Harward Entertainments’ maiden venture “Pranali – The Tradition”, now complete and scheduled for April release, is a hard-hitting film, which depicts the story of a poor village girl married off to a village deity and then condemned to become a prostitute.

“Pranali – The Tradition” is the story of a girl born in a small village on the border of Karnataka & Maharashtra, a girl whose childhood is yet untouched and full of pure innocence but she still falls prey to one of the unconventional and downtrodden systems of our society; a stigma of being a “Devdasi”. She inadvertently becomes an object of desire – the one with whom the so-called highly respected and well-known people of the society could suffice their hunger for lust.

Condemned to prostitution, her destiny takes a much-awaited turn, when she decides to give birth to a new life which in turn gives her hope and adds zest to her life. This further redefines her morbid life with a new meaning, liberating her off all the shackles. She commits herself that she will fight all odds to educate her child and do everything possible that could make way for her child to lead a normal and best life. However, the idea was not so easy to digest for the respectable people that a Sex worker’s child will be given an equivalent standard of education as being received by the children’s of the well-to-do people of the society.

The film depicts the dark facts of Pranali’s life and unveils forbidden truths of known and so-called respectable people in the society. Along with grooming her own life, Pranali moulds the lives of other fallen women and gives a new definition and direction to their otherwise meaningless lives.

The film has been produced by Nikhil Mathur, who heads the Harward Group of Companies, which has varied interests in various corporate fields including financial engineering, fund managements, investments and securities. The Group is also into property development business joint ventures with overseas realty funds and developers. The company has also ventured into entertainment, media, advertising and communication services.

Hirdesh Kamble, erstwhile assistant to John Mathew Mathan, Mahesh Bhatt and Vikram Bhatt, has directed the film with cinematography by Najeeb Khan.

Well known singer Kailesh Kher makes his debut as music director with this film along with Paresh and Naresh.

Nargis (”Garam Masala” fame) plays the title role along with Upendra Limaye, Raman Trikha, Sudha Chandran, Dippsikha, Vinay Apte, Abhhay Bhaargav, Hemant Pandey, Sujata Segal, Suzanne, Vinod Khemani, Vaidehi, Rohini and Kalpana Sathe. Other credits include action by Abbas Ali Moghul, story-screenplay by Hirdesh Kamble and Manoj Pandey, dialogue by Manoj Pandey, editing by Chaitanya Bose, art by Jasmita Pathare, lyrics by Anil Pandey and choreography by Saroj Khan.

The next film that is in the making for Producer- Rakesh Roshan/Filmkraft Productions (India) Pvt. Ltd. is a hilarious comedy flick ‘Krazzy 4’. With ‘Krazzy 4’, Rakesh Roshan hands over the directorial baton to Jaideep Sen even as he revels in the role of producer par excellence!

So impressed was Rakesh Roshan with Jaideep’s dedication and willingness to learn, that he has entrusted his next film ‘Krazzy 4’ into Jai’s capable hands. The fact that this is the first film under the Filmkraft banner to be directed by somebody other than Rakesh Roshan, speaks volume for the faith he has reposed in his protégé.

The music for this film is by Rajesh Roshan, another integral part of the Roshan family. He has composed award-winning music for ‘Khudgarz’, ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’, ‘Kishen Kanhaiya’, ‘Khel’, ‘King Uncle’, ‘Karan Arjun’ and ‘Koyla’. His music for ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’ outperformed all his past work and topped every music chart. Now with ‘Krazzy 4’, Rajesh Roshan delivers a thumping, foot-tapping score yet again.

Character Sketches :

As the name suggests, it is a mad, mad, mad world out there. Some are nutty about money, some deranged about power, some of them cracked with stress, some others unhinged by overwork and yet a few others insanely in love, and everyone is worried they are going bananas.

Except the ‘Krazzy 4’, because they are already crazy!

The beautiful Juhi plays Dr. Sonali, a psychiatrist who knows what is wrong with her patients. As a sensitive woman she firmly believes if you really want to make your patients well, you should treat them with your heart, not just your mind. She has faith that all it needs is a little time and lots of patience to make them normal…to make them part of the mad, mad, mad world out there…

Arshad Warsi plays the angry young man, Raja. His blood boils, his fists clench and he’s ready to beat the daylights out of anyone who upsets him in some way. Raja’s anger knows no bounds, he’ll hit out at the slightest provocation or even without. Intermittent explosive disorder is what the doctors call it. ‘Sarphira’, is what everybody else does!

Irrfan Khan plays Dr. Mukherjee, your perfect doc – clean and orderly, not a pin out of place. . So what’s wrong with that? Obsessive compulsive personality disorder, that’s what. He has decided that he’s the Captain of the team! But so obsessed is he by the need to be in control of a situation that he doesn’t realise he has totally lost control of himself and his mind.

Rajpal Yadav essays the role of Gangadhar who is marching to a beat only he can hear; he’s fighting for a cause that’s long over. But in his muddled mind he’s still fighting for freedom, still hobnobbing with the likes of Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi. Schizophrenic Gangadhar lives in the past…his mates are Nehru and Gandhi, Tilak and Patel! He’s so busy fighting for swaraj, he’s lost his sanity!

Suresh Menon is Dabboo. Cute Dabboo is everybody’s pet. So what if he hasn’t spoken for years? So what if he’s frightened all the time? So what if he’s autistic? Cute and adorable, when it comes to Dabboo everybody is super protective. Even if he can hear and understand, Dabboo refuses to speak. And nobody knows why!

Dia Mirza plays the role of Shikha the girl friend of Raja (Arshad Warsi). As a TV reporter she controls the news on the channel, but as a woman she is unable to control the unruly and unmanageable rage of Raja - the man she loves.

Rajat Kapur plays R. K. Sanyal who is an Industrialist. Oh, and also Dr Sonali’s husband. But in his quest for power and money he takes a step that will have alarming consequences for his wife and her patients – the krazzy 4!

Zaakir Hussain as Srivastav is so neck deep in illegal activities that now he’ll stoop to anything – even kidnapping and murder – to keep him ahead.

Watch out! The ‘Krazzy 4’ are coming your way!! If all goes well the film will be released on April 11, 2008.

But are the ‘Krazzy 4’ ready for the world? And is the world ready for them? We have to wait and watch.

And yes…If you think they are crazy, think again! Just sit back tight and get set for an extremely funny roller coaster ride with the ‘Krazzy 4’!

The Director duo Abbas-Mustan are back with yet another thriller movie titled “Race”. Race is the story of 2 brothers – Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Rajeev Singh (Akshaye Khanna). They breed horses on their huge ranch houses and are one of the biggest bookies in the horse racing circuit.

The elder brother Ranvir is known to be very smart and aggressive while Rajeev is a constant alcoholic.

Sophia (Katrina Kaif) is Ranvir’s personal secretary and loves him. Ranvir is however ignorant of her feelings towards him.

Shaina (Bipasha Basu) is an Indian Model and shares a beautiful relationship with Ranvir. But fate has some other plans for her. She gets married to Rajeev and her world is shattered when she discovers that he is a chronic alcoholic.

Rajeev is still addicted to alcohol although he promised his elder brother that he would leave it after marriage.

In a moment of truth Ranvir and Shaina come close to each other and an affair begins. All hell is broken loose when Rajeev suspects his wife of double crossing.

A Murder is committed.

Enter Robert.D. Costa(Anil Kapoor), a detective who lives by his values. He is desperate to find out the truth and arrest the perpetrator. He is very clever and has a bizarre addiction to fruits. Mini (Sameera Reddy) is R.D’s personal assistant and is as dumb as sexy she is.

Thus the Race begins as the story unfolds in a series of unexpected twists and turns and a nail-biting climax which is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. With brilliantly executed action sequences and an intriguing storyline, Race is certainly a movie to watch out for.