Again u are an idiot. a poor foreigner to boost hollywood
ratings? ahahaa, this is the dumbest sh.it i ever heard. what ba
bodok this campboy!!
Michael Douglas plans Indian film
Aishwary Rai
January 25, 2005
Oscar-winning US star Michael Douglas is hoping to sign Bollywood
darling Aishwarya Rai for his next adventure flick, Racing the
Monsoon, to be shot in India, media reports said on Tuesday.
"Aishwarya and I met in Los Angeles last year - some months ago -
where it was discussed we should work together. Hope things work
out," The Hindustan Times newspaper quoted the veteran US actor as
saying in Bombay.
Rai, 31, a former Miss World and one of the highest-paid actresses
in India's prolific movie industry, starred in the recently
released British film Bride and Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane
Austen's classic novel.
Racing the Monsoon will be the third part in an adventure trilogy,
following the films Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile which
hit screens 20 years ago.
"Right now we're developing the screenplay (for Racing the Monsoon)
and hope to begin production in early 2006," Douglas, who was
visiting Bombay on a scouting mission, told the paper.
There was no immediate comment available about the movie from Rai
who told US television audiences last month she had never had an
on-screen Bollywood kiss but that did not mean she would not smooch
in a Hollywood movie.
Kissing is considered taboo in Indian cinema where song-and-dance
sequences are often used as metaphors for steamy passion.
"I've seen bits of Bride and Prejudice and Raincoat starring
Aishwarya, but I must admit I'm no expert on Indian films or
Bollywood," Douglas added.
Douglas said the film, a US-Indian joint production whose plot
involves a diamond train heist, will be shot in India.
He said he got the idea for the film from a newspaper article about
"angadias (couriers) in India who travel on trains carrying
diamonds. So I chose India as the backdrop for the film."
The newspaper said the film was expected to cost 65 million
dollars.
Douglas, who will produce the film and play one of the
co-conspirators, told The Indian Express he would bring his wife,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, for the shooting.
"I promised my wife I won't expose myself too much to this country
until she comes with me, said Douglas, who returned to the United
States Monday.
"She has always wanted to visit India." - Sapa-AFP
