TUJHE
MERI KASAM: Where
Hero, Heroine and
Director Are New-comers
"Itsn't
a tale of love,
... it celebrates
the spirit of friendship
between a girl and
a guy"
MUMBAI:
'Tujhe Meri Kasam'
is the first film
to be released this
year which stars
all new-comers,
including a new
hero, Ritesh Deshmukh,
new heroine Genelia
D'Souza and a new
director, Vijay
Bhaskar Rao. But
what makes this
film special is
the fact that Ritesh
is the son of Maharashtra
chief minister Vilas
Rao Deshmukh.
The
film was premiered
at Mumbai's IMAX
Theatre. Celebrities
from all walks of
life, be it films,
politics, sports
and business, graced
the occasion. May
be to wish Ritesh
luck or just to
be in chief minister's
good books. After
all being in power
gives anybody the
power to lead just
anything and this
one happens to be
the chief minister's
son. The premiere
was marked by tight
security, high profile
guests, politicians,
film stars and business
tycoons.
The list of guests
featured: Raj Thackarey
, Amitabh Bachchan,
Sonali Bendre ,
Rani Mukherjee,
Anil Kapoor, Shatrughan
Sinha, Sunil Dutt
, Ajay Devgan ,
Sunil Shetty , Chagan
Bhujban, Kripa Shankar
Singh, Deputy Home
Minister, Amar Singh,
Mukesh Ambani ,
Pritish Nandy, Ramesh
Taurani, Fardeen
Khan, Akshay Kumar,
Goldie Behl, Ponca
Udas, Shekhar Suman,
Udit Narayan, Subhash
Ghai, Vashu Bhagnani,
Shabana Azmi, Javed
Akhtar, Gopi Nath
Munde, vice-president
of BJP, Mumbai Commissioner
RS Sharma, Satish
Kaushik, Hema Malini
and Suresh Oberoi.
'Tujhe
Meri Kasam' is a
youth-centric story
which says it's
not a tale of love
and celebrates the
spirit of friendship
between a girl and
a guy. The girl
making her debut
opposite Ritesh
is Geneila D'Souza,
a model who plays
pretty Anjali in
the film who is
very much like her
own self. Though
a new-comer, her
ease in front of
the camera and the
natural grace seemed
to fit the role.
The man behind the
film, producer Ramoji
Rao, who happens
to be India's veteran
media personality,
has left no stone
unturned to make
the film as lavish
and grand as possible.
The film happens
to be a remake of
Ramoji Rao's earlier
Telugu film, 'Nuuve
Kawali', which was
a super-hit and
broke several records.
The original film
was also made with
new-comers in the
lead and in its
Hindi version, Ramoji
Rao has taken fresh
faces.
January 3, 2003
