Bombay, April 12, 2005
NRI Press
US NRI, an Orissa-born film producer is making a
Hollywood film centering on reincarnation and Indian
culture that will be filmed at locations in this state
and the prairies in the United States.
Solila Parida, now settled in the U.S., has cast
television stars Phillip Rhys and Susan May Pratt
in ‘The Women of Georgia,’ which is scheduled
for release in June.
Bollywood director N. Chandra, best known for the
superhit ‘Tezaab,’ is directing the film.
N. Chandra will be assisted by Michael Scott Reid.
Predrag Dubraveic is the director of photography.
Wayne Sharpe has composed the musical score for the
film, which has a theme song in English.
It may be recalled that WOMAN FROM GEORGIA is based
on a short story written by Prassana Pati “The
movie is based on a story written by an Orissa-based
writer named Prasanna Pati. It took a year’s
painstaking labor to convert the story into a script.”
It is about a girl who attained sati 120 years ago
and was subsequently re-born in a western country.
A top Indian actress will play the lead role in the
part of the story shot in India, Parida said without
disclosing the actress’s name.
With an estimated budget of Rs. 140 million ($3.1
million), ‘The Women of Georgia’ will feature
scenes of quintessential life in a typical Orissa
village and then move across to the vastness of the
prairies of Georgia, Parida said.
