Double Dose

Producer-director Pammi Somal has compensated for the delay of her film with a double debut.

It has been almost close to five years since journalist-turned- writer,director and producer Pammi Somal flew down to her hometown,Chandigarh,to shoot her film Mummyji with Kirron Kher. The release date was set for the summer of 2007. It has been four years since the announcement,and Somal feels that the timing is finally right. Delhi Belly took three years, jokes Somal,who has finally picked August 5 for the release of the new and improved Mummyji,now titled Mummy Punjabi. But this is not all. Two weeks later,Somal will release a romcom titled Na Jaane Kabse,thus banking on a double debut. Its rare that a filmmaker releases two films in the same month, says Somal,who was in the city on Saturday with the cast of Na Jaane Kabse for a charity concert at The Tagore Theatre . Somals organised the charity musical show to fund the operation of a heart patient.

The film boasts of newcomers like Amrita Prakash and Garry Gill as the lead pair in the film.

Somal says she is a one woman army. I will never make a Delhi Belly,or a Ragini MMS or Murder,but I will make films that will keep you entertained, she says. Close to her heart,both are extensions to her life and world. In Mummy Punjabi,if Kher is a typical Chandigarh aunty with a larger than life perspective,a big heart and a warm smile,Prakash is the attention seeking drama queen. Women can have fun too,and with both my films,I have made my protagonists fun loving bindass women, says Somal. For Somal,making these films was the next step after film journalism in Mumbai and being a media consultant. These past couple of years have been life changing and challenging,and I have learnt a lot,including how to strategise,marketing,publicity and editing et al, says Somal. She has now turned into an entrepreneur and has launched her own production company,Creative Steps and music company,Creative Sounds.

Prakash,who played small roles in Tum Bin and Vivaah as the sister of the protagonists,plays Anjali in the film. She agrees with co-star Gill on one thing,that having a godfather makes things way easier. No one wants to admit it,but its the truth, says Prakash,who adds that the character is so much like her, that it was really effortless to play it. As for Ludhiana-based Gill,he is happy to play the tragedy king. I am the hopeless romantic,who expects the worse, says Gill as he flexes his muscles. Somal admits that the film is a tale of two quirky people and is on the lines of Jab We Met. The film also stars Sharad Saxena,Ayub Khan and Lillete Dubey.

Somal has roped in the brother-sister duo of Palak and Palash Muchhal to sing in the film. The siblings raise money for surgeries of child heart patients. While Palak can sing in 17 different languages and has sung in films like Veer,Dabangg and the upcoming Bodyguard,Palash,who holds the Guiness World Record for being the youngest guitarist,played the role of freedom fighter Jhunko in Ashutosh Gowarikars Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se. I will be working with Madhur Bhandarkar on his next as he is taking a break from Heroine, says Palash,who will play the lead role of a village boy in this film. Somal is now all set for her next projects,Bollywood Biwis and Agar Ya Magar .

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