With several villages across
Maharashtra like Latur, Jalgaon, Nanded and Aurangabad facing severe drought
crisis, many from the Bollywood fraternity have voiced their concerns and come
forward to help the families facing the situation. Over 90 lakh farmers have
been affected by the shortage of water and have died due to severe dehydration.
In lieu of this, the makers of Banjo, decided to do their bit and re-worked a
Ganapati song sequence that would require several litres of water. Actor
Riteish Deshmukh was a strong advocate of the opinion that there are other ways
to engage the viewer and along with the crew decided to rework the said song
sequence and avoid wasting water.
Riteish says, “I hail from Latur and am
fully aware of the drought situation currently across many regions in and
around my hometown. In such a scenario, it dint feel right for us to use
excess water for filming a particular scene, it was a unanimous decision between
the producer, director and me to rework the scene.”
“The
sequence originally had Riteish dancing with his band in a rain sequence during
the Ganpati song and this would have resulted in wasting a lot of water. Being
responsible citizens, and understanding the seriousness of the water crisis in
the State, we opted for dhol, gulal and dance instead, to create a festive
revelry without compromising the look or feel.” informs the Banjo producer, Krishika
Lulla.
Banjo, produced by Eros
International and directed by Ravi Jadhav features Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis
Fakhri as leads. The music has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar and lyrics have
been penned down by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
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