Gangtok (UNI): He
shares his first name with the Indian Idol 3, but this Prashant is making waves
on yet another reality show on the television. Prashant Rasaily, a budding
director from Sikkim, has entered the top ten of the first Indian reality show
based on film making Gateway presided over by Ashok Amritraj, the chairman and
CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment.
Prashant became the
third person from the Hills in recent times to have made it at the top of
reality shows after Indian Idol Prashant Tamang and Chhote Ustaad aspirant
Prakriti Giri. This achievement means that the talent pool from the Hills is
making a presence yet again on the small screen.
The twelve week episode
is being presided over by Amritraj and being shot at Subash Ghai's film school
in Bombay Whistling Woods. The acting talent has been arranged by Anupam Kher's
acting school, Talent Company.
At the end of the
series, Amritraj will select a winner for the grand prize: an intern ship in
Hollywood where the winner will have to spend six to eight weeks with the Hyde
Park Entertainment in Los Angeles working on the development and pre-production
of a Hollywood film. The winner will then get a chance to rise from obscurity
to an international director to direct a Hollywood film produced and financed
by Hyde Park Entertainment, and distributed around the world. Prashant, a
multi-talented boy from Sikkim is a singer, musician, Disc jockey, photographer
and a director.
He has directed Myth, a
24 minute short thriller, the first English movie from the state. The movie is
based on Wildlife and the Environment. Prior to its screening, during its
post-production phase in Calcutta, the movie had won praises from renowned
names in the Indian film industry. He was also part of the documentary Mahakala
Chaam shot at the Rumtek monastery.
Prashant has two more
movies lined up, one in Sikkimese called Karma and a silent film Liaison. He
also has a music album Awaaz to his credit. Recently he has written the script
for Kagbeni, a Nepali thriller produced from Kathmandu which is to be released
soon.
Prashant was
unavailable for comments since he is busy with the episodes and has been barred
from speaking to the press till the contest is over. He had sent a three and a
half minute film called 'Mother' as an entry to the contest, which secured a
berth for him in the final 18 hot contestant's seat.
Well known Bollywood
directors like Subhash Ghai, Karan Johar, R Balakrishnan, Sanjay Gupta, Shriram
Raghavan, Manish Acharya and many others are expected to appear as guests in
the episodes. The show puts the contestants through a rigorous exercise of tasks
to test their creativity and film making abilities. The jury members include
film makers Rajat Kapoor and Anurag Basu. Prashant's bid for the top ten came
in his favour with the short film prepared as a task for the contest Two
Worlds.
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