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This is an archive article published on January 2, 2010

Priyadarshan calls his Bihar based drama as ‘Nishaad’

Although 'De Dana Dan' is a hit,Priyadarshan is on look-out for serious image and titles for his films.

Although his De Dana Dan is a hit,Priyadarshan is on the look-out for a serious image for his films with titles to match. For his next film,which is about caste wars and forbidden inter-caste marriages in Bihar,Priyadarshan wanted a title that would convey the flavour and feel of the Bihari milieu.

Priyadarshan wanted to call the film Gangaajal,not knowing that the title had already been taken for another Bihari fable.

Says Priyan,”I thought something like Gangaajal was the best title for this film because it allowed audiences to know exactly where the plot and characters were going.”

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In his mind he had settled for the title as the best one for his film,until he shared it with his leading man Ajay Devgn. To his horror,Priyan was told by Ajay that Prakash Jha had already used the title. Ajay knew about Jha’s ‘Gangaajal’ because he had played the lead in it.

Then began the search for another title. Now Priyan’s Bihar based drama is called ‘Nishaad’.

Nishaad starring Ajay Devgn,Bipasha Basu and Akshaye Khanna had been shot without a title all this while mainly because Priyadarshan wanted the film to have a hard-hitting title.

Finally Priyadarshan’s script and dialogue writer came up with ‘Nishaad’ because the director barely knows any Hindi.

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