Ra.One (Hindi: रा.वन) is an upcoming 2011 Hindi science fiction superhero film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha, and starring Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. It also stars Shahana Goswami, Dalip Tahil and Chinese-American actor Tom Wu in supporting roles, along with Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra in guest appearances. The film is jointly produced by Eros International and Khan's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment,[1] and was originally scheduled to release in the summer of 2011. However, due to extensive post-production work involving special effects and the 3D conversion, its release was postponed, and is now set to have a worldwide release during the Diwali weekend of October 26, 2011.[2] Ra.One is currently India's most expensive film to date[3] and will be released in both 2D and 3D formats across 3,200 screens in India,[4] along with its dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu and German.[5]
Cast
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- Shah Rukh Khan as G.One / Shekhar Subramanium
- Kareena Kapoor as Sonia Shekhar Subramanium
- Arjun Rampal as Ra.One
- Armaan Verma as Prateek Subramanium a.k.a. Lucifer
- Shahana Goswami as Jenny Nayar
- Satish Shah as Iyer
- Dalip Tahil as Barron
- Tom Wu as Akashi
- Suresh Menon
- Sanjay Dutt as Khalnayak (Guest appearance)[6]
- Priyanka Chopra as The Damsel in Distress (Guest appearance)[6]
- Rajinikanth as Chitti (Guest appearance)[6]
- Amitabh Bachchan (Voice-over)[6]
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Production
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Development
According to director Anubhav Sinha, the idea of making Ra.One originated while he was watching television six years ago.[7] Upon writing the script, he proposed the idea to Shahrukh Khan several years later who instantly agreed to produce and star in it.[7] Red Chillies Entertainment's Keitan Yadav revealed that during the release of Main Hoon Na (2004), Khan was keen on making a VFX-loaded film that was larger than life.[8] His production company continued working on other projects and seeking for the right film until they finally decided on Ra.One.[8] Prior to starting the film, Khan approached several directors to helm the project but they all refused due to various concerns.[9] As pre-production work began to occur in 2007, Sinha agreed to direct the film and spent several months going through video clips, digital art portals and comic books; he later explained that this process helped him in creating a novel character.[10]
"Ra.One is the modern, new age technology version of our mythological "Raavan", who was a mixture of ten different evil characters. I am essaying the role of G.One or better say "Jeevan", a superhero who saves the mankind from Ra.One's torment. Through this film, I want to prove that Indian superheroes can also be as cool as the international ones."[11]
The film's crew comprises of more than 5,000 members from India, Italy and the US, and was pieced together by more than 1,000 people, working in shifts, in around 15 studios across the world.[10] Special effects creator Robert Kurtzman was assigned to design the suits of Khan and Rampal's characters. While both the actors shot the film wearing a simple suit, a good deal of sparkle and polishing was later added to enhance its look.[8] Nicola Pecorini was roped in as the director of photography, with V. Manikandan providing extra assistance, and Martin Walsh was responsible to edit the film.[10] Sound designer Resul Pookutty was assigned the duty of enhancing the sound effects with the use of the Dolby Surround 7.1 system. In an interview, he explained, "Ra.One is not just a movie experience [...] It requires a very unconventional sound and visual quality for which we are installing the required equipment."[10] In October 2011, post-production work on Ra.One faced a minor setback when Pookutty's studio-space in Andheri, Mumbai got flooded, and eventually damaged some of the film's footage.[12]
Due to the revived interest in 3D technology in India, brought in by the success of Haunted – 3D (2011), the makers of the film announced that they were contemplating on turning portions of the movie into 3D. Khan revealed in an interview that "some part[s] of the film we are trying to do in 3D and Prime Focus is doing that for us. They have a technology with which after you have shot the film, it could be converted into 3D. But there are reservations on it because you know that we have to shoot that with different cameras."[13] In July 2011, it was announced that the entire film would be converted into 3D, a process that required the collaboration of several individuals.[14] The film is reported to have close to 3,500 VFX shots, with 800 of them being solely dedicated to G.One's suit alone, thus exceeding the total amount of shots that was used in the 2009 Hollywood film Avatar.[8] Keitan Yadav notes: "There is no software or technique in the industry that we have not used for this film. For 3D, we have used software like Maya, Houdini and Macs. For composites, we have used Nuke and Shake. We have even written our own programmes. We programmed certain things rather than doing them manually."[8]
Reports of similarities between Ra.One and the 2010 Tamil release Enthiran have been surfacing since the former entered principal photography. When asked about the comparisons, Khan noted "They [both] are different films. I will not like to talk about anyone else's film but Rajni sir is respectable to all of us."[15]
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