Kaho naa... Spanish hai!

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Hrithik Roshan''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">jadu chal gaya</span>! Because <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai ko</span> foreign audience <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">mil gaya</span>. The biggest film of Year 2000, rechristened as <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Reencuentro Con El Destino</span>, is all set for release in 22 Spanish-speaking countries.<br /><br />"We had received a positive response for <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai</span> from the Spanish market when the movie was released with subtitles. So, we thought of releasing it in a more professional manner," informs film-maker Rakesh Roshan. While TV promos of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Reencuentro Con El Destino</span> will be aired in Peru in March, the movie will be released there in May. "The movie will be released in four different phases for the Spanish market. In the first phase it will be released at theatres in Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Venezuela," says Shashank Jare, CEO of Filmkraft.<br /><br />While <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa...</span> will be released in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Cuba in the second phase, the third instalment will see it being screened in Chile and Argentina. In the last phase, it will move to Spain, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.<br /><br />Incidentally, this is not the first instance of a Bollywood movie travelling to Spanish-speaking countries. Earlier, in 1990, the Rajshris had released <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Maine Pyar Kiya</span> abroad after dubbing it in Spanish and renaming the film as Te Maro. "The issue is that of language since Spanish slang changes from country to country," says Jare. Meanwhile, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ek Pal Ka Jeena</span> and the title track of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa...</span> are being recorded in Mexico by Spanish singers.<br /><br />Moving on to the big picture, this new initiative to take <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa...</span> across the seven seas will see Bollywood expanding its horizons beyond the UK and US. Of course, once the world becomes a stage for Indian films, everyone will say, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kaho Naa...</span> Bollywood <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Hai</span>!<br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">delhitimes@indiatimes.com</span></div> </div>