Some Gup-Shup

Fans of Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah can look forward to the two talented stars coming together again in ace director Rituparno Ghosh's bilingual London Summer. To be made in English and Hindi, the film will be produced by management guru Arindam Chaudhary's Planman Motion Pictures. Though the film is set in pre-Independence India, Ghosh is targeting a global audience.

Shabana and Naseer featured for the first time together in Shyam Benegal's Nishaant in 1975. They are still remembered for their power-packed performance in Gautam Ghose's National Award-winning film Paar in 1985.

Eros will distribute Provoked in US, UK

Eros International has acquired the rights to distribute Aishwarya Rai's latest release, Provoked, in the UK, US and India. Provoked is based on the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who moves to England and marries a man who subjects her to violent physical abuse. In a fit of desperation, she resorts to killing him and is subsequently charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The movie follows her pursuit for justice. Kiranjit Ahluwalia's story has succeeded in transforming the British judicial system and the meaning of "provocation" has since been redefined in the case of physically-abused women. The story has been so influential that a book was published on her life called Circle of Light, by Rahila Gupta. Provoked is directed by Jag Mundhra and stars Aishwarya Rai in the lead role.