Ek Ajnabee Movie Trailer 2005
Directed by Apoorva Lakhia
Produced by Bunty Walia ,Jaspreet Singh Walia
Screenplay by Manoj Tyagi,Apoorva Lakhia
Story by Manoj Tyagi
Music by Vishal-Shekhar,Amar Mohile
Cinematography Gururaj R. J.
Editing by Steven H. Bernard
Distributed by G. S. Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan ... Col. Suryaveer Singh
Arjun Rampal ... Shekhar Verma
Perizaad Zorabian ... Nikasha R. Rathore
Rucha Vaidya ... Anamika R. Rathore (as Baby Rucha Vaidya)
Vikram Chatwal ... Ravi Rathore
Daya Shankar Pandey ... Kripa Shankar
Akhilendra Mishra ... ACP Harvinder Singh 'Harry'
Aditya Lakhia ... Sammy
Rajendranath Zutshi ... Wong
Denzil Smith ... Lee Cap
Yuth ... Advocate Chang
Abhishek Bachchan ... Bodyguard (Special Appearance)
Lara Dutta ... Adult Anamika (Special Appearance)
Sanjay Dutt ... Special Appearance (Hip-hop MC)
Story
Apoorva Lakhia said that the script was written with the lead actor, Amitabh Bachchan, in mind. Lakhia explained that "Man On Fire has been made into four films in five different languages. So this is the Indian version. It has all the necessarily ingredients required for a movie to come out of India." Vikram Chatwal, who plays Ravi Rathore in the film, said "People talk a lot about cross cultural films. These films don't necessarily have to be like Monsoon Wedding or Bend It Like Beckham. This is not another Hindi film. This is not a remake of Man on Fire. If you see the way it is shot, edited and directed, it is setting new standards. Mr Bachchan is reinventing himself. So please don't turn this film into another Bollywood film."
The film was shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand, for 35 days. Lakhia said that he and Bunty Walia, a producer, chose Bangkok because "we wanted our characters to stand out. When they are walking on the street they will look different. Both my heroes are over six feet and Thai men are not as tall. So it was really important to be in a place where they could stand out."
Did you know?
- The movie's working title was "Ajnabi - A Man Apart".
- The filmmakers chose Bangkok as their primary location principally because Bangkok hadn't been captured so extensively on celluloid in the past.
- The entire unit traveled in one bus. The bus would leave for the locations, as scheduled and would not wait for anyone. Those who were late missed the bus. The unfortunate ones included producer, Bunty Walia, director Apoorva Lakhia as well as actress Perizaad Zorabian.
- The makers auditioned approximately 70 kids for the role of Anamika before finally zeroing in on Baby Rucha Vaidya. One of the prerequisites for the character was that the child had to know how to swim. However, even though Rucha didn't know how to swim, director Apoorva Lakhia was so impressed that he was adamant on casting her. And so she was given three months before the shooting of the film, during which she actually learned how to swim.
- The cast and crew used to keep having Tuk Tuk races, throughout the streets of Bangkok, during their schedule. Tuk Tuks are the local auto rickshaws.
- Pooja Bedi shot a cameo role as a News Reporter, but her scenes were removed in the final print as the makers felt there wasn't any need for her role.
- The snaps of 'Amitabh Bachhan' seen when Kelly Dorjee browses police records are actually from the film "Lakshya" which also had Amitabh playing an army officer (Colonel Damle).
- This is the first time Arjun Rampal will be seen in an item number track.
- Producers Bunty Walia and Jaspreet Singh Walia requested good friends Vishal and Shekhar to compose the two item numbers pictured on Sanjay Dutt and Arjun Rampal.
- The promotion of the film kicked off with a star studded press conference in New York. Bollywood was represented by the films producer Bunty Walia, director Apoorva Lakhia, the lead star Amitabh Bachchan, co-stars Arjun Rampal, Vikram Chatwal as well as Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Karan Johar. International celebrities 'Naomi Campbell', Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker were also present.
- In the scene when Ravi (Vikram Chatwal) and Nikasha (Perizaad Zorabian) leave for London, Suryaveer Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is wearing a cap which has director Apoorva Lakhia's directorial debut's name Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost.
- Arjun Rampal's first negative role.
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