As Raajneeti turns 15 at the moment, director Prakash Jha confirms Raajneeti 2 is within the works, script and forged being finalised!

Katrina Kaif and Prakash Jha(Photo: Prakash Jha Productions)

Sequel is within the works?

Speaking to us because the movie achieves the 15-year milestone, Prakash confirms {that a} sequel to Raajneeti is within the works. “Raajneeti (politics) ki yatra toh anvarat (constant) hai, chalti hi rehti hai! There’s always been a plan for Raajneeti 2. While there is nothing concrete in terms of casting and shooting yet, I am currently working on it,” says the director.

Stars and eight,000 actors!

The movie’s pre-production went on for a 12 months. “We cast 8,000 actors for an authentic crowd scene, which was quite a task,” says Prakash.

Sharing how he managed to place such an enormous star forged collectively, he provides, “The good thing about casting was that whoever we approached, liked the script and came on board. They felt challenged to perform well. People say it was a commercial success. For me, Damul (1984), Mritudand (1997), Gangajal (2003), Apaharan (2005) or Satyagraha (2013) are just films. But, it feels nice when people talk about them.”

Film’s tune Mora Piya Mose Bolat Naahin grew to become an enormous hit

Cult Music

The film had successful soundtrack, that includes 4 composers — late Aadesh Shrivastava, Pritam, Shantanu Moitra and Wayne Sharpe, with lyrics penned by Gulzar, Irshad Kamil, Sameer and Swanand Kirkire.

Prakash shares that Aadesh got here up with the tune Mora Piya Mose Bolat Naahin “much earlier” throughout a artistic sitting and it completely match the scenario within the movie. He provides, “He sang it beautifully, too.”

Singer Kavita Seth, who additionally sang the tune, says, “I took extra time to prepare the song, as the situation was intense. It is one of my biggest hits till date. It’s a part of my set list at all the concerts along with Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid).” Bheegi Se additionally grew to become an enormous hit.

To save the associated fee, one helicopter was painted in two colors on both sides

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One chopper, a number of scenes!

Separate helicopters had been wanted for various characters. So, to avoid wasting the associated fee, one helicopter was painted in two colors on both sides. It was shot from completely different angles for various scenes.

Meet the BhoPALS

Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal grew to become buddies in the course of the movie’s shoot. They would usually be seen collectively enjoying cricket and savouring delicacies collectively. They named the trio BhoPALS.

Ranbir’s comfortable second, ft. Manoj

The movie’s assistant director Ritam Srivastava, director of OTT collection like Rafuchakkar (2023) and Raktanchal (2020), tells us, “Ranbir Kapoor was very excited when he shared the screen with Manoj Bajpayee. It was also the first time that Ranbir used a pistol in a scene.”

A scene to recollect

Manoj’s chase sequence was shot over three days at a number of places in Bhopal. Ritam shares: “While doing the chase, Ajay Devgn jokingly said: ‘Teen din ho gaye seene mein goli lagey, ab to marr jaao’.”

Ajay Devgn in a scene from the movie

Raajneeti, the e book!

In 2016, Prakash Jha authored e book Raajneeti – the Film and Beyond which has lot in regards to the making of the movie. Katrina, who was seen in a saree in most elements of the movie, was apparently unsure about her look. The e book mentions: She would ask the Director of Photography Sachin Krishn, ‘Will I look beautiful?’. He would say, ‘You would look real’.

Prakash Jha rejected good high quality flags and received them reprinted in low cost high quality for authenticity

Reprinted Flags!

For authenticity, Prakash Jha refused “good quality” flags for the shoot only a day earlier than filming. So, 12,000 social gathering flags had been printed with low cost materials, shabby printing and low cost know-how, and had been aged.

Of garments and washrooms

Costume designer Priyanka Mundada used 40,000 metres to decorate 8,000 forged members. Tea was used to age the clothes. To accommodate them, lodges, visitor homes and lodges had been booked in Bhopal. Extra bogs had been constructed for junior artistes. Caterers had been referred to as from Mumbai.

Making international music our personal

Cross-country collaboration was carried out to create “international, yet Indian music”. New York-based musician Wayne Sharpe, who additionally composed the rating of the movie, created western melodies after which recorded with Indian sounds. He recorded melodies in his studio within the US, the orchestra was recorded in Prague, Czech Republic, whereas the Indian devices had been recorded in Mumbai.