Bhangra Beats
"BHANGRA BEATS" is an intense musical film on the 35 mm setup with Dolby Digital sound. The film is based on the piracy of music in the International market. It is an Indian English/Hindi feature film which is going to be shot mostly in London (80%) and 20% shooting will be done in Amritsar of Punjab, India. A presentation of Ashish Kumar Sarkar, the film is being produced by Tarsem Badhan under the banner 'Manoranjan Factory'. It is being written and directed by the internationally acclaimed Indian film maker Sunil Babbar.
He has a proven record to present the Indian art and culture through developing and releasing successfully the Indian English feature film like 'ANTS' in the world territories. Sunil Babbar has been conferred with the prestigious International award for "Producer of the Year Award" in 'Yellowstone International Film Festival-2002' in Montana, USA. "ANTS", a winner of the 'Best Foreign Film Award' in the same film festival in the USA, has been given 5-Star ratings in the USA and Canada. This is the first Indian film which has been released on three leading IPTVs of the USA and remained the MOVIE OF THE WEEK in USA from 11th Jan to 18th Jan'2008 on America free.tv. Sunil Babbar is now ready with his first hard-hitting Hindi feature film on the 5-star education system in India, namely “THE PARTY”. The film is based on an inhuman rape of a lady school teacher in a school party. The film is set to be released in the month of Sept' 2008.
WHAT IS THE FILM "BHANGRA BEATS"….?
"Bhangra Beats" is a journey…..
…from Mustard fields to the disco lights.
…from Khui Wala Chowk in Amritsar to the South Hall in London.
…from the rhythm of DHOL to the sound of OCTOPADS.
…from Bhangra to the Disco rap.
…from Tarsem Mann to Tessy M.
…from Punjab of India to the Punjab of London.
"BHANGRA BEATS" is a fight for life by a Mirasi (Folk Artist from Punjab) who is an HIV+ …….
And “Bhangra Beats” is an interesting relevance between the piracy of music and the virus of AIDS.
BUT HOW DO THEY MEET EACH OTHER….?
That is what "BHANGRA BEATS" is all about….
"BHANGRA BEATS" is a story of an International Punjabi Pop Singer named Tessy M. An Indian by origin he is settled in England since his birth. The film is his journey to the land of Punjabi music along with a Mirasi (folk) singer. He goes through the pains of this Mirasi, an original music composer who never gets his due for the art he creates. The tragedy of his being an HIV+ has made his life miserable. The film is a journey within himself where he ultimately faces the reality that the Internationally acclaimed singers like him make crores of rupess by pirating the original music of the poor people living in the small villages of Punjab. These people work hard to make their both ends meet, but create the wonderful music to satisfy their aesthetic needs. Their music crosses the cultural and political boundaries of Punjab. Other people make loads of money out of their music but …..They never get back their due. They live in poverty….but never stop their creation. A new compositon comes out of them along with an urge for creation of another composition. He is able to find an interesting relevance between the piracy of music and the virus of AIDS. Julia (A British girl) and the lady love of Tessy M become the witness and guide to him in his journey of self-realization. The film is an interesting combination of Folk, Pop and Sufi music. The story originates in England, moves in the Punjabi environment in India and then goes back to the streets of South Hall in London. The maximum portion of the film will be shot in the UK.
This issue based film will be developed and shot primarily in English language. The duration of this film will be 105 minutes approx. It will also be dubbed in Hindi language for its National/International release. This musical film includes 6 songs. Renowned music director Uttam Singh is composing the music and Dev Kohli is penning the songs for this film. Wins Dieus, BFA will cinematograph this film.
Tushar Jalota, who earlier appeared as the leading man of the Hindi feature film 'SHOWBIZ' by Mahesh Bhatt is playing the main lead of this film. Elle Hanh, an actress from Australia is playing the female lead in this film. The rest of the cast is being finalized from among the artists in England.
The subject matter of the film "BHANGRA BEATS" is related directly to the hearts of a large number of music lovers in the whole World. They have seen the emergence of the Punjabi music in International arena and taking the centre stage in overseas market. Even the non-Asians residing in the USA, Canada and UK are well aware of the Punjabi music and Bhangra dance. Films like “Monsoon Wedding”, “Bend it like Beckham” and “Bride and Prejudice” have proven it worldwide. Punjabi rhythm and the Punjabi music have become an integral part of virtually every film being developed in Bollywood now. But the originality of the music is fast loosing its place somewhere. The film and its subject matter deals with the pains of the creativity first and then the acute pain of facing its piracy by the market forces. The title "BHANGRA BEATS" is a self depictive one. People, the world over very well know what is BHANGRA and what are its BEATS.
Eric Louzil, CEO, Echelon Studios, California, USA has shown keen interest in this film after watching the AV presentation of the film and talks are on with him for BHANGRA BEATS’ worldwide release by the Echelon Studios.
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