Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Prithviraj in The 19th Step



South India's talented actor Prithviraj has been roped in for a meaty roles in director Bharat Bala's international venture The 19th Step, simultaneously made in Tamil, English and Japanese with 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Haasan, new Bollywood sensation Asin and Japanese superstar Tadanobu Asano in the lead roles.

Produced by Bala in association with Walt Disney, this film is expected to go on floors in August 2009 and will be released in late 2009 or early 2010. Major parts of the shooting will be in Kerala. The shoot is likely to start in the first week of August and will later move to China.

The 19th Step is based on a script written by the well-known Malayalam writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, who has won four national awards for best screenplay. A.R. Rahman will score music along with the Japanese composer Joe Hisashi. Sound mixing is by Resul Pookutty.

The film revolves around a Japanese samurai warrior (Tadanobu Asano), who travels to Kerala to learn the secrets of the ancient Dravidian martial art 'Kalaripayattu' that gave birth to Karate and Chinese Kung Fu from a veteran martial art trainer (Kamal Haasan). He later falls in love with a beautiful Chera princess (Asin). How he wins her love forms the core of the story.

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