Mumbai mirror: 2012 Year of SRK's Romance

2012: SRK's year for romance
May 15, 2012, 08.54AM IST Mumbai
Mirror [ Kunal M Shah ]
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After last year's action failed to pack
a punch, the actor has now decided to
get back to his super hit formula of
love and drama
The thing with winning formulas is
that they always help you win. Some
may say it restricts the actor within.
Some may call it repetitive. But
formulas work. More so when it's a
super hit formula. And Shah Rukh
Khan has perhaps woken up to that
realisation. After last year's big
budgeted ventures RA.One and Don 2
(both in the action genre) failing to
generate the response that was
expected, the actor seems to have
decided to go back to doing what he is
good at - romance. The actor has
already started shooting for Yash
Chopra's directorial comeback, London
Ishq co-starring Katrina Kaif and
Anushka Sharma. And now, it is learnt
that the Rohit Shetty-SRK
collaboration that was claimed to be
an action packed project will actually
be an on-the-go romance with a
sprinkling of Shetty's signature
action sequences. At a meeting, held a
couple of days back, the producers
along with director Shetty and SRK
took a decision on how to take the film
forward. The film is about a man
travelling from Mumbai to
Rameshwaram (thus the title,
Chennai Express) and what happens to
him on the way - romance between
Shah Rukh and the lead actress.
Though it hasn't been finalised yet, a
source from the industry revealed
that in all probability, the female lead
would be Deepika Padukone. The love
express in question will now be built in
Film City, Mumbai. The construction
will begin by the end of August.
Shah Rukh, who started the year on a
romantic note by kick-starting the
shoot of Yash Chopra's film in
January, will now end the year in that
strain. Rohit Shetty's Chennai
Express will go on floors in October.
On he other hand, while there were
speculations regarding the producers
of the film, a source confirmed that it
is UTV Motion Pictures that has finally
bagged the deal. "There were two
prominent production houses in
contention. But the deal was locked a
few days back. UTV's Ronnie
Screwvala met SRK around a week
back in Kolkata during an IPL match
and locked the deal," revealed the
source.
Siddharth Roy Kapoor of UTV Motion
Pictures remained unavailable for
comment.