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ROJA to be released for international audience NEW!
[Source: Times of India, Sep 2002]
NEW DELHI: At a time when terrorism is a world-wide concern, Mani Ratnam's ten-year old blockbuster Roja, set mostly in Kashmir, is now being released for the international audience.
The film, focusing on the power of love against the futility of terrorism, is being remastered with digital sound effects and English subtitles besides being cut short by a few minutes to suit viewers outside India.
"Westerners are open to Indian films. What is happening to Indian literature may happen to Indian films and this may be the beginning," Mani Ratnam said at a press conference here on Monday announcing the marketing of the film internationally.
On why this was being done now ten years after the film's release, he said there was "concern for Kashmir and terrorism around the world and this is the time for Roja to go around the world."
Music Director A R Rahman, who made his debut with Roja and won the National Award for it, expressed the hope that the music will reach the international audience just as did those all over India.
Though the songs have been retained for the international release, one number and a few scenes have been cut short marginally, Mani Ratnam said adding that music was an integral part of story-telling traditionally.
K Bharathan, of Digital Studios which is marketing Roja internationally, said the decision was motivated by a sense of security the world over.
The original Tamil version of the film, which was dubbed into five Indian languages, is being subtitled in English for the international release.
Mani Ratnam said they decided against dubbing it into English as it would bring in artificiality into the film.
The story line of Roja begins from the simple life in a small town in South India and ends in the violence hit Jammu and Kashmir revolving around the battle waged by Roja, which means Rose, to get her husband released from the clutches of militants.
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