Issaq Press Meet

Prateik and Amyra Dastur, the stars of Manish Tiwary's upcoming romantic movie "ISSAQ" today visited Hyderabad to promote their movie. The actors not just addressed the media at a press conference at Hotel Radisson but also showcased exciting footage of the movie which is the Indian adaptation of Romeo Juliet set against the exciting backdrop of Banaras. Post rejuvenating at the Radisson, they also enthralled a large young turnout at lOlounge where they interacted with the teenagers present the lounge, followed by club visit later in the evening.

A press conference was held at the Radisson, where the cast and crew of Issaq, shared their experiences of making of the movie and there inspiration behind it. However, the highlight of the day was the interaction which the Team Issaq had with the enthusiastic teenagers at 10 lounge. Furthermore apart from them sharing a lighter moment with the crowd at Imax Prasad, where Partiek and Amyra Dastur gave the audience the feel of the research that went into adapting Romeo and Juliet to the back drop of Banaras. The night was wrapped up with Pratiek and Amyra shaking a leg at one popular night spots in the city.

ISSAQ is the original Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET directed by Manish Tiwary, we see the story transposed to Banaras and its neighboring areas that are witness to violence unleashed by sand mafia controlled by urban elite and equally violent retaliation by Naxalite armies. The sand mafia is run by two influential Banarasi families, Kashyaps and Mishras, who are at brutal feud with each other. Kashyap has an 18-year old, pretty and innocent daughter Bachchi from his first wife, Bachchi's role is played by Amyra Dastur who marks her debut in this film. On the other hand, Mishra's son Rahul (Played by Prateik) is a good-looking teenager with predictable interests for a boy of his background - Girls & Guns!

ISSAQ presented by Jayantilal Gada's Pen India Pvt Ltd., produced by Shailesh R Singh and Dhaval Gada is slated to release on 26 July.

Pen India Pvt Ltd is India's number one software library. Under the leadership of promoter Jayantilal Gada the company is now turning into one of India's fast growing film production companies.

Pen's theatrical business kick-started with the blockbuster 'Kahaani' in 2012. Following the grand success, Pen now has lined up an exciting list of movies in various stages of production and readying for release.

In the meantime the Pen continues to own Home Entertainment rights to films as varied as Sholay, Tere Bin Laden and Phoonk 2; plus we also have an enviable music library being created. This is in addition to an already existent catalogue consisting albums such Tere Bin Laden, Rakhi Sawant's Jhagde and Barbara Mori starrer Spanish Beauty..