ANIL SHARMA TALKS ABOUT 'DEAR FRIEND HITLER'
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The Times of India
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Anil Sharma, debutant producer of "Dear Friend Hitler" says he was
clueless when he first read the script of the film, which deals with
Adolf Hilter and Mahatma Gandhi. He admits he didn't understand a
word when the script was narrated to him.
"The very first time when Nalin Singh (scriptwriter) narrated the
script to me, honestly I didn't understand it. I didn't know where I
was heading to -- World War II, Hitler, Gandhiji -- I didn't know
about theses subjects in detail. But then after re-reading it and
after consulting with my team I got a hang of it," Sharma, who is
making debut production under the Amrapali Media Vision banner, told
reporters here.
"It took me six to seven months to finalise. But once I got hold of
the story, then there was no looking back. I found conviction in
Nalin's narration and confidence there after. We (production house)
were looking for a different and hard hitting script but we didn't
know we would be doing something like this in our first go," he
added.
"Gandhi to Hilter" is an attempt to spread the message of world
peace, he said.
The film points out the difference in ideologies of two leaders,
Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi and how Hitler's radical methods led to his
end, while Gandhi's non-violence played a pivotal role to free India
from British rule.
Pallavi Mishra, who has written the lyrics for the songs in the film
and is also co-producing the film along with Sharma reveals that
controversies have led them to change the title of the film.
"The Hindi version of the film will now be called 'Gandhi to Hilter',
while the international version will still remain with the same -
'Dear Friend Hitler'. We had to change the name because of the
controversies.
"Gandhiji had addressed Hilter as his 'Dear friend' when he wrote a
letter to him and we tried to put across the same point. The
international format understood the reason so they allowed us to
carry forward with the same name that is 'Dear Friend Hitler'," said
Mishra.
The film, starring Neha Dhupia and Raghuvir Yadav is based on letters
written by Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler, and is directed by
debutante Rakesh Ranjan.
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Did he embrace bose too? Was a friend of his friend also a friend?