Desi Magic

Desi Magic
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Directed by	Mehul Atha
Produced by	Ameesha Patel Kuunal Goomer
Written by	Ameet Mehta
Starring	Ameesha Patel Lilette Dubey Zayed Khan
Music by	DJ Aqeel Lalit Pandit
Cinematography	Aseem Bajaj
Edited by	Asif Ali Shaikh
Production company	Ameesha Patel Productions
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Desi Magic is an upcoming Bollywood romantic comedy film, directed by Mehul Atha and produced by Ameesha Patel and Kuunal Goomer under the banner of Ameesha Patel Productions. It features actors Ameesha Patel, Zayed Khan and Sahil Shroff in the lead roles.

Cast

• Ameesha Patel as Sonia Saxena/Mahi Deol
• Zayed Khan as Kunal Grewal
• Sahil Shroff as Sahil Mehra
• Randhir Kapoor as Ashok Saxena
• Lillete Dubey as Mrs. Saxena
• Ravi Kishan as Davidoff
• Rajat Rawail as Kimteef

Production

Development

Actress Ameesha Patel will be making her debut as a film producer with this film under her production house, Ameesha Patel Productions. According to her, creating a production house was the idea of her co-producer Kuunal Goomer, who persuaded her to set up a company with him which aimed at making good films.^[1]

Casting

This is the first time that actress Ameesha Patel will be doing a double role for a film. Regarding her character, she told in an interview that in this film, she will be playing two characters of totally opposite nature.^[1]

Filming

Principal photography began in August 2013 and the film has been shot in Mumbai and Punjab. The film was also shot in Venice, Budapest and Dubai. The film's release has been pushed back several times, due to delay of the shooting schedules.

Soundtrack

The film introduces DJ Aqeel as a film score composer,^[1] his notable work being recreating the song "Ek Do Teen" from the 1988 film Tezaab, which was originally sung by Alka Yagnik. The new version is recorded by popular Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal. Apart from that, Shreya has also sung a slow number composed by Lalit Pandit.^[2]

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