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[beatnik]

Bolly Hye: Indian dream factory plans film in Armenia

By Julia Hakobyan ArmeniaNow reporter

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A well known Indian film director plans to bring Bollywood to Armenia.

Mukesh Bhatt says that he is so captivated by Armenia’s picturesque gorges and alpine vistas that he intends to shoot a movie here.

He arrived in Armenia with a group of Indian businessmen to take part in the Armenian-Indian business forum. Bhatt says friends and colleagues in India had advised him to visit Armenia and upon arrival he feels he has found a unique atmosphere.

“I found something very valuable- a devotion to traditions and goodwill to other nations,” says Bhatt in a press conference this week.

Bhatt, who has produced 45 films in Bollywood, the Indian Hollywood, plans to start filming in Armenia next year. He says that the movie will be a love story, a favorite theme of Bollywood.

He does not rule out casting Armenian actors in the film, which he assures will attract a flow of tourists to the country. He reminded his audience of a popular saying in India: “Tourism follows wherever Bollywood goes.”

Indian movies were very popular in Armenia during Soviet times, when they were shown as a result of the good political and cultural relations between Soviet and Indian authorities. Now Bollywood produces some 1,000 movies a year, with some gaining popularity also in the West.

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baiburdyan shares the Indian filmmaker’s opinion about the possibility of Bollywood boosting tourism in Armenia. Taking into account that India’s population is about 1.1 billion people, and that another billion in the world are fans of Indian movies, he says there are real prospects for a movie made in Armenia to draw tourists to the country to see it themselves.

The possibility of boosting tourism in Armenia through cinematography was raised earlier in March during a press conference held by the new owners and directors of HyeFilm, the Armenian movie company. It was privatized last year by the Cafesjian Foundation, which promised to invest $20 million over ten years to revive film production.

Ruben Gevorgyants, chairman of the Armenian Union of Cinematographers and the new chairman of HyeFilm says he welcomes his Indian counterpart.

“We discussed with Indian colleagues their idea of shooting a movie in Armenia. Making movies in other countries’ studios is widely practiced all over the world and we will be glad if our studio and country attracts international film directors,” Gevorgyants told ArmeniaNow.

“HyeFilm has already got experience of cooperating with Russian and Iranian film directors, who have shot movies in Armenia.”

Last year, HyeFilm’s new directors told journalists that they were negotiating with German investors over the possibility of a joint project to make a film of “Forty Days of Musa Dagh”, the novel by the Austrian writer Franz Werfel about the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

The budget was supposed to be about $35 million. But Gevorgyants told ArmeniaNow that, so far, the project is not ready to proceed, and it is possible that the Bollywood company will become the first international studio to work with the revived HyeFilm.

The Armenian-Indian business forum was organized by the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Armenian Development Agency. It brought to Yerevan 17 representatives of leading Indian industries, including diamonds, IT, pharmaceuticals and metallurgy, in search of better relations with Armenian partners.

Currently, trade turnover between Armenia and India is worth only about $15 million, but officials of both countries say this has the potential to at least double. Besides trade, India and Armenia cooperate in the spheres of education, science and culture.

The expansion of economic cooperation will be discussed at a sitting of the Armenian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Development to be held in Yerevan this year.

Meanwhile, Indian businessmen are concerned only by the lack of a direct flight from India to Armenia. The Armenian authorities promised to promote the opening of a service between Delhi and Yerevan soon.

[beatnik]

Наконец сбывается розовая мечта ерордмасцев!

[beatnik]

Last year, HyeFilm’s new directors told journalists that they were negotiating with German investors over the possibility of a joint project to make a film of “Forty Days of Musa Dagh”, the novel by the Austrian writer Franz Werfel about the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

[Diana]

:wow: оh noo :lol: :lol:

but I like their music. :wub:

Salaam namaste

[beatnik]

but  I  like  their  music. :wub:

[beatnik]

BTW, my wildest dream is to see a collaboration between Ravi Shankar and Jivan Gasparyan.

[Kornelij Glas]

Витикдана?

Дана-упрдана!

[beatnik]

Витикдана, Витикдана.

Дана-упрдана?

Витикдана :lol:

Корнель, это было из Зиты и Гиты? Весь Ереван пел... :*

[Limited edition]

the music is awesome. especially played by Ravi Shankar.

[aha]

Витикдана?

Дана-упрдана!

[Arm]

смотрел индийское кино "Танцуй-Танцуй" в горисском кинотеатре...

сеанс был дневной в основном пришли дети и подростки..

в конце фильма хороший парень забивал злодея под свист и гул всего зала...

когда забил - в зале уже все стояли...

многие ходили на несколько сеансов чтобы посмотреть еще раз...

про брюс ли, кунг-фу и шаолинь - вообще отдельная история

[Гость Funky]

Фанки, А у тебя есть? мои диски с рави шанкаром в Ереване остались :crying: Очень люблю альбо improviastions, но если есть что то другое то тоже был бы не прочь, если бы ты поделился. :shljapa:

[Kornelij Glas]

Вроде да - из Зиты и Гиты было

aha - тогда переведи хоть для страждущих! :hammer:

[aha]

Вроде да - из Зиты и Гиты было

aha - тогда переведи хоть для страждущих! :hammer: