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Melody magic on silver screen
"IN A little village
in the heart of mainland Goa,
In a church by the sea,
He stumbles across a young girl,
With the voice of an angel.''
Vikramaditya Singh has activated his search engines tucked away somewhere in his interiors.
Like a man possessed, he, the loner, the middle-aged genius, the country's most sensational voice, is looking for a heir to his music school empire.
Walking by the Arabian Sea, on the coast of Goa, he finds her. Vikramaditya Singh, the lucky one, the Lucky Ali of everyone's ears, finds life's latest meaning.
Sur, Ali's debut film, is about music, love, about a wondrous fresh talent called Tina Marie.
Young, beautiful, possessed with a potent mix of theatrical talent and subtle beauty, Gauri Karnik plays the role of Marie . Ali and Karnik, packaged in a film directed by the pretty Tanuja Chandra, connect and create an aura of fresh energy. Melody magic, call them that.
Here is the Bangalore connection: Lucky Ali, the Cottonian, swears by his origins here. The movie itself is a fund-raiser for the NGO, ActionAid India, with the proceeds to support social aid activities in Bangalore and elsewhere. The pre-release show in the City had Ali, Tanuja Chandra, and Gauri Karnik participating.
Slated for release on Friday, Sur is from the Pritish Nandy Communications stable and has Pooja Bhatt as producer. And here is some Nandy-speak on the movie: "I liked Sur from the very moment that Tanuja Chandra narrated the script to me. It was a simple story, simply written. No pontificating, no moralising, no strident positions taken. All it needed was a mature actor to play the lead role and a fresh face for the girl opposite him.'' Nandy was lucky. He found Ali agree to don Vikramaditya Singh's role and Gauri abandon television drama. "Gauri is fresh and vivacious, and brings to her role a very special charm. But what has won everyone's heart is M.M. Kreem's amazing music.
Here is a true genius whose talent has somehow never got the kind of recognition it so richly deserves, Nandy says.
Tanuja Chandra is someone who would not give up so easily.
When a "big producer'' seemed unexcited about the project, she approached Pooja Bhatt.
The latter responded with an emphatic "Yes.'' And when a "big star'' rejected it outright as he felt it a little too raw for his liking, luck smiled on Chandra. Lucky Ali stepped in. When a "big music director'' said no to Sur, she knew exactly where to turn to. M.M. Kreem was ready for the role at "any cost.''
By Rasheed Kappanan
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