How Samrat & Co got its title!
Author(s): Dharam Pal"The word Samrat speaks for itself… it brings out the grandness of the character which we intended for our hero played by Rajeev Khandelwal." Nitin Desai’s Samrat connection The makers of Bollywoods ambitious detective...
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Apr 3, 2014 09:30
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"The word Samrat speaks for itself… it brings out the grandness of the character which we intended for our hero played by Rajeev Khandelwal."
Nitin Desai’s Samrat connection
The makers of Bollywoods ambitious detective saga Samrat & Co releasing on 25th April are indeed grateful to Nitin Desai, the famous Art Director of Bollywood films. Says Producer Kavita Barjatya, “Samrat & Co was our working title. However as we grew with the subject and the character of Samrat, we just could not see anything else fitting into the mould. We learnt that the title ‘Samrat’ was registered with Nitin dada and on requesting him he very graciously offered to give it to us.”
It is also learnt that Nitin Desai has been signed on for the Salman film to be directed by Sooraj Barjatya. So is Nitin Desai doing Kavita’s film too? Says Kavita, “Nitin dada did send a message for Samrat & Co, which I am producing under our family banner, to be directed by Kaushik Ghatak, but however we are already committed to Jayant Deshmukh for this film as we have worked together in the past too and share a wonderful rapport with him.”
Samrat means emperor… has this film got something to do with a royal touch? We also took a step forward to ask the film’s director Kaushik Ghatak on his choice of this different title.
Says Kaushik, “The word Samrat speaks for itself… it brings out the grandness of the character which we intended for our hero played by Rajeev Khandelwal. Grandness in thought, grandness in attitude… Samrat is a person who chooses to do what he wants..he may refuse the case of a rich business tycoon inspite of being offered a lot of money and he would rather pick a case if it is as simple as a child’s cat getting lost!”
Specially targeting India’s young audiences, ‘Samrat & Co’ is the first of its kind detective franchisee, wherein the very nuances of crime solving, human nature and the world of standalone private investigators will be presented on the big screen on a pure entertainment platform.
Releasing on 25th April 2014, ‘Samrat & Co’. is produced by Kavita Barjatya under her family banner Rajshri Productions and is directed by Kaushik Ghatak.
