Producer
Saif
Ali
Khan
has
asked
his
Agent
Vinod
director
Sriram
Raghavan
to
shoot
three
every
expensive
action
sequences.
Says
the
director,
"I
will
have
only
3
minutes
of
action
where
I'd
have
had
a
7-minute
action
sequence.
But
I
won't
compromise
on
quality.
I've
spent
considerable
time
writing
the
action
sequences
into
the
script.
Now
comes
their
execution."
The
next
schedule
of
Agent
Vinod
is
in
March
2011.
Explains
Sriram,
"There
are
three
big
action
sequences
still
to
be
shot.
They
require
major
prep.
I
want
to
plan
them
out
and
shoot
them
on
priority.
There
was
no
point
in
going
into
another
schedule
without
the
required
budget.
We
now
have
that
in
place
for
March.
These
sequences
are
vfx
heavy
and
it's
better
to
do
them
first
before
I
do
my
balance
scenes.
We've
shot
about
an
hour
of
footage
already."
Sriram
still
hopes
to
release
the
film
towards
the
end
of
next
year.
Reveals
Sriram,
"Both
Saif
and
Kareena
would
have
to
be
trained
before
we
do
the
remaining
action
sequences."
Making
an
action
film
as
slick
as
its
counterparts
in
Hollywood
is
not
easy.
Two
of
the
pending
action
sequences
would
be
shot
in
the
UAE,
far
away
from
the
country
where
they
are
located
in
the
script,
to
economize
on
the
rapidly
spiralling
budget.
Sriram
admits
he
has
been
asked
to
keep
costs
down.
"I
need
to
keep
a
quality
check
while
making
sure
we
don't
go
over-budget.
There
are
three
big
action
sequences
to
be
shot.
And
yes,
you've
heard
right.
Two
of
them
might
be
shot
in
the
same
location.
For
one
of
them
I
need
choppers
flying
in
the
night.
In
India
we
aren't
allowed
choppers
in
the
night.
So
we'll
have
to
shoot
in
the
UAE."
Sriram
who
has
already
edited
65
minutes
of
footage
for
Agent
Vinod,
needs
to
shoot
a
very
stylish
prologue
to
go
with
the
opening
titles,
and
an
epilogue
which
requires
four
days
of
shooting
in
the
UK.
Would
the
prologue
be
as
stylish
as
the
ones
in
the
James
Bond
flicks?
Laughs
Sriram,
"I
wish!
But
we
don't
have
that
kind
of
budget."
Kareena
Kapoor
has
been
telling
the
world
that
she
has
no
heavy-duty
action
sequences
to
perform
with
Saif
in
Agent
Vinod.
The
fact
is,
she
has
not
one,
but
two
very
stylish
and
complex
action
sequences
in
Agent
Vinod.
For
this
she
needs
to
undergo
some
amount
of
training.
Apparently,
these
sequences
have
been
postponed
until
she
finds
the
time
to
train,
and
until
the
budget
permits
them
to
be
shot.
If
preparedness
is
all
then
Agent
Vinod
is
not
all
there.
Not
yet!