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Animated classics “Howrah Bridge”,”Amar Prem” and “Barsaat Ki Ek Raat”

Animated classics “Howrah Bridge”,”Amar Prem” and “Barsaat Ki Ek Raat”

Three film of Shakti Samanta has been animated by the filmmaker Pritish Nandy and the films have been produced by the banner Pritish Nandy Communications. The three classical films are “Howrah Bridge”, “Amar Prem” and “Barsaat Ki Ek Raat.” The film “Howrah Bridge” was a suspense movie made in black and white era. The classical movie by Shakti Samanta had Ashok Kumar romancing with beautiful Madhubala.

The film “Howrah Bridge” has some of the famous songs like “Aaayiye Meherbaan “.The animated version of the film will have original popular songs and some of the songs will also be shown in remixed versions. The second film that will be animated is “Amar Prem” that had the chemistry of Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna and the third film is “Barsaat Ki Ek Raat”, a less known film that had Rakhi and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role.

There were many other Samanta’s films like “Aradhana”, “Amanush” and “Kati Patang “ that could have been made in animation but initially only three films have been selected for animation. Pritish Nandy said that the company is doing six animation films with Motion Pixel Corporation and the banner is also expecting to do an animation movie of blockbuster “Sholay.”

Nandy said that animation movies are getting viewed by audience and hence the production company is investing towards making the animation movies of Indian classics. Since animation films do not require investment towards having highly paid actors and actresses and investment on shoot locations, the movies are generally low cost ventures that gain huge profits on the box office, if they are accepted by audience.

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By: Staff Reporter - NewzWatch August 28, 2008

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