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Ram Gopal Varma is one filmmaker who is always exploring new social themes in his film. "He always picks something that is happening around him and spins a story around it," says Madhu Mantena, one of the producers of Varma's Rann, while chatting with trade analyst Taran Adarsh.

Sheetal Talwar, the other producer of Rann, believes that although Ramu has made films on a large number of topics, all his films are human stories with an emotional context. "Similarly in Rann, Ramu has established an emotional context with the background of media and politics," says Talwar.

Mantena and Talwar are unfazed about Ramu's not-so-impressive track record at the box-office. However, if the movie doesn't succeed, Mantena and Talwar are ready to take the blame on them as they feel they have not promoted their movie well.

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Amitabh Bachchan plays Harshvardhan Malik, the founder of the first ever private news channel in the country INDIA 24/7, which is battling for survival. The Harvard-educated Harshvardhan Malik is India's most respected media personality and a hardcore upholder of journalistic ethics.

Riteish Deshmukh plays Purab Shastri, a journalist who truly believes that the media should be the check point for the people of a country and therefore, it should report news, instead of manufacturing news.

Sudeep plays the part of Jay Malik, son of Harshvardhan Malik. Jay is highly aggressive and ambitious and looks at INDIA 24/7 purely as a business enterprise that must make profits.

Manisha Koirala portrays Nalini Kashyap, who is the programming head of INDIA 24/7, and has been in the industry for long. Her practical views conflict with Harshvardhan's opinions.

Paresh Rawal is Mohan Pandey, leader of the opposition who dreams of being Prime Minister one day. Pandey is even willing to kill to get the coveted chair.

Gul Panag is Nandita Sharma, the assistant of an ad filmmaker, and she hopes to bag an independent feature film. Nandita is in a live-in relationship with her boyfriend Purab, and is smart, educated, and intelligent.

Mohnish Behl plays Amrish Kakkar, who believes in delivering news in an entertaining manner, and is solely responsible for taking the television news industry to the dogs, or to the heights, depending on how you see it.

Rajat Kapoor as Naveen Shankalya is the son-in-law of Harshvardhan, and also one of the topmost industrialists of the country, who wants to be number one in his business.

Raima Sen plays the naïve Yasmin Hussain, ex-model and fiancée of Jay Malik. She watches TV, reads gossip columns and for the most part, takes everything that is dished out to her at face value.

Rajpal Yadav portrays the role of Anand Prakash Trivedi, a creative editor, who has a knack for sensationalizing even the driest story. He makes better movies than filmmakers, but he calls them news.

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