By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Friday,
August
24,
2007
The
negotiations
with
Warner
Brothers
for
their
first
Bollywood
film
had
been
going
on
with
the
Sippys
for
almost
two
years.
"Made
In
China
was
entirely
Rohan
Sippy's
brain
child.
From
negotiating
with
Warner
Brothers
to
bringing
me
on
board
as
director,
to
coming
home
to
ask
me
about
it...Rohan
did
it
all."
Says
a
source,
"It's
the
first
Bollywood
film
from
Warner
Brothers.
Of
the
Big
5
studios
in
America,
namely
Universal,
Columbia-Tristar(SONY),
20th
Century
Fox,
Disney
and
Warner
Brothers
two
—Sony
and
Warner—have
entered
Bollywood
in
a
big
way
with
Sawariya
and
Made
In
China.
The
others
are
expected
to
follow
suit."
Says
Nikhil,
"Sridhar
Raghavan
has
written
a
wonderful
script
that
weds
action
and
humour.
I
know
I'll
have
great
fun
shooting
this
film."
What
makes
Nikhil
eligible
for
a
unique
China-helmed
actioner?
"Everyone
who
knows
me
feels
I
should
do
an
action
film.
You've
to
see
me
when
I'm
narrating
a
story.
I'm
constantly
giving
out
sound
effects,
running
from
this
corner
to
that.
And
my
all-time
favourite
film
is
Sholay.
To
have
my
name
associated
with
the
man
who
made
Sholay
is
one
of
the
biggest
highs
of
my
career.
I
mean,
to
me
Sholay
is
the
mother
of
all
films." Made
In
China,
to
be
photographed
by
V
Manikandan
(who
shot
Farah
Khan's
Main
Hoon
Na
and
Om
Shanti
Om)
begins
shooting
in
China
in
January
and
the
film
will
be
completed
in
May
2008.
Nikhil
Advani
has
so
far
been
identified
with
the
romantic
genre.
"I
don't
want
to
be
identified
by
any
one
style
or
genre.
After
doing
an
action
film
like
Made
In
China
I
could
possibly
do
a
horror
film."