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‘Absence of big stars is 'Kisna's' USP’
18th Dec 2004 23.15 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau

According to showman Subhash Ghai , his latest film in the offing Kisna has no big stars and that itself is the film’s USP.

Ghai recently said, ''The biggest USP of 'Kisna-The Warrior Poet' is that it has no big stars and the story is being narrated through the British perspective.''

Ghai added that mainstream Indian cinema is fast changing due to the different choice of moviegoers.

Refusing to evaluate the different genres of Indian cinema, Ghai said a film has to be interesting.

Ghai said ''Kisna'' was a Britisher's trip through India and his experiencing everything that is Indian.

He described the music of the film, the lyrics of which have been penned by Javed Akhtar and composed by Ismail Darbar and A R Rahman , as difficult because he had to match it with his visuals and the script.

Kisna, which stars Vivek Oberoi in the lead role, is slated to release on January 21.

Akhtar himself describes the songs were part of the narrative and the situation and the screenplay was an inspiration for him. Farooq Dhondy who has written the screenplay felt that 'Kisna' had a quality reminiscent of 'Mother India' and 'Mughal-e-azam'.

''I know Indian sensibilities. A western script explores life and characters while ours reasserts values of everything Indian", he said.

Farooq said he always wanted to be associated with mainstream commercial cinema and 'Kisna' came as a good offer. ''Subhash Ghai is a more traditional story teller,'' he said.