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Raanjhnaa is an upcoming Hindi Romance film, that is to be directed by Anand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma, who previously worked on the highly successful 2011 film, Tanu Weds Manu. The film stars Tamil actor Dhanush in his Bollywood debut and Sonam Kapoor in the lead roles.The film marks first time collaboration of music composer A.R. Rahman with the director.
Dhanush as Kundan
Sonam Kapoor
Abhay Deol (Cameo)
Swara Bhaskar
Deepak Dobriyal
Anshuman Singh
P.Rajesh
In late 2011, Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha were signed as the lead pair for this movie. Apparently, they were dropped out of the project for unknown reasons.In late January 2012, actor Dhanush, setting his Bollywood debut was signed for the film whose character was named Kundan. The actor was reportedly undergoing training for fluency in Hindi language as it was the demand of the role.
Actress Sonam Kapoor was signed on for the role of the female lead post March 2012. In April 2012, the actress and the director visited the JNU Campus of Delhi for the former to imbibe more on her role. Being keen on role requirements, the director opined to cast actors who could well portray there present as well as younger ages. In an interview the director stated the film being an intense love story, its characters would take one to Delhi, Punjab, Chennai.
Actor Abhay Deol would be seen in a special appearance in the film. Urmila Sharma, well known for her Hindi TV serial roles was signed to play the character of Kundan's mother in the film.Initially, Aditi Rao Hydari was supposed to play the role of Kundan's childhood friend but she opted out due to lack of dates, being replaced by Swara Bhaskar.
Post main casting announcements, the filming was substantially delayed whose reason was speculated to be composer A.R. Rahman's music that was denied outright by the film director. The official filming began in Varanasi, India in early September 2012 thereby announcing a 40 day filming schedule in and around the city. As per reports, the leading duo were also seen essaying the role of 17 year old teenagers. In mid September 2012, the schedule of filming was put on hold as actor Dhanush fell ill on the sets in Varanasi.
The director of the film was keen to rope in A.R. Rahman to compose songs and background score. Having busy schedules with International and Indian projects, Rahman agreed to sign for music only after listening the film script that was re-written entirely in English by the director.
He not only agreed to compose but wished to keep the script personally.In an interview the director quoted,"Being with Rahman is like floating. Let me enjoy the creative process and give it the space it deserves."
A musical composition with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil was ready by September 2012 but wasn't recorded with a singer as the director was biased with vocals, none matching to Sonam Kapoor's voice. The film director compares the melody and beauty of the song to Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai from the 1973 film Bobby. Rahman stated that he'd be emphasizing the folk-classical genre in music as the film brings out a fascination for Benaras through the music.
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