Hmmm...interesting!
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Vithur <vith...@...> wrote: > > http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Preview/Aug09/59Roja-goes-to-Hollywood.aspx > > Ace director Maniratnam's 'Roja', which starred Arvind Swamy and Madhoo in > lead roles, released in the early nineties and became an overnight hit. The > film, which was about the deep-rooted terrorism in Kashmir Valley, created a > nation-wide furore when dubbed into Hindi with the same title. The film also > marked the musical debut of the Oscar award-winning A.R. Rahman. > > > Efforts are now made, after almost two decades of the film's release, to dub > the film into English and take it to Hollywood. Rahman, on learning about > the progress of the dubbing work into English, has come forward on his own > (despite his busy schedule) to make a telling and significant contribution. > > Rahman is said to be planning to score a new set of background music for the > English version of 'Roja' while deciding to retain the songs as they are. > Whether or not the title of the film would be also be altered/ changed to > 'attract' the English audience would be known in a couple of weeks. > > This is the first time in the history of Tamil films that a Tamil film is > dubbed into English to cater to the Hollywood audience. What sort of > response that film generates is something that's to be waited and judged! > > > -- > regards, > Vithur >
