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Prakash Jha's Rajneeti to raise money for charity

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Saturday, November 28, 2009 19:01 IST
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Mumbai: Filmmaker Prakash Jha has completed the shooting of his next film Rajneeti, a multistarrer in which Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif will be seen the avatar of a politician.

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Jha told reporters that "Rajneeti will release on May 28 next year. The film has been produced and directed by him and presented by UTV Motion Pictures and Walkwater Media Limited.

Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai and Ranbir Kapoor are part of the cast.

"The shooting of Rajneeti is complete. It was shot over two schedules, one in February-March 2009 and the other in September-October 2009. The film, shot completely in Bhopal was completed a day before the planned schedule," Jha said crediting it to his cast and crew describing them as high calibre and dedicated.

He said the film is now in post production stage.

Rajneeti as an entity will support Anubhooti, an NGO founded by Prakash Jha in 1991, to build a multi-functional hospital which will serve anybody in Bihar with efficient medical services at the minimal cost possible.

"To fundraise for this, the entire cast and crew of Rajneeti has been kind enough to whole-heartedly support and contribute to the efforts we are making for this hospital to become a reality," he said.

"We will be holding premieres and benefit dinners in 10 cities across the world to raise funds. We will be taking our appeal to New York, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Melbourne, Durban, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and Muscat," he informed.

"Anubhooti, Prakash Jha Productions, and id8 Media Solutions will be organising this entire project for us, have joined together to pool in every available resource for the construction of this hospital," he said.

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