Shooting of Bollywood film concludes at Bani
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 2: The shooting of the Bollywood film ‘Goggles of Rajesh
Khanna’, has been successfully concluded in the picturesque valley of
Bani in Kathua district.
Written and directed by son of the soil, Sanjay Amar, the film featuring celebrated actors like Archana Puran Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Sharib Hashmi, Cherry Mardia, Shivang Sehgal, Virender Saxena, Puneet Vashishta, Sadhna Singh, is being produced by Subhash Sehgal under the banner of Sehgal Media and Amar Chand Motion Pictures. Ashraf Shawl and Sanjay Amar are the co-producers while Mohit Garg is the executive producer.
Talking to Excelsior, Sanjay Amar who originally hails from village Pallan of Tehsil Billawar, said that the film ‘Goggles of Rajesh Khanna’ is based on true events telling the story of a fan of superstar Rajesh Khanna who claims that he owns goggle which has been gifted to him by Rajesh Khanna himself as the token of their friendship bond and the goggle bring the satirical and political drama in the village he lives when he is asked by the head of the village to prove the validity of his claim.
Sanjay Amar said that ever since he had moved to Mumbai as a filmmaker, it was his ardent desire to showcase the natural beauty and unique Dogra culture of Jammu region through cinema. Shooting the feature film ‘Goggles of Rajesh Khanna’ in Bani has provided him an opportunity to show Dogra culture on the celluloid in an entertaining manner. It is the first film of Hindi cinema which has a full-fledged song in Dogri written by Sanjay Amar and presented in Dogra folk dance style called Geetru and performed by Khajoor Singh and party.
He said for the better expression of the story telling which is set in the backdrop of Dogra culture the cast of the film also includes local actors such as Janak Khajuria, Susham Sharma, Lalita Tapasvi, J.R.Sagar, Anil Tikoo and Raj Kumar Bhatt along with the artists from the Ramleela Club Basohli. Satvik Garg, a student of KendriyaVidyalaya, Nagrota, has been introduced as the child artist in the film, he added.
Sanjay Amar said that it was due to the inspiration and support of Shakti Pathak (OSD to Dy.CM) and MLA of Bani, Jeevan Lal, that his team could shoot the film peacefully in Bani area. Other who also extended their help included Ajeet Singh (SDM Bani), Surjeet Singh Chauhan, Ganesh Dutt, Moti Ram (Sarpanch), Rajesh Kapoor, Amit Gogna and Suresh Gautam (SHO).
Shivang Sehgal is not only the actor in the film but also is the production designer of the film while Winit Tikoo is doing the music.
‘Goggles of Rajesh Khanna’ is a film which aims at bringing the Jammu division on the Bollywood map and inspiring many other filmmakers to come and shoot in its virgin locations.
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