Premji: Rise of a Warrior
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{{Infobox film
| name = Premji: Rise of a Warrior
| image = Premji - Rise of a warrior.jpeg
| caption = Official poster
| director = Vijaygiri Bava
| producer = Twinkle Vijaygiri
| writer = Vijaygiri
Gireesh Parmar
| screenplay = Vijaygiri
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Abhimanyu Singh
- Happy Bhavsar
- Mehul Solanki
- Aarohi Patel
- Malhar Pandya
- Namrata Pathak
- Maulik Nayak
- Vishal umar
}}
| music = Kedar Upadhyay–Bhargav Purohit
| cinematography = Pruthvish Mistry
Nilesh Goswami
Pratik Raj
| editing = Chirag Vaishnav
(Associate Editor : Parth Desai)
| studio = Vijaygiri Films
| country = India
| language = Gujarati
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2015|7|10}}
}}
Premji: Rise of a Warrior is a new era Gujarati film directed by Vijaygiri Bava & produced by Twinkle Vijaygiri. It also stars the Hindi cinema actor, Abhimanyu Singh.
The film is about a boy named Premji (played by Mehul Solanki) who hails from a Kutchi village. He comes to Ahmedabad with a tragic past and he constantly struggles to know who he really is. In this journey, his soul mate, Pavan (played by Aarohi Patel), his mother (Happy Bhavsar) and his best friends Mukesh (Maulik Nayak), Chitra (Namrata Pathak) and Roy (Malhar Pandya) support him and join his fight against evil.
The film was released on 10 July 2015 in Gujarat and received much critical acclaim, especially due to its bold storyline, direction and performances. On 31 March 2017, the re-edited version of the film got released for the first time in Mumbai and re-released in Gujarat.
Premji : Rise of a Warrior received ten Gujarat State Awards for 2015, including Best Film, Best Director- Vijaygiri Bava, Best Actor- Mehul Solanki, Best Story-Screenplay.
Cast
- Abhimanyu Singh as Meghji (Premji's father)
- Happy Bhavsar as Kuwar (Premji's mother)
- Mehul Solanki as Premji
- Aarohi Patel as Pavan
- Malhar Pandya as Roy
- Namrata Pathak as Chitra
- Maulik Nayak as Mukesh
- Vishal Vaishya as Raghnath Malan
- Thasvi Venkat as Dancer in Haay haay history song
Production
=Development=
After directing various short films including the short film Amdavadi Mijaj,{{cite web|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/%E2%80%98Amdavadi-Mijaj%E2%80%99-makes-its-mark-in-Delhi/DNAHM79066|title='Amdavadi Mijaj' makes its mark in Delhi|date=21 December 2014|author=Vrunda R Bhatt|publisher=DNA}} Director Vijaygiri is now debuting with Premji – Rise of A Warrior. The concept of a boy who is struggling with himself for his own identity clicked in the director's mind a long time ago and he gradually developed the story. Dialogues of the film are written by Gireesh Parmar and Vijaygiri. The cast includes veteran Gujarati theater artists like Happy Bhavsar, Maulik Nayak, Mehul Solanki, Namrata Pathak and Vishal Vaishya along with Hindi cinema actor Abhimanyu Singh.
=Filming=
The film is shot in Ahmedabad, Diu & Kutch. It was shot at more than 20 locations in 25 days.{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Premji-Rise-of-a-Warrior-Premji-shot-in-beautifull-locales-of-Gujarat/articleshow/46593393.cms|title=' Premji... shot in beautiful locales of Gujarat'|author= Ano Patel|date=17 March 2015|publisher=Times of India}} Talking about filming the locations, Vijaygiri said, "We have tried to cover the college life of Ahmedabad but the emphasis was given more to the Kutch locations as per the script's requirement. Also, we have tried to capture Diu the way you might have never seen before."
Music for the film is composed by Kedar Upadhyay–Bhargav Purohit. The duo is well known for composing music in various stage plays. Director Vijaygiri says, "Premji's music is completely theme based music. As the story will progress, you will be able to find lots of variation in music like Kutch folk song, ritual song etc."{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Upcoming-Gujarati-movie-Premji-Rise-of-a-warrior-recently-released-its-first-official-trailer-/articleshow/46185037.cms? |title=With Premji – Rise of a warrior releases it official trailer |date=10 February 2015|author=Shreya Iyer|website=The Times of India }}
See also
References
[http://www.expressinfotoday.com/interview-gujarati-actor-mehul-solanki/ Mehul Solanki Interview]
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=4846770}}
- {{Official website|http://premjithemovie.in/}}
- [https://www.facebook.com/premjiriseofawarrior Premji – Rise of A Warrior] on Facebook
Category:Films set in Ahmedabad
Category:Films shot in Ahmedabad