MOVIE UPDATE July 2003
Hrithik Roshan fans can look forward to two of his films soon. While he's cast opposite Kareena Kapoor in Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, his leading lady in Koi Mil Gaya is Preity Zinta. Produced by dad Rakesh Roshan, Koi Mil Gaya has Hrithik playing a mentally regressive character with the mind of a child, who communicates with extra-terrestrials. It is being touted as India's first sci-fi film.
Mahesh Bhatt plans to make a film on the Partition, with the same title, with both Indian and Pakistani actors in the star cast. He says that he would ideally like to shoot part of the film in Pakistan and is hopeful that the Pakistani authorities would allow him to do so.
Ajay Devgan will reportedly play the main lead in Mani Ratnam's new untitled multistarrer. The film already stars Vivek Oberoi and Abhishek Bachchan. The shooting of the film will commence from July.
Sanjay ?Kaante' Gupta is all set to start his next venture which is titled Musafir, the catchline being Sex, Murder Betrayal, Everything That Makes Life Worth Living. Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty and Priyanka Chopra play the main roles in this erotic thriller.
Juhi Chawla is reportedly playing Nicole Kidman's role in the Hindi adaptation of The Others, titled Anjaane The Unknown.
After Om Jai Jagadish, Anupam Kher is involved in his second directorial project. Titled The Return, the film deals with a father and son relationship. It will be in English and the cast is yet to be finalised, says Anupam.
Vipul Shah is repeating his Aankhen team ? Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal ? in his next venture to be titled Waqt ? Race Against Time.
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