With his trademark swagger and lopsided smile in place, the evergreen Dev Anand will soon emerge from the screen in a 3D avatar.
With his trademark swagger and lopsided smile in place, the evergreen Dev Anand will soon emerge from the screen in a 3D avatar.
Legend Films, a US-based company that specialises in colourising old films and converting them from the 2D format to the 3D format, has expressed a desire to work on the digitally re-mastered and colourised version of the classic Hum Dono.
“They were impressed by the spectacular new look of the film and want to convert it into 3D,” Anand told DNA on Tuesday. The colourised version of Hum Dono will have an international release later this month. Renamed as Hum Dono Rangeen, it will hit Indian cinema halls in the first week of February.
“We are currently considering the conversion of Hum Dono Rangeen. This will further enhance the value of this invaluable Bollywood classic, giving it a new life for future generations of audiences,” said Barry Sandrew, the founder of Legend Films, in a statement.
The company has colourised several Hollywood black-and-white movies such as Holiday Inn, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Forbidden Zone and Night of the Living Dead.
Sandrew said that he has seen the colourised and restored version of Hum Dono and was really impressed with the storyline and the lead actor’s histrionics.
“Dev is truly a living legend. The newer version has an enhanced quality and I am sure it will be a treat for his fans,” he added.
Meanwhile, the 87-year-old actor is looking forward to both the colourised and the 3D versions. “I am happy that my fans will now get to relive the experience of watching Hum Dono in a better way. And I hope that the film is also liked by the tech-savvy younger generation that may be seeing it for the first time ever,” said Dev Anand.
The actor revealed that Hum Dono has been colourised using a palette of nearly 65,000 colours while Mughal-e-Azam and Naya Daur had used only 16 and 32 colours respectively. A Hyderabad-based company, Trikona Technologies, has carried out the restoration and colourisation work on the film.
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