Chandigarh (Face2News)
Theatrical adaptation performance marked the launch of the trailer of Juni – The Last Prayer - a thriller based to release on 8 April. Bollywood stars Rakesh Bedi and Pankaj Berry extended their best wishes via video messages for the entire team of Juni – The Last Prayer, the Bollywood Feature film. The film will be released on the 8th of April in theatres across India. This thriller is based on the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code has Anurag Sharma, Manisha Rathour, Lavanika Sharma, and Suchitan Sidhu playing the lead roles.
Speaking to the media, Anurag Sharma who is also the director of the film says, "Juni - The Last Prayer also explores human behavior as regards to myths around God, religion, and spirituality. The core being the exploitation of the powers vested upon women to file complaints against men under the controversial section 498 A and the impact on a man who is spiritual at heart yet is confronted with the harsh realities of life."
The story revolves around the central character played by Anurag Sharma who has portrayed a young entrepreneur facing domestic and business issues at the same time and how he overcomes them. This spiritually bent individual faces turbulent times in life and reaches to that extent that from being a God-fearing religious man he turns into an atheist in life. It is about how he differentiates between his conscious and subconscious mind.Sharma has picked up bits and pieces of the lives of people having observed them, stressing how the Dowry act impacts the life of a man and how priorities change throughout his life's journey portrayed right from the age of 15 till he reaches 75. The film will connect to a person in his teens, collegian, office goers or a businessman and even up to the ripe age of Senior Citizens. The film has four songs, Rab Tera Banda, Akad Bum Bum that relates to the youth, a romantic song Tere Bin and Hone Laga Mujhe Pyaar Ka Asar when one falls in love for the first time. It has been shot in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
"Title of the film Juni – The Last Prayer itself says it all, that all through his life, the protagonist is religious-minded, but having gone through all the troubles in his life, at one point he decides that enough is enough, and therefore he makes up his mind for one last prayer to God, and that is the midpoint of the story, rest of it is a thrilling tale.
Every person in his life must have gone through this phase at one time or the other and the story will relate to almost everyone," says Anurag Sharma who is debuting in Bollywood as a director as well as an actor. Though he has made several short films and even a 90 minutes film on meditation. He is also into making music videos with a new music video coming up.
Sharma has picked up bits and pieces of the lives of people having observed them, stressing how the Dowry act impacts the life of a man and how priorities change throughout his life's journey portrayed right from the age of 15 till he reaches 75. The film will connect to a person in his teens, collegian, office goers or a businessman and even up to the ripe age of Senior Citizens.
The film has four songs, Rab Tera Banda, Akad Bum Bum that relates to the youth, a romantic song Tere Bin and Hone Laga Mujhe Pyaar Ka Asar when one falls in love for the first time. It has been shot in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
"'Juni - The Last Prayer' the film beautifully portrays the thin line between faith and superstition and the enlightenment of internal awareness. It is an entertaining thriller for the masses," revealed Sonu Tyagi of Approach Entertainment that handles the PR and promotional events of the film that are being held across the country.