being
selected
from
more
than
thousand
entries
nationwide.
The
reality
show
is
being
aired
on
Sony
Pix
channel
on
Sunday
evenings.
The
twelve
week
episode
is
being
presided
over
by
Amritraj
and
being
shot
at
Subash
Ghai's
film
school
in
Bombay
Whistling
Woods.
The
acting
talent
has
been
arranged
by
Anupam
Kher's
acting
school,
Talent
Company.
At
the
end
of
the
series,
Amritraj
will
select
a
winner
for
the
grand
prize:
an
intern
ship
in
Hollywood
where
the
winner
will
have
to
spend
six
to
eight
weeks
with
the
Hyde
Park
Entertainment
in
Los
Angeles
working
on
the
development
and
pre-production
of
a
Hollywood
film.
The
winner
will
then
get
a
chance
to
rise
from
obscurity
to
an
international
director
to
direct
a
Hollywood
film
produced
and
financed
by
Hyde
Park
Entertainment,
and
distributed
around
the
world.
Prashant,
a
multi-talented
boy
from
Sikkim
is
a
singer,
musician,
Disc
jockey,
photographer
and
a
director.
He
has
directed
Myth,
a
24
minute
short
thriller,
the
first
English
movie
from
the
state.
The
movie
is
based
on
Wildlife
and
the
Environment.
Prior
to
its
screening,
during
its
post-production
phase
in
Calcutta,
the
movie
had
won
praises
from
renowned
names
in
the
Indian
film
industry.
He
was
also
part
of
the
documentary
Mahakala
Chaam
shot
at
the
Rumtek
monastery.
Prashant
has
two
more
movies
lined
up,
one
in
Sikkimese
called
Karma
and
a
silent
film
Liaison.
He
also
has
a
music
album
Awaaz
to
his
credit.
Recently
he
has
written
the
script
for
Kagbeni,
a
Nepali
thriller
produced
from
Kathmandu
which
is
to
be
released
soon.
Prashant
was
unavailable
for
comments
since
he
is
busy
with
the
episodes
and
has
been
barred
from
speaking
to
the
press
till
the
contest
is
over.
He
had
sent
a
three
and
a
half
minute
film
called
'Mother'
as
an
entry
to
the
contest,
which
secured
a
berth
for
him
in
the
final
18
hot
contestant's
seat.
Well
known
Bollywood
directors
like
Subhash
Ghai,
Karan
Johar,
R
Balakrishnan,
Sanjay
Gupta,
Shriram
Raghavan,
Manish
Acharya
and
many
others
are
expected
to
appear
as
guests
in
the
episodes.
The
show
puts
the
contestants
through
a
rigorous
exercise
of
tasks
to
test
their
creativity
and
film
making
abilities.
The
jury
members
include
film
makers
Rajat
Kapoor
and
Anurag
Basu.
Prashant's
bid
for
the
top
ten
came
in
his
favour
with
the
short
film
prepared
as
a
task
for
the
contest
Two
Worlds.