Anurag clears the air on Kites release

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SOurce :: StarBoxOffice Kites, the bilingual film which stars Hrithikh Roshan alongside sexy siren Barabara Mori and Kangna Ranaut is in post production these days     We got in touch with the director Anurag Basu on reasons why is it taking so long to make this film?    Kites has been shelved again now, the film was earlier supposed to release on Diwali then in December and now its one month left for 2010 and still a date for release has not been fixed. There was quite a big buzz around it in all of 2009 - a Hrithik-Barbara dalliance, then the rift, and one big fight between the director Anurag Basu and producer Rakesh Roshan. All of this helped to keep the film in the news all year long.    So we asked director Anurag what’s the actual problem with the constant delay? To which he replied "It's true that Kites has been shelved for very long now but its because of the post production work. Shooting is complete and now we are busy with the post-production work of the film. We have got on board a reputed Hollywood editor to re-edit Kites. The Indian version of Kites is already ready but the international version is being edited by a Hollywood editor simply because there is a difference between Hollywood sensibilities and Bollywood sensibilities. For the international version, some scenes will be edited and we’ll need to do away with some songs as we obviously can’t release Kites with the same running time abroad."  Anurag Basu always finishes his film in a very short time but Kites has been his longest film ever “Yes Kites by my standards has taken the longest time. But Film Craft has made films like that forever. With Rakesh ji I learnt a new style of film making. He plans his film, goes to the location in advance and he basically spends more time in the pre and post production of his films and believes in a lot of planning while I play by ear. I decide one shot when I am there on the field. And we have so many international crew members too so it has taken a lot of time to make Kites."    Hrithik hasn't had a release in over a year now, about which we asked Anurag, if Kites will break the jinx soon. Anurag is tight-lipped, only ready to confirm that the film should be out in January 2010, hopefully before Valentine's Day in February if it stretches that far. We hope this is the final word, and the new year begins with a bang.

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Kites, the bilingual film which stars Hrithikh Roshan alongside sexy siren Barabara Mori and Kangna Ranaut is in post production these days 

  

We got in touch with the director Anurag Basu on reasons why is it taking so long to make this film? 

 

Kites has been shelved again now, the film was earlier supposed to release on Diwali then in December and now its one month left for 2010 and still a date for release has not been fixed. There was quite a big buzz around it in all of 2009 - a Hrithik-Barbara dalliance, then the rift, and one big fight between the director Anurag Basu and producer Rakesh Roshan. All of this helped to keep the film in the news all year long. 

 

So we asked director Anurag what’s the actual problem with the constant delay? To which he replied "It's true that Kites has been shelved for very long now but its because of the post production work. Shooting is complete and now we are busy with the post-production work of the film. We have got on board a reputed Hollywood editor to re-edit Kites. The Indian version of Kites is already ready but the international version is being edited by a Hollywood editor simply because there is a difference between Hollywood sensibilities and Bollywood sensibilities. For the international version, some scenes will be edited and we’ll need to do away with some songs as we obviously can’t release Kites with the same running time abroad." 

Anurag Basu always finishes his film in a very short time but Kites has been his longest film ever “Yes Kites by my standards has taken the longest time. But Film Craft has made films like that forever. With Rakesh ji I learnt a new style of film making. He plans his film, goes to the location in advance and he basically spends more time in the pre and post production of his films and believes in a lot of planning while I play by ear. I decide one shot when I am there on the field. And we have so many international crew members too so it has taken a lot of time to make Kites." 

 

Hrithik hasn't had a release in over a year now, about which we asked Anurag, if Kites will break the jinx soon. Anurag is tight-lipped, only ready to confirm that the film should be out in January 2010, hopefully before Valentine's Day in February if it stretches that far. We hope this is the final word, and the new year begins with a bang.