Ra One - huge Expectations

Ra.One

Ra.One
Directed by	Anubhav Sinha
Produced by	Shahrukh Khan Gauri Khan
Written by	David Benullo[1]
Starring	Shahrukh Khan Kareena Kapoor Arjun Rampal Tom Wu
Music by	Vishal-Shekhar[2] Ilaiyaraaja[3]
Cinematography	Ueli Steiger[4]
Distributed by	Red Chillies Entertainment
Release date(s)	Early 2011
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs. 100 crore

Ra.One (also called Ra.1) is an upcoming Bollywood science-fiction superhero film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film, which features Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, will be produced under Khan's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment.^[5] The film is scheduled to be released in early 2011.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Production 2.1 Filming 2.2 Casting 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Cast

• Shahrukh Khan as Shekhar/G.One/Jeevan^[6]
• Kareena Kapoor
• Arjun Rampal
• Satish Shah
• Shahana Goswami
• Dilip Tahil
• Tom Wu

[edit] Production

This film will reportedly have "breathtaking" stunts from Shahrukh Khan. The special effects team is being hired from Hollywood. Khan has already started working out to prepare himself to be able to perform the "daring" stunts for the film. Khan is now set to go flying in the sky to save mankind in this film.^[7] At a press conference that welcomed Akon to India, he revealed that his character can "solidify" electricity and that his team was working on making this possible on screen. He also referred to his character as "Jeevu", suggesting perhaps a double role.

[edit] Filming

The shooting was originally supposed to begin in Miami, USA, but due to budget concerns this was scrapped. The first phase of filming begun in India in March 2010 and took place till May 2010 in Mumbai's Film City and Goa. The crew then moved on to London in June 2010 where the filming with the entire starcast is presently underway. Major action sequences for the film have been shot in London.^[8]

Khan also requested his long time collaborator & director Karan Johar to be present during shoot in london. While they were in London, Media reports suggested Johar may have directed some romantic portions of the film, although this is unconfirmed.

[edit] Casting

Kareena Kapoor plays the female lead alongside Khan in the film (the duo were last paired opposite each other in Asoka (2001)) whilst Arjun Rampal will be seen as the villain. During an appearance on the chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Khan stated that Jackie Chan was "approached for a role in the film". Khan had reportedly sent Chan the detailed script of the film, along with the action sequences and a brief synopsis of his character;^[9] he later confirmed on Twitter that Chan would not be part of Ra.1. In July 2010, Khan announced that Chinese-American actor Tom Wu would be part of the film.^[10]

Akon and Khan reportedly met in Los Angeles, USA. It was reported that Akon, besides singing one song, would also form part of the cast.^[11] However, Sinha later explained that Akon would "only [be] singing for our film [and] not acting". Akon arrived in India on March 8, 2010, and recorded the song with composers Vishal-Shekhar on March 9 and 10. His arrival was supposedly kept quiet.^[12]

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