From Harry Potter to Titanic and Star Wars to Batman Begins, Medient Corporation PLC announces the release of its Malayalam film Aakashagopuram that brings together the best of talents from Hollywood, UK, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam film industry.
Shot and post produced entirely in UK, Aakashagopuram is the film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play The Master Builder. Starring MohanLal in the lead role, national award winning director K P Kumaran brings to screen this intriguing story of an architect at war with his creativity and ego.
Shot in various locations in the UK by cinematographer Santosh C Thundiyil (Krrish, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Pinjar, Kaal), Aakasha Gopuram’s music has been scored by BAFTA and multiple Emmy award winner John Altman (Golden Eye, Titanic, Bhaji on the Beach, Shall We Dance). The sound design has been done by Nigel Holland (Batman Begins, Braveheart, Resident Evil). Rerecording mixers are Robert Farr (Star Wars: Episode II&III, Gangs of New York) and Matthew Gough (Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban, Cold Mountain). The visual effects have been done by John Harvey and Jonathan Trussler (Kingdom of Heaven).
“If you have a right product, attracting the best of talent is not very difficult,” says Manu S Kumaran, producer of Aakashagopuram, “and if the film in question is the adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Master Builder and directed by award winning director K P Kumaran, it’s a cake walk.”
“It’s a common practice in Indian film industry to involve a “foreign” cameraman” or a “foreign” makeup artist or stuntman to label the film as international collaboration. Medient as a film company however does not indulge in such gimmicks and believes in creating films that conform to international standard of production values. Aakashagopuram is an example of our commitment to take Indian cinema global,” adds Manu S Kumaran.
Aakashagopuram releases nationwide on August 22, 2008.
ABOUT Medient Corporation PLC
Medient Corp PLC is India's only multi-national film production company with offices in London, Berlin, Mumbai, Chennai and Trivandrum. Run by a team of globally renowned producers with a combine credit list of over 200 feature films, Medient operates in several key film markets of the world.
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