Sahara is certainly turning out to be bigger than the biggest. Why, the company is roping in actors and actresses by the dozen as ambassadors and directors. The latest to join the list is Diya Mirza. The actress will be on the official payroll of the company, if reports are to be believed. Diya, who hasn’t had a hit so far, is probably thanking her stars she’s joined such an elite list as Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai who are also Sahara directors. Now let’s hope this is a sign of a new diya (lamp), a new hope in her career!
This one is third in the row for Vivek Oberoi. No, not a third consecutive hit but third movie with an assistant turned director. After Rajat Mukherjee’s (Assistant of RGV) Road, then Saathiya for Mani ratnam’s Assistant Shaad Ali and now Dum for E Niwas who has assisted RGV in many a flicks now !!! Dum is produced by Morani and Soorma who have earlier given super hits like Arjun, Vardi, Damini, Raja Hindustaani amongst others. Dum is another social-action-darama produced by them which surprisingly has a VERY GOOD score for an actioner (as has been Kaante in recent months !!) Whiz kid Sandeep Chowta hits the bull’s eye for Dum that has lyrics by Abbas Tyrewala, Nitin Raikwar and Sameer. E niwas has had suiccess so far in his medium budgeted Shool that gave him critical acclaim and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega - a moderately successful comic caper. Let’s see what heights does young Niwas reach with this big budgeted Dum whcih has Diya Mirza and two times National award winner Atul Kulkarni (Hey Ram and Chandni Bar).