IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THEY CAN BE FUNNY

They are known for given performances where they have made people cry, get scared, sympathize and even hate. But when it comes to type-casting in this industry actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni and Ravi Kishan are not known as comic actors. However, this did not stop director Hriday Shetty from casting all of them in his Crime Humour movie Chaalis Chauraasi. “They are all brilliant actors. And just because they haven’t been offered a lot of comic roles doesn’t mean that they are not good at it. Unfortunately our industry has a habit of type casting the actors according to the genres they have worked maximum in. After you see all of them in Chaalis Chauraasi, you will feel that all of them are born comedians,” says Hriday.Playing the role of undercover cops, if you see the 90 seconds promo of the movie, you would notice the non-chalant way in which the actors have slipped into the quirky roles. “We have done a lot of things in this movie that generally we don’t do. We have acted funny, danced, sang and a lot of other things. I am especially excited about this movie because this will break the stereotypical approach towards us as actors from the industry,” says Atul. One police van – MH-02-A- 4084, four Cops, one night, one job, one hell of a ride, is what Hriday Shetty’s new directorial film titled ‘Chaalis Chauraasi’, in one line. Produced by MAASK Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. in association with Filament Glo (India) Pvt. Ltd, Chaalis Chauraasi stars extremely talented and experienced actors like Naseeruddin Shah, KK Menon, Atul Kulkarni and Ravi Kishan. The film also casts Rajesh Sharma better known for his memorable stints in Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica, and Khosla Ka Ghosla. The film is written by Yash-Vinay and the music in the film is by Lalit Pandit. The movie is all set to release on January 13^th, 2012.Exploring a humour crime genre, Chaalis Chauraasi is like a rollercoaster ride in an amusement park, except that it takes place in a police van. The story of the film revolves around 4 cops Pankaj Suri aka SIR (Naseeruddin Shah), Albert Pinto aka PINTO (KK Menon), Bhaskar Sardesai aka BOBBY (Atul Kulkarni) and Shakti Chinappa aka SHAKTI (Ravi Kishan); who see an opportunity to a great future when they are given a mission to pull off. Things take a twist when another cop stops their van en-route and takes them as his backup to catch a dangerous gangster.

The story unfolds through the night where the fine line between law and crime is repeatedly crossed, leading to unexpected situations, sometimes very hilarious. The 4 guys who think of themselves as very rough and tough, macho men encounter situations where they are forced to reckon with a different truth about themselves.Hriday Shetty the director of Chaalis Chauraasi has directed films like ‘Plan’ (2004, starring Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra) and ‘Pyaar Mein Twist’ (2005, starring Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia) before this. Also Hriday has spent over 23 years in film direction when he started assisting from his school days and rose to be a strong associate to eminent directors like, Mukul Anand, Sanjay Gupta, Rohan Sippy and others. As asociate director Hriday has done films like– Kaante, Aatish, Hameshaa, and Kuch Naa Kaho. Born into the Hindi film industry, Hriday is the son of legendary fight composer of the 70s - Late M B Shetty, who did more than 200 films as actor and action coordinator.MAASK Entertainment (P) Ltd. was launched in Feb 2011. The primary aim of the company is to produce Hindi feature films. The company has been active in the Marathi film world through their company- M/s Sudha Productions. Sudha Productions, in a short span of 2 ½ years has already made a mark for itself by producing two highly acclaimed films viz. “Sukhaant” and “Tendulkar Out” which is set for release shortly.”Sukhaant” has received generous praise from critics and the audience and it went on to bag the prestigious Maharashtra State Award for “The Best Social Film.”  MAASK is committed towards making quality films mainly in the Hindi language which would provide wholesome entertainment for people across socio-economic status in the country.

Filament Glo (India) Pvt. Ltd is launching its banner with this film and it has been searching for a particular type of script for this purpose, which fits their vision and helps to achieve long term aspirations and, specifically their forthcoming films already planned.