10 ml Love: People told me not to make this film, says director Sharat Katariya

New Delhi: First time director Sharat Katariya's '10 ml Love' is going to hit the screens on Friday, December 7. The film stars Rajat Kapoor, Tisca Chopra, Purab Kohli, Tara Sharma, Koel Purie and Manu Rishi in prominent roles.

'10 m Love' is based on William Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Sharat Katariya explains why he chose to make this film, "I always wanted to make a comedy film. I tried a couple of stories, I was working on a story that had love potion in it but things were not falling into right places, then a friend suggested why don't you read 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', it's close to the kind of film you want to attempt. So, out of the five stories I had written I retained only two and added two more. One thing I knew that I have to keep the film very real and I think our biggest achievement is that we have kept the film very believable."

Rajat Kapoor has mostly been featured as suave, serious characters, "Most of the people were suggesting me to cast some established comedian in the film but I think Rajat was a good idea because the role was very over the top and if an actor with serious image would do that then there would be a new perspective to the role."

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  Take a look at the two Bollywood films being released on December 7, 2012.

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  Akshay Kumar returns to his famous 'Khiladi' series after 12 years with 'Khiladi 786'.

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  Apart from Akshay Kumar and Asin, Mithun Chakraborty, Paresh Rawal, Raj Babbar and Himesh Reshammiya are also a part of the film.

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  This is Asin's second film with Akshay Kumar after 'Housefull 2'. Do you think the duo will get lucky again at the box office?

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  Asin looks fabulous in the promos. This new chic look really suits her.

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  Akshay Kumar's friend Himesh Reshammiya has co-produced the film. He has also written the story and composed the music of 'Khiladi 786'.

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  Thanks to the success of 'Rowdy Rathore', 'Housefull 2' and 'Oh My God', this year has been good for Akshay Kumar so far.

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  Apart from Shirish Kunder's 'Joker', Akshay succeeded in wooing his fans with all his releases this year.

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  'Khiladi 786' is an action comedy. Do you think Akki's 'Khiladi' comeback will be an add-on to his success story?

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  Actresses like Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri and Diana Penty were also considered for the film. However, Asin bagged the role at last.

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  'Khiladi 786' has been directed by Ashish R Mohan.

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  If the action comedy 'Khiladi 786' doesn't interest you, then you can watch romantic comedy '10ml Love'.

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  The star cast of '10ml Love' includes Rajat Kapoor, Tisca Chopra, Tara Sharma, Koel Purie, Purab Kohli and others.

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  The film revolves around three couples and their quest for love.

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  Plot of the film sounds interesting. With so many good actors in the cast, '10ml Love' will surely have some great performances.

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  Like all other small budget films, even '10 ml Love' was hardly publicised.

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  The movie has been written and directed by Sharat Katariya.

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  '10 ml Love' has to be really good to give a tough fight to 'Khiladi 786'.

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  So let's wait and watch who wins the box office battle this week.

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Sharat Katariya\'s directorial debut \'10 ml Love\' is based on Shakespeare\'s play \'A Midsummer Night\'s Dream\'.

Assembling known faces for an off-beat film wouldn't have been easy, "There were only two things, we were not hiding the script and we made it clear to the actors that we have limited resources and time. Come only if you like your part as we don't want any baggage. It was my first film but I was sure of what I am doing. I was relying on the script even more than the direction."

Sharat further says, "One of the technicians took me aside and told me why are you making your life difficult by taking up a off-beat film. It will become like a stamp for you later in your career but for me the story was the most important thing. I don't know whether I will make any film after it or not so I will make it the way I want."

Katariya also explains the reason behind the name of the film, "Actually, the name of the film was something else in the beginning, it was 'Rangeen in Colour'. Somehow we lost that title to another production company. We finally went for this name because it had the essence of the story."

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