20 Things About ‘Drona’ Bollywood Movie

After Imran Khan starrer Kidnap got released on 1 October, Abhishek Bachchan’s Drona comes on the big screen on 2 October. Goldie Behl directed, Drona stars Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, alongside Kay Kay Menon in villanious role, and Jaya Bachchan in a small but significant role. The Bollywood movie Drona is a tale of a young man who meets his destiny and saves the world from evil power, turning from an ordinary young man to super natural hero.

The movie Drona is set on a fantasy world where evil magical power loses to heavenly power and the world is saved by a great hero who possesses royal power by inheritance. The story seems to be a fable churning out by a grandmother to her grandchildren. However, the fact is that Drona is said to be a coming-of-age fantasy film- meaning the fantasy fable it tells would attract audience of all age.

Abhishek Bachchan plays the super-hero protagonist Aditya/Drona in the movie Drona. Priyanka Chopra portrays the role of Sonia, a descendant of a royal warrior family and the bodyguard of Aditya/Drona, while versatile actor Kay Kay Menon is seen in a villainous role of an evil magician, Riz Raizada, who wants to capture the world and achieve immortality by gaining a precious thing that belongs to the royal family of the Kingdom of Pratapgarh. Only Aditya/Drona comes in his way to become immortal and destroys the world. In the end, Drona and the evil magician, Riz Raizada, confront each other and the fight between evil and good begins. The winner will be known once the movie gets released.

Well, here I am giving some important information about the movie Drona, which you may find useful:

· The movie Drona involves a number of fighting sequesces and it features different kinds of Indian martial arts including Kalaripayat, Chhau, Gatka, and sword fighting.

· Drona was shot in a number of locations including Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.

· Lots of special effects are used in the movie Drona. Though the shooting of the movie was completed last year, special effects and post production works needed nine months to complete the whole project. A big part of the film’s budget was spent on special effects.

· Special effects were designed by David Bush, a special effect specialist who works in European movies. Director Goldie Behl along with the producers hired a number of Indian studios for the special effects used in the movie. The six Indian studios were involved in the making of special effects for the movie Drona. The studios are: Eros’s EyeQube, Prana, Future Works, Red Chillies, Tata Elxsi and Prime Focus Plus.

· The movie is produced by Shrishti Arya and Sunil Lulla, and Eros International will distribute the movie Drona.

· Recently, Abhishek Bachchan has said that Drona is his biggest and best film so far.

· Drona is director Goldie Behl’s second directorial project after his debut movie as a director, Baas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai. Interestingly, Abhishek Bachchan also played the lead role in Goldie Behl’s first movie.

· Abhishek Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon had to learn sword fighting for the movie Drona.

· The two actors learned sword fighting to Richard Ryan, a famous sword master, to whom Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had also learnt sowrd fighting for her English movie Last Legion.

· Abhishek Bachchan and Goldie Behl are the childhood friends and making a film involving sword fighting like Drona was their childhood dream. That means that the movie was planned about two decades ago!

· The movie Drona is inspired by the character of the same name in the epic Mahabharata, and graphic arts and comic books.

· For sporting the flowing air, as it was demanded by the director Goldie Behl, Abhishek Bachchan had to grow his hair and beard.

· Drona features perhaps the most expensive villain of Bollywood. For the Kay Kay Menon’s villanious role of the evil magician, Riz Rizawan, director Goldie Behl said, 22 crore rupees were spent for designing an entire palace to feature as the evil kingdom of Riz Rizawan.

· Director Goldie Behl has already started planning to make a sequel of the movie Drona.

· If Goldie Behl makes a sequel of the movie Drona and ropes in Abhishek Bachchan for the sequel, then Abhishek Bachchan will be one of the very few Bollywood actors to have the experience of working in three sequel movies after Dhoom, Dhoom 2 and Sarkar, Sarkar Raj.

· Priyanka Chopra rescues Abhishek Bachchan from Riz Rizawan in one scene of the movie Drona and this reminds me of a scene from the comedy film Welcome, where actress Katrina Kaif turns rescuer and saves Akshay Kumar from fire.

· Anaita Shroff Adajania designed the costumes of the movie Drona. Anaita Shroff Adajania earlier worked as a costume designer in the movies like Dhoom 2, Being Cyrus.

· Costume of Abhishek Bachchan was inspired by the dresses of typical Indian groom and the costume designer also gave a look of a warrior to Abhishek Bachchan’s outfit.

· Bollywood movie Drona could be Abhishek Bachchan’s first solo hit after the actor’s 2007 hit film Guru.

· For Goldie Behl too, it is an important movie. His debut film did average in the box office, and now his progress as a film director largely depends on the success of the big budget movie Drona. So, the movie is crucial for his career as well.

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‘Drona’ vs ‘Kidnap’: The Race Begins?

Upcoming Bollywood movies, ‘Kidnap’ and ‘Drona’ go head to head during Eid festival. The two big budget films involving big names will hit the screens before the Eid vacation starts in India. So, both the films will have about four days vacation to bring the moviegoers to the cinema halls.

During the festival season in India, big budget, multi starrer movies get involved in a race. Last year, Saawariya, and Om Shanti Om involved in a tussle during Diwali festival in India. This time, Imran Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Minisha Lamba starrer Kidnap will take on Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer Drona.

Both the movies are important for their directors and the protagonists. Drona is the second directorial of Goldie Behl after his directorial debut Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai in 2001. So, director Goldie Behl’s career prospect as a film director now largely depends on this big budget supernatural movie. Moreover, the movie is also very crucial for actor Abhishek Bachchan who could not churn out a big hit since 2007 hit Gugu. Since Guru, Abhishek Bachchan starrer big banner movies also fell at the box office. Yash Raj Films’ ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ and ‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’ failed to rock the box office, while ‘Sarkar Raj’ saw average success. So, a big hit has been due from Abhishek Bachchan who plays a superhero role in the movie Drona. The character Abhishek Bachchan plays in the movie tries to save the world from an evil magician (played by Kay Kay Menon). The movie involves a number of action stunts and special effects. Priyanka Chopra and Jaya Bachchan also play two important roles in the movie.

‘Dhoom’ and ‘Dhoom 2’ fame director Sanjay Gadhvi has to give a stern test with his upcoming Eid flick Kidnap. In fact, this is his first project outside Yash Raj Films. Having seen extensive success with ‘Dhoom’ and ‘Dhoom 2’, Sanjay Gadhvi is now keen to produce another chartbuster for the Bollywood moviegoers.

Most importantly, Bollywood’s new heart throb Imran Khan will find the movie crucial for his rising career. The actor impressed all with his goodie, down-to-earth, soft image in his debut movie ‘Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na’ which did very well at the box office. Imran Khan himself also received much accolades for his sensual performance in the movie. However, in Kidnap, Imran Khan deals with a different role which is very much opposite to the one he played in his debut movie. In Kidnap, the actor plays a character who kidnaps a girl (played by Minisha Lamba) due to his old foe with her father. So, Imran Khan turns out to a kidnaper in the second movie after doing a soft-hearted role in hid debut film. Bollywood fans are eagerly waiting to see Imran Khan in a new look. Now, question is that if Imran Khan will be able to bring out success with his new angry-man avatar too. Time will answer it. The movie also stars Sanjay Dutt who plays the role of the girl and Vidya Malvade who will be seen in the role of the girl’s mother.

Drona will hit the screen on 2^nd October, just the day after Kidnap gets released. Bollywood fans are eagerly waiting for the two much-awaited movies. Both the movies have huge potential in terms of success in the box office. Now, let us see how Bollywood fans react to ‘Drona’ and ‘Kidnap’ once the movies get released world wide.

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Kay Kay Menon Hopeful About Upcoming Movie ‘Drona’

Kay Kay Menon, who plays villain in the upcoming Bollywood flick Drona, has said that people will react well to the movie Drona which will get released worldwide on 2 October. Asked if audience will accept supernatural fantasy film Drona as reality films have worked well lately at the box office, Kay Kay Menon has said that people are matured enough to accept all sorts of movies.

Kay Kay Menon has also talked about his role in the fantasy film Drona. Directed by Goldie Behl, Drona tells the tale of a young man, Aditya/ Drona, protagonist in the film (played by Abhishek Bachchan). Based on comic books, graphic arts and Indian mythology, the movie portrays a young man who has royal inheritance, but he does not know about his true identity. Once he realizes his identity as part of a royal family, a royal responsibility of saving a precious thing from an evil magician comes to him. In the end, he confronts the magician, who wants to gain immortality by capturing that precious thing. Kay Kay Menon plays that villainous role of the magician in the movie, while Abhishek Bachchan plays the role of that young man. Priyanka Chopra plays a bodyguard of Abhishek, while Jaya Bachchan portrays the role of a queen who turns out to be the mother of that young man.

Kay Kay has admitted that he never played a role like that in the past. He says that he did the role because that attracted him and he thinks, an actor should not be stick to a certain kinds of roles in the name of creating image. Rather, Kay Kay, who has a MBA degree in his academic career, feels that an actor will get recognition only if he possesses talent. Kay Kay has been in Bollywood arena since 1996 when he was launched by Saeed Mirza's movie Naseem. However, the versatile actor rose to stardom nine years after his arrival in the industry through the Sudhir Mishra directed 2005 movie Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi. Since then, there is no looking back for the actor and his career wheel is rolling on. Now, let us see if Bollywood moviegoers accept Kay Kay Menon in his new avatar in the movie Drona.

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Priyanka Chopra’s Phobia About Horse in the Movie ‘Drona’

Priyanka Chopra has done a lot of dangerous stunts in the past. Specialy, in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don, she had to do a number of action stunts. In the upcoming film, Abhishek Bachchan starrer, Drona will also feature Priyanka Chopra in a number of action stunts. Priyanka will portrays the role, Sonia, the bodyguard of central character Aditya/Drona (played by Abhishek Bachchan), in the movie. She was reportedly comfortable while doing the stunts and she was well-prepared for that. However, it was not until when director Goldie Behl approaced Priyanka to do a stunt in which she required to ride horse.

It was found out that the Bollywood beauty has a phobia about riding horse. In the end, she could do the stunt and director Goldie Behl was very happy with the performance of Priyanka Chopra. Goldie Behl said that no one could realize she was sacred of the horse sequence once the camera roll on.

Bollyspice reported:

Director Goldie Behl explained to IANS, “Since the day we started shooting the film, Priyanka was very confident about all her action scenes. She was very confident until we started shooting for a scene where she was supposed to ride a horse. She suddenly got very edgy with the idea.”

Behl added, “The horse sequence was very prominent for the scene. After a creative discussion, she actually shot for the entire sequence. Once the camera rolled no one could make out that she was scared and she shot like a pro.”

The movie Drona will hit the cinemas on 2 October 2008 during Eid festival. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan, Drona is expected to be a bit hit of this year.

Record 400 ‘Drona’ Prints to be Released in Overseas Market

Upcoming Eid flick, Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer, Drona is expected to be a big hit of the year. Goldie Behl directed Drona will hit the big screen on 2^nd October 2008 worldwide. Now, reports have it in the media that Drona is going to make a new record as Eros International is planning to release 400 prints of the movie in overseas market. Currently, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Om Shanti Om holds the record of selling highest number of prints in overseas market. During Diwali festival last year, Om Shanti Om was a big hit both in India and the movie worked very well in overseas market too. This year, Akshay Kumar’s Singh Is Kinng also did very well in abroad.

If the reports out in the media are to be believed, then Abhishek Bachchan’s Drona will rewrite the record within very short time. After Guru last year, Drona is expected to be Abhishek Bachchan’s next solo hit. Abhishek Bachchan plays a super-hero character in the movie. In fact, the story revolves around the character Aditya/Drona that Abhishek Bachchan portrays. Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan also play two important roles in the movie. Music by debutant music director Dhruv Ghanekar, the movie has lots of special effects.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Attend ‘Drona’ Premier

Upcoming Bollywood film Drona will hit the big screens globally on 2 October 2008. The big budget Eid flick is expected to be a huge hit in the box office and generate huge cash in for the producers. Abhishek Bachchan plays the title character of the movie Drona. The movie will be premiered on 1 October. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is currently shooting for her movie Shankar's Enthiran (also known as Robot) in Brazil, will arrive in India on time to be with hubby Abhishek Bachchan in Drona premier. The actress is hurrying to reach India, wrapping up the shooting.

One India reported:

Confirming us the news, Aish's secretary Hari Singh said, "Aishwarya was in Peru till last week for a song shoot of Shankar's Enthiran (formerly called Robot) starring South Superstar Rajinikanth. Now presently she is shooting for the film in the rain forests of Brazil. She wants to be with Abhishek's side on his big day on October 1st. She is as excited as him to check him out in his first super hero avatar."

Drona features Abhishek Bachchan in a super-hero character and the movie could be his second solo hit in his career after the 2007 hit Guru. Alongside Abhishek Bachchan the movie also features Priyanka Chopra as Drona’s love bird and bodyguard, Sonia; Kay Kay Menon in a devilish role of Riz Raizada and Jaya Bachchan as Queen Jayati, the mother of Drona.

Abhishek Bachchan will definitely be happy getting Aishwarya Rai Bachchan beside him in the premier of the big budget film. Director Goldie Behl will also be happy to see another Bollywood star attending the premier of the movie Drona, the second directorial venture for Goldie Behl after 2003’s Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost. Now, let us see if Drona can live up to the expectation of moviegoers.

Director Goldie Behl Talks about the Movie ‘Drona’

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer Drona will hit the screen next Thursday (2 October 2008). Bollywood moviegoers are eagerly waiting for the release of this big-budget Eid flick. Recently, director Goldie Behl said that Drona falls into the Harry Potter/Indiana Jones category. The director also compared Drona with Spiderman and Superman, claiming that the film features a hyper-real world. In fact, he talks about different issues about the movie Drona in an interview recently. Here, I am quoting few lines from the interview:

You have said Drona belongs to the Harry Potter/Indiana Jones category. What is it about those films that you find in yours?
The hyper-real environment in these films is what you would find similar in my film. The locations in my film are real, though the events are fictional. Compared to superhero films like Spiderman and Superman, Drona is much more intense and serious. I guess it’s like drama versus candyfloss. There is a strong sense of family legacy and bloodlines, which Indians take very seriously.

You have shot down comparisons with Krrish and Love Story 2050. What is “different” about Drona?
My film is not set in the past or future, so in that sense it is different. Drona is completely rooted in Indian myths and legends. It’s a fictional take on it. It’s in a hyper-real world. So it’s exciting, kind of like a graphic novel.

Goldie Behl said that he would be more prepared before getting into the sequel of Drona. Being asked if there is anything about Drona that he had not revealed yet, he said that the movie is highly emotional with innocence and a soul.

Bollywood Movie ‘Drona’: Plot and Synopsis

The upcoming adventure thriller, ‘Drona’ will hit the big screen on 2 October 2008. Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, the movie ‘Drona’ also features Kay Kay Menon in a villainous role alongside Jaya Bachchan playing another important role. The movie is directed by Goldie Behl. The movie features a number of visual effects and that is the reason it took ten months to complete the post-production works. So, ‘Drona’ is expected to be a big hit of Eid festival. The movie was shot in different locations including Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.

Plot and Background of the movie ‘Drona’

The synopsis of the movie is inspired by the character of Dronacharya from epic Mahabharata of Hindu mythology. Dronacharya is the guru or mentor of Kauravas and the Pandavas in the epic, and is well-known for his skill in advanced military. The protagonist in the movie, Aditya, is also a man with great fight skill and is seen in a number of fighting scenes in the movie.

Characters of the movie ‘Drona’

Abhishek Bachchan Portrays Aditya/ Drona

Abhishek Bachchan plays the title character ‘Aditya/ Drona’ in the movie ‘Drona’. Though Aditya is a descendent of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad, he does not know about his identity as he grows up somewhere else without knowing anything about his identity. However, with time progresses, he meets his destiny and takes up a inherited job assigned to him to protect the human beings from being destroyed.

Priyanka Chopra Plays Sonia

Priyanka Chopra plays the role of Sonia, the closest assistant of Aditya, in the movie. Gown up with the aim of leading her life as a warrior fighting against the evils as her duty, Sonia alongside Aditya also fights against evil powers to save the human race.

Kay Kay Menon in the Villainous Role of Riz Raizada

The movie ‘Drona’ features the most expensive villain ever in the history of Indian film industry. For portraying the role, director hired a big castle in Prague and the castle is seen as the empire of villain in the film. Kay Kay Menon plays the role of a most devastating evil magician, Riz Raizada. Besides inheriting all the evil powers from his ancestors, Riz also adds new skills to his evil powers by his own and wants to achieve eternity, but he needs to confront one man Aditya/ Drona before reaching his goal.

Synopsis of the movie ‘Drona’

Aditya, a young man, is grown up by a Foster family in a place far way and he is unaware about his own identity. However, he later on confronts his destiny and comes to know about his past.

Since his childhood a nightmare came to his mind again and again. However, back from the nightmare, he could not find anything but a blue magical rose petal that brought out his tears but made him laugh.

Riz Raizada, a descendent of demons who in his pursuit to capture the whole universe, wants to get the previous secret. However, to do this, he needs to confront Drona in the battle field. Drona is incidentally the descendant of King Virbhadra of Pratapgad. King Virbhadra was assigned by the Gods to protect a magical ratna (precise secret) and the first born child of his dynasty was supposed to protect the precious thing from the evil forces. Thus, the responsibility fells upon Aditya/ Drona to protect the precious secret.

Riz can recognize Aditya as Drona when the two come face to face. However, till then Aditya was not aware of his own identity. Later on Sonia reveals Aditya about his own identity. Stumbled Aditya and Sonia decide to go back to his birth place kingdom of Pratapgarh where his mother Queen Jayati Devi could answer of all of his questions, but before reaching there, Aditya and Sonia face Riz and his evil powers.

Drona now needs to be the greatest warrior knowing that only he can save the future of mankind from Riz and his evils powers. He was born as Drona in the dynasty. So, it has become his duty to save the human lives by protecting the precious secret.

‘Drona’ is a fantasy movie with full of suspense and adventure. The breathtaking excitement with heroics, evilness would keep the audience questioning- what to come next?

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Drona is Bollywood’s Indiana Jones, Says Director Goldie Behl

Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra starrer upcoming adventure flick, ‘Drona’ is one of the two high-profile films to be released during Eid Festival in Bollywood. A lot of things have been written on the movie ‘Drona’ that tells the story of an adventurous man named Aditya/ Drona who takes up the responsibility to protect the human race from being destroyed. The movie Drona hits the big screen on 2 October world wide.

Director Goldie Behl has recently termed ‘Drona’ as an adventure thriller that revolves around a world that he churned out in his imagination. He also said that the movie fells in the same genre that Harry Potter, Indiana Jones belong to. Aside from his movie, Goldie Bhel is also excited with the performance of Abhishek Bachchan.

Apunkachoice reported:

"It belongs to the Harry Potter, Indiana Jones genre. I started shooting early January last year and completed the film in 12 months. The post production took ten months because of the visual effects," Behl said.

"Abhishek works with several outside directors, but I connect with him very well and he understands what I want even without me saying it," he said.

In "Drona", Abhishek plays Aditya who is unaware of his destiny and the film dwells on how he realises the purpose of his existence and the way he lives up to it.

Abhishek Bachchan has even claimed recently that the movie will show his career best performance. Aside from Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, the movie also stars Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan in two important roles.