Cast
Jiang Wen Lit. Li
Kiichi Nakai Raisei (Laixi)
Wang Xueqi Master An
Zhao Wei Wen Zhu
Crew
Director He Ping
Screenplay He Ping
Cinematographer Zhao Fei
Art director Teng Jie
Character designer Zhu Yin
Composer A.R. Rahman
I saw the movie too. The silk route between India to China.
Friday, 13 February , 2004, 10:20
Mumbai: Chinese director He Ping was so enthralled and spellbound
by A R Rahman's music in Amir Khan's 2001 blockbuster 'Lagaan' that
he decided to sign the Indian music composer for his film 'Warriors
of Heavan and Earth'.
In an e-mail interview with UNI, Mr Ping said Rahman was his first
choice. ''I watched 'Lagaan' and was captured by the music of the
film, so I immediately knew that Rahman would be perfect choice for
this project,'' he said.
The film was an official entry for the Oscars but failed to make it
to the final five in the Foreign Language Film category.
'Warriors of Heaven and Earth' was screened as opening film at
Sixth Mumbai Academy of Moving Images (MAMI) Film Festival and was
also shown at the Second Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)
last year.
The film-maker said, ''Rahman is a joy to work with. He is a man
with abundant talent and creativity and yet he is virtuously
humble, patient and respectful.'' Asked whether there were
differences between the two, he said that there were differences of
opinion while working on the score, but it was all worked out very
amicably and professionally. The Indian composer had delivered one
of the best original soundtracks for the film and he was happy with
it, he added.
Ping said that he would love to work with Rahman again for his next
venture. In fact he was looking forward to it.
About casting Indian actors in his future projects, Ping said he
was not really familiar with Indian cinema and its actors so he
would first visit India and then decide. He said he had not seen
any Bollywood movie except 'Lagaan', but is looking forward to
watch more Indian films.
He agreed that Chinese cinema has definitely got a boost after
'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' but insisted that his film
'Warriors...' was very different from the former.
While denying the charge that Chinese cinema was imitating
Hollywood, he said the cinema had certainly strived to bring out
more of the Chinese culture.
