Should RAAJNEETI goes for IIFA Awards

Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpai-starrer will have a seven-city global premiere and IIFA screening is the last-minute addition.

Raajneeti" will be screened at the IIFA awards, starting June 3 in Colombo and director Prakash Jha is panicky because he has to record a patriotic song before his political thriller goes on its global journey.

"Dhan dhan dharti" is the title of the patriotic song that Gulzar has written for "Raajneeti". The lyrics are being composed by the American composer Wayne Sharpe who has taken on the daunting task of incorporating the tune for "Vande Mataram" into Gulzar words.

"We`ve just taken the basic core notes of `Vande Mataram` and then built our own patriotic song almost from scratch," Jha said.

This is the first time that Gulzar has collaborated with an international composer. The idea was to find another global catch-phrase to equal the easy reach of Gulzar`s song "Jai Ho".

"We are not trying to be one-up on any other song. But the idea was to make the song reflective of the collective Indian psyche," said Jha.

TUM MILE is my most romantic for Emraan

Emraan Say's TUM MILE has been a very tiring experience, both physically and mentally. It was a difficult film to be made and hats off to Kunal (Deshmukh) for making it happen'', says Emraan in appreciation, ''The entire team has done it's best to recreate the flood situation from the past. During shooting, everyone from cast and crew used to stand in waist deep water for hours at stretch to give that perfect shot. When I saw the film, I was like 'Wow man, how did we actually accomplish it all.

''The toughest part was to shoot for the flood sequences'', he laughs, ''That's because all the romantic sequences were shot in very good speed. It was all quite breezy and the character that I play is my most romantic ever. My chemistry with Soha (Ali Khan) shows in the film.''
Yet again he acknowledges Kunal Deshmukh for the good work he has managed to do when it came to lovey-dovey scenes.

''It's a very new format and idiom in terms of presentation of love'', says Emraan, ''Kunal has brought the best out of this presentation and in a way has placed the camera in the couple's house itself for the romantic sequences. I was enjoying it all before the villain of the piece i.e. floods took over.''