25th November 2005

Prakash Jha (of Gangajal fame) directed a film titled Apaharan with Ajay Devagan, Bipasha Basu & Nana Patekar in the main leads. This film is based on the kidnapping culture in Bihar state. Praveen Nischal is producing this film. This film would be releasing on 2nd December 2005. Director Prakash Jha and Nana Patekar arranged a press meet on 25th November in RFC.

Prakash Jha about Apaharan -
This film is about a youngster who wants to become an IPS officer. This guy who hates lies and thefts is forced to join a kidnap gang. This film is also deals with fundamentals clash between father and son. The crime of kidnapping has become an industry over a period of last 15 years in Bihar. Kidnapping profession has become the last resort for certain people who could not become doctors an engineers. There are even incidents when kidnappings happen over cloths and poultry. The business aspect in kidnapping too changed like collecting ransom money in installments from the victims who can't pay at once. Apaharan is like a bridge between the reality and fiction.

Nana Patekar is playing the role of a minority leader. It took six months for me to convince Nana Patekar to play this role. He asked me lots of questions and qualified his doubts before accepting the role.

We completed shooting of this film in 70 days. We shot this film in original locations in Bihar in order to retain original flavor. We shot the film in Bihar, Nashik Jail and Pune for 55, 9 and 6 days respectively. For my earlier film Gangajal, the locals in Bihar organized rallies against. Apaharan is not a typical violence film where ruthless bloodshed is shown. The violence in this film is shown in the intensity of eyes of the actors.

Acting in films is difficult than acting on stage - Nana Patekar
It is difficult to act in films compared to acting on stage. It's easy to do a play in 2 consecutive hours as the mood would not be disturbed in the process. In films, there would be vast difference from scene to scene. If there is gap in canning continuity scenes, it would be very difficult to carry on the emotions and remember behavior of character at that point of time. It took me around 6 takes to do a scene correctly in Parinda film. This film Apaharan has come out really good. Prakash Jha and myself have similar thinking pattern. There is only one song in this film. Ajay Devagan did the role of a man with noble thinking.

Producer Naveen Nischal said that Apaharan would be releasing on 2nd of December.

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