Juhi Chawla on 'Veda' muhurat

Juhi Chawla opened the muhurat of Vistaar Film Fund's and WSG pictures latest film 'Veda' on Tuesday.

Host of the evening and former Indian cricketer Farokh Engineer introduced the main cast and crew of the film that is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ which includes actor Sanjay Suri, Ashish Bisht who plays the role of Hamlet, director Onir and producer Bhavna Talwar among others.

Onir says, “Veda is a film I have been developing with writer Bhavani Iyre for nearly five years now. It is a modern adaptation of Hamlet set in UK and Lucknow. The focus of the film is the love story. Anticlock Films, both Sanjay Suri and me, have been working for the last 10 years as independent film producers and have been involved in developing and making six films. Currently we are in production of my next film SHAB. As an independent film making body it is extremely important for us to collaborate with like-minded people and expand the horizon of our films to cater to an ever growing worldwide audience.”

On working with Bhavna Talwar, he further adds, “I was thrilled when Bhavna Talwar joined hands with us and offered to produce the film. Her film Dharm is another example of exquisite indie cinema. I believe that we joining together to make VEDA will make it a stronger project. We are looking forward to take this relationship beyond one film and becoming associated in more films.”