Aalok Shrivastav's poetry in thriller film

Now golden pen of poetry turns to the silver screen. Renowned poet Aalok Shrivastav's signature poems would be recited in an upcoming Hindi thriller film 'Vodka Diaries'. Starring Kay Kay Menon and Raima Sen, this film to be directed by debutant director Kushal Srivastava will have some incredible moments where characters would be reciting Aalok's poetry.

His poetic style has attracted the notice of notable filmmakers and legends earlier as well. Legendary ghazal singer late Jagjit Singh, Pankaj Udhas, classical singer Shubha Mudgal and Bollywood's great actor Amitabh Bachchan have lent their voices to Aalok's soulful poetry. The BigB even tweeted recently praising his poetry.

Without revealing the story line of the film Aalok says, "This is an amazing experience for me. I am grateful to director Kushal and Producer Vishal Karkera for this opportunity." A total movie buff, Karkera feels the need of making good films as these days there are very few films which match International standards. In Vodka Diaries, between murders and investigations in a typical International style, there is one major character who keeps reciting poetry. To maintain the genuineness of the film, producers met Aalok and asked him to write the poetry in that situation. Aalok has written wonderful poetry on given situation of the film"

The film revolves around investigation of murders in a club, 'Vodka Diaries', owned by one Roshni Banerjee (Raima). Kay Kay who plays an ACP, investigates these murders. It will go on floors towards the end of July and will be shot in Manali and Mumbai.