'Joggers' Park': Subhash Ghai's first Hinglish film, of anybody's story

          Mumbai, June 22: Film industry's showman Subhash Ghai refuses to retire. After an expensive box-office duds - last year's 'Yaadein' and 2003's 'Ek Aur Ek Gyarah', Ghai is ready with his first Hinglish (Hindi and English) film, 'Joggers' Park', a love story set in urban India. Starring Victor Banerjee, Perizaad Zorabian and Divya Dutta, 'Joggers' Park, as the name suggests, is set in a park in film capital Bombay, where a young and single woman falls in love with a man old enough to be her grandfather.

         For Ghai, 'Jogger's Park' is an attempt to take Indian cinema to international standards. "It's very imperative to accept change. If you don't accept change, you should retire. And I refuse to retire. It's very imperative for me to accept change, to make movies of all genres, to welcome new talent, sit with them, know their mind, speak my mind and make better movies for better cinema to take this cinema to the global level in the brilliant excellence," said Ghai at the music release function of the film recently.

          Made at a moderate budget of 4 million rupees, the film has been directed by Anant Balani, whose last movie 'Pathar Ke Phool' was a runaway hit at the box-office. Divya Dutta, one of the lead actresses of the film, is all praise of Ghai and his presentation. "They've made a very beautiful film, simple film, a story which could happen to anyone, which you can relate very well. And I think this makes it all the more beautiful. Subhashji knows how to put vital ingredients to make commercially viable films. There's great music...there's great presentation," said Dutta. Latest Hinglish offbeat films like 'Bollywood Hollywood', 'Freaky Chakra', 'Let's Talk' and others have made good fortunes at the box-office.

          Perizaad Zorabian, an MBA from Massachuesetts, who got into films with Nagesh Kukonoor's 'Bollywood Calling', does not like the idea of making the offbeat films just for the sake of money. "It's really sad now that we Indians want to make an offbeat film. And it's so stupid. You make an offbeat film, but make a film that's intelligent. Or that is truly offbeat or truly something you believe in", said Zorabian. With other offbeat new Hinglish films like 'Bride and Prejudice', 'American Chai' and 'Perfect Husband', what impact will 'Joggers' Park' have on the minds of audience will be seen next month.