Asambhav

Asambhav (2004)

When the President of India is kidnapped by Kashmiri terrorists in Locarno, Switzerland, an Indian secret agent is sent to find him and set him free. With the help of an Indian singer he will make the "Impossible" to complete the mission.

Date of release
2004-07-22
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Rajiv Rai

Casting

Interesting facts

Asambhav is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by Gulshan Rai under the Trimurti Films banner. It stars Arjun Rampal, Naseeruddin Shah and Priyanka Chopra, along with Dipannita Sharma, Tom Alter, Milind Gunaji, and Sharat Saxena. The film was shot entirely in Switzerland.

Production

In 2001, Rai planned to shift to the action thriller genre after the failure of his romance film Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat. In an interview with Filmfare Online, Rai said, "I listened to several people's opinions. I made the film ('PIAM') not on intuition and belief but on marketing strategies and counsels from trade persons insisting that love stories were the trend of the day." Rai started his new project with a comeback to action genre and title…

Rai initially planned Asambhav as a three-hero film. Arjun Rampal, who made his acting debut with Rai's previous directorial venture Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, was initially signed as the first male lead. Anil Kapoor and Sunil Shetty were also rumored to be attached to the project but Rai eventually changed the script, making it a solo hero film with Rampal as the protagonist of the movie. Aishwarya Rai was signed as the heroine.

Naseeruddin Shah was recruited to essay the role of the villain as he had worked with Rai as a hero in Tridev and as a villain in Mohra. Shah had earned critical acclaim for his villainous performance in Rai's Mohra and had earned a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role at the 40th Filmfare Awards. Noticing on Shah's previous success in a negative role, Rai cast him as the villain in his latest action thriller.

During the music launch, Rajiv Rai was interviewed on casting models in important roles. He said, "I wanted a very western look to the film; I wanted it to look stylish. I have roped in many models because I wanted my film to look fresh and stylish. Models have a lot of exposure, and they are very confident in front of the camera. There are a lot of fresh faces coming into acting. I wanted fresh faces for my film. The modeling industry can act.

After the casting was finalised, Rajiv Rai flew to Switzerland, and the film was shot in Ticino. He began filming in June 2003 with a schedule of 57 days. It was filmed in a multi-camera setup. While most scenes were shot with four cameras, the action sequences consisted of seven camera units. It was the first Indian action film to feature no stunts. The action sequences were digitally shot.

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