Produced by Gautham Menon
Satish Fenn
S. Elred Kumar
Screenplay by Javed Akhtar
Story by Gautham Menon
Starring Prateik Babbar
Amy Jackson
Omi Vaidya
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography M.S. Prabhu
Editing by Anthony Gonsalves
Studio IN Entertainment
Photon Kathaas
Release date(s) January 2012
Language Hindi
Caste
Prateik Babbar
Amy Jackson
Omi Vaidya
Manu Rishi
Sachin Khedekar
Gautham Menon started working on Ek Deewana Tha, the Hindi remake of his superhit Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa which was also released in Telugu as "Ye Maaya Chesaave", in 2011, with Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson in the lead roles. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, considered by many as path-breaking, gave an all-new image for the lead pair of Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan. Though the Hindi remake initially had Trisha Krishnan reprising her role, the actress was unceremoniously dropped from the project after a photo shoot and replaced by Amy Jackson, who shot to fame with the Tamil film Madrasapattinam.
Gautham Menon was trying out a 'look shoot' at the same locations where he shot Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, including a popular seaside restaurant on ECR, Chennai. A source close to the director said, "This shoot was just to get the 'feel' of the film. The actual shoot will take place in Mumbai from next month." According to the sources, A. R. Rahman's original tunes will be retained for Ek Deewana Tha as well, while the film also features Gautham Menon's regular technical team, consisting of art director Rajeevan and editor Anthony Gonsalves.
Noted poet, story and screenplay specialist, Javed Akhtar recently was in Chennai, supervising the script and writing the lyrics for the film. A source close to the development said, "Javed saab and Gautham hit it off well. The lyricist's inputs will be taken into consideration as Gautham is particular that his film should not come across as a routine South Indian remake.
Amy Jackson, playing a Syrian Christian in the film, said that, "I'm very kicked about working with Gautham Menon. I've seen VTV at least 15 times. Ek Deewana Tha is a perfect launch pad for me in Bollywood. He is a perfectionist and I know he will shape my character according to the needs and tastes of the Bollywood audience. I've begun the first schedule of the film and I'm planning to hire a Hindi tutor to help me sail through it.
The shooting of the film was to start in late-2010 but Prateik Babbar was busy with the promotions of Dhobi Ghat.Finally, the shooting of the film commenced in April 2011, with the entire cast and crew of the film in Mumbai.The shooting of the film has been progressing in various localities in Mumbai and the Ek Deewana Tha team went down to Kerala and began the second schedule there in May 2011. Once the shooting of the film in Kerala was over, they went to Chennai in June 2011 to shoot few important scenes in Amethyst, Chennai, while, some of the songs are also scheduled to be shot in AVM Studios, Chennai.In July 2011, after the shooting of the film in Chennai was completed, the next schedule of the film was started at The Taj Mahal, Agra, while the shooting of the film was also held in Delhi.Finally, the cast and crew of the film will fly to the United States to shoot some important portions.
The soundtrack and film score for Ek Deewana Tha is composed by A. R. Rahman, retaining the same tunes from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. As reported, the soundtrack album consists of eight songs, with additional two new tunes and lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar, collaborating with Gautham Menon for the first time. The soundtrack album is expected to release in 2012.
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