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Director’s Santosh Sivan’s much boasted pièce de résistance Asoka has won international acclaim for the stylish-historical direction of the film. A good dosage of lyrical songs, fantastic envisioning of the War of Kalinga, spectacular locales and fine cinematography is what Asoka bets on! One of the most famous songs of Asoka, `raat ka nasha` — the seducing number from the movie — caught with the red hot imagination of the audiences. Sequenced on femme fatal Kareena Kapoor, seen sizzling in off white-half-length skimpy clothes against the marble rocks, on the bamboo raft- the song is set in the picturesque locales of Dhundhaar falls in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Raat ka nasha is one of the few songs that capture the unfazing beauty of Bhedaghat and the marble mountains girdling the banks of Narmada Ghat. Since time immemorial the enrapturing beauty of Bhedaghat has pushed many bollywood directors to set in it immortal songs, like O Basanti in Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai. Bhedaghat Marble rocks are popular tourist spot in |
