“Asambhav”, which will be released in July, promises to be an espionage film full of action.

It is Arjun Rampal’s first action film. It will showcase the actor and Priyanka Chopra together for the first time. And it is an espionage story that takes birth in Locarno in Switzerland.

The story is about a high-ranking Indian diplomat, played by Mohan Agashe, being kidnapped along with his daughter Kinjal (Dipanita Sharma) while holidaying in Switzerland.

The abduction is the work of a master criminal Ansari (Milind Gunaji). Planning a conspiracy of international dimensions, Ansari hires the Mabros Mercenaries (Shawar Ali and gang) to kidnap the diplomat and his daughter. The hostages are kept at the Brissago Islands.

What Ansari has in mind is to exchange the diplomat for Yuzan (Mukesh Rishi), the head of an international terrorist group.

The army then decides to send Captain Aadit Arya (Arjun) on an undercover mission (code named Asambhav) to Switzerland to investigate the situation and to bring the diplomat back safely.

This is apparently the first Bollywood film to be shot in Locarno and, that too, for 65 days consecutively. With the entire film being digitalized and seven cameras rolling simultaneously, no duplicates have been used while recording.

Though Rajiv Rai denies being inspired by the Hollywood hit “Mission Impossible”, he claims the movie is very much made in the same style as top action films in the West.

Also, for the first time audiences will get to see Priyanka in an action and not in a romantic role. Arjun too is set to rock people as an action hero.

This musical love story, set in the backdrop of the adventurous 1940s in India, has two veteran music composers, A.R. Rahman and Ismail Darbar, and lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The combination is expected to produce a music fiesta that will surpass all past Subhash Ghai films.

“It’s purely an Indian film with Indian music, Indian values and Indian emotions with an Indian backdrop for a wider range of audience from masses to classes,” says Subhash Ghai.

“This is my effort to reach out to everybody in the cinema hall and provide entertainment with a great story,” he adds. “This would be the best script so far in my career.”

Shot on sync sound under the direction of Dilip Subramaniam at Ranikhet, the project has impressed its international actors with the standard of content and technique Indian filmmakers are achieving.

“Kisna” will also go to the international market with its two-hour English version while the Hindi version will be a regular three-hour feature film with songs and dances.

A.R. Rahman has recorded a special English number for “Kisna” for the international market, which will be released in the international music market.

Shot on a budget of Rs.250 million ($5.48 million), “Kisna” is being photographed by national award winning cinematographer Ashok Mehta with another national award winner Samir Chanda as production designer and art director.

Tinu Verma is the action director, while Saroj Khan does the choreography for this epic love story expected to be release by the end of this year.

Bernath, who is of British origin, was studying drama at Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre School (founded by legendary actor Sir Laurence Olivier in 1946). She opted out of the drama school when her agent asked her to audition for Ghai. She has done small roles on TV like “Holby City” and “The Afternoon Play”.

Rituparno Ghosh of ‘Chokher Bali’ fame came up with his first Hindi movie ‘Raincoat’ starring Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai.

Rituparno Ghosh belongs to that modern generation of Bengali intellectuals, who loves to create meaningful cinema. He is the director of many National and international award winning Bengali films. But this is for the first time, he made a film for National people. So there is a big curiosity and great enthusiasm among the cine-goers for his first Hindi movie. Already the film has started to generate craze at the foreign shore. Just on the basis of a rough cut, the film has been selected for the competition section of the 39th Annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 25- July 12) in the Czech Republic. And that is the only film festival ‘Raincoat’ will visit, before it is released worldwide in August.

Story: ‘Raincoat’, which deals with the relationship between two Bihari characters Manoj (Ajay) and Niru (Aishwarya), is set against the backdrop of a rainy afternoon. The story begins with Manoj leaving his mother to travel to Kolkata in search of job. The city holds a different platform of hope and opportunity for him. A hope to rejuvenate him, to lift him out of his financial crunch and an opportunity to meet his beloved (Niru), who is no longer his. On a rainy day in Kolkata, equipped with his friend’s old raincoat, Manoj sets out to visit his old love. Six years later two estranged lovers meet to play the game of words.

Told in flashbacks and smooth transitions between past and present, ‘Raincoat’ is a story of the love between two people that endures despite circumstances, despite separation and hopelessness. Narrated against the backdrop of a rainy afternoon, the raincoat literally becomes instrumental in bringing out the love, Niru and Manoj have nurtured within their hearts for each other since childhood.

Performance: Aishwarya Rai has gone in for the no-make-up look in this film. Actress Mouli Ganguly has been signed opposite Sameer Sharmadhikar in this film. Sameer has a special appearance in the film. Whereas Ajay Devgan is concerned, he entered into a profit-sharing deal with the producers to keep the production costs down. Director Rituparno Ghosh has written the whole script in Bengali. Since he is no adept in Hindi, then eminent play-writer Usha Ganguly has converted it into Hindi.

Overall: Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai have been teamed up again for the fourth time in this film. Earlier they were paired together in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin’ and ‘Khakee’. People are eagerly waiting for the release of the film.