'Orange' making waves in Melbroune

  • IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,March 23 2010]

Ram Charan Tej-starrer Orange is in news for a different reason. In Australia, to shoot for a 14-week schedule, the film is being used by a Minister and others in Melbroune, to send out a message to Indians that their country was no racist and anti-India as perceived here.

One Anupam Sharma, who is said to be the Australian-based line producer of Orange, said that the producer (Naga Babu) wanted to come here and prove a point - that what is being told in India is totally against what is happening here.''

Education Minister Bronwyn Pike made it a point to visit the set of the film on Thursday, who said, I am just delighted to be hearing a different message from the producers, the director and the stars. They see that they have a responsibility to turn that message around,'' emphasising that the impression that Melbroune was not a safe and welcoming city was not true.

The big news is that it is perhaps the first time that an effort has been made by Australia to spread a message to India, and this has been done with the help of a Telugu film, which they feel has a potential audience of about 300 million people.

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