Sarbjit In Cannes
Production designer-turned-director Omung Kumar is all set to start his next film Sarbjit, which starts rolling on November 20 in Patiala. The film is a biopic on Sarbjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, who fought for many years to get her brother back to India from Pakistan. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays Dalbir Kaur and Randeep Hooda will be seen donning Sarbjit's role.
The film will be shot in various locations in Punjab including Chandigarh. Last week, we at Box Office India, told you that the makers want to complete the film by February but we couldn't say why. We are now told that the makers want to wrap the film as soon as possible as they want the film to open at the Cannes Film Festival, where ARB makes an appearance every year. Since the festival takes place in April-May, they want to complete the film well in time. Since Cannes draws filmmakers from all over the world, it is hoped that the festival screening will create a huge buzz around Sarbjit.
Production designer-turned-director Omung Kumar is all set to start his next film Sarbjit, which starts rolling on November 20 in Patiala. The film is a biopic on Sarbjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, who fought for many years to get her brother back to India from Pakistan. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays Dalbir Kaur and Randeep Hooda will be seen donning Sarbjit's role.
The film will be shot in various locations in Punjab including Chandigarh. Last week, we at Box Office India, told you that the makers want to complete the film by February but we couldn't say why. We are now told that the makers want to wrap the film as soon as possible as they want the film to open at the Cannes Film Festival, where ARB makes an appearance every year. Since the festival takes place in April-May, they want to complete the film well in time. Since Cannes draws filmmakers from all over the world, it is hoped that the festival screening will create a huge buzz around Sarbjit.
Imtiaz Ali To Direct SRK?
There were rumours that Imtiaz Ali would be directing Shah Rukh Khan in a film, clearly something everyone would love to see - the king of romance being directed by a director known to direct romantic films.
Ali neither denies nor confirms the news, saying, "There were rumours that I am making a film with Aamir Khan also. But nothing is concrete. I am waiting for Tamasha to release; I have a few more stories in mind but will start looking at them only once I finish withTamasha."
Udta Punjab To Release in April
Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab is being shot in Mumbai these days. The film, which features Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh in the lead, deals with the growing drug mafia in Punjab. Earlier, there was talk that the film would release in January but now it is said that the production house and corporate studio involved have decided to release it in April. The decision hinges on the fact that April is when the vacation period starts and that there aren't too many releases during this month thanks to the Indian Premier League taking place then.
More On Konkona's Debut
Last week, Box Office India told you that actress Konkona Sen Sharma was all set to follow in her mother's footsteps, because she will be donning the director's hat. The film will be produced by Abhishek Chaubey and Honey Trehan. A source close to the film reveals, "It's Konkona's script and she was working on it for the last few years. It's partially based on a true story. Casting is underway and in all probability, it will go on the floors in January 2016."
The film is yet untitled and will be produced under the MacGuffin banner, a company of Trehan and Chaubey. It will be the first film being produced under their banner.
Hera Pheri 3 Postponed
The first, month-long schedule of Hera Pheri 3 concluded a month ago, and the second schedule was to start this month, after John Abraham returned from his Force 2 schedule. But with Abraham getting injured, all his shoots have taken a toss. We now hear that the second schedule of Hera Pheri 3will start after February, after the actor finishes another schedule of Rohit Dhawan's Dishoom. A major chunk of Hera Pheri 3 shoot is pending whereas Dishoom doesn't requires much to wrap up the film.
So another schedule will start in March in Morocco, after which the cast and crew head to Los Angeles, Dubai and back to Delhi.
PS: The film features three heroines - Neha Sharma, Nargis Fakhri and a third who is yet to be cast.
Shaadi Ali To Direct For Dharma
Box Office India was the first to tell you that Shaad Ali would once again direct a remake of Mani Ratnam's movie O Kadhal Kanmani. The film revolves around today's live-in couples. We are told that the film will be produced by none other than Dharma Productions, which has bought the rights to O Kadhal Kanmani. The film will start rolling early next year.
PS: We're told that this film will probably have two new faces. Let's see who is lucky enough to be launched by Dharma Productions.
Guess Who?
So this actor made his debut years ago and didn't have any hit films for quite a while. It was a film by this director who is known to make dark films that changed this actor's fortunes. But when the actor stopped working with this director, he once again looked failure straight in the eye. He recently got back to this director and once again got lucky. The industry thought the actor was back in form and many filmmakers started signing him. But when he did make a film with this production house, the movie bombed, and now we hear that he's refusing to be a part of another film to be produced by the same banner.
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