The
budget
crunch
has
eaten
into
one
of
the
biggest
production
houses
in
the
entertainment
industry.
According
to
well-placed
sources
close
to
Yash
Raj
Films,
the
banner
which
had
till
recently
a
reputation
for
an
unbroken
string
of
hits
has
now
after
setbacks
like
Dil
Bole
Hadippa,
Rocket
Singh
Salesman
Of
The
Year
and
Pyaar
Impossible
instructed
its
roster
of
directors
to
shoot
within
reasonable
budgets.
And
financially
impractical
projects
are
a
strict
no-no.
This,
Kabir
Khan
discovered
when
after
New
York
he
decided
to
make
a
lavish
big-budget
epic.
Initially,
Aditya
Chopra
the
Yash
Raj
scion
was
enthusiastic
about
the
novel
idea
and
gave
Kabir
a
cart-blanche...
But
as
the
script
evolved
it
became
clear
to
the
producers
that
Kabir
Khan's
epic
would
be
one
of
the
most
expensive
films
in
the
history
of
Yash
Raj.
Aditya
Chopra
sat
Kabir
down
for
a
meeting
and
calmly
told
him
the
epic
project
was
not
working.
Admits
Kabir,
"Yes
I've
abandoned
my
earlier
script.
This
was
a
subject
I
had
with
me
from
even
before
I
made
my
first
feature
film
Kabul
Express.
You
can
say
it's
my
dream
project.
And
my
dream
is
now
on
hold."
Kabir
confirms
that
Aditya
Chopra
asked
him
to
work
on
another
more
financially
feasible
subject.
"After
working
on
the
earlier
script
for
several
months,
I'm
writing
a
new
script.
It's
more
of
a
fun
film
than
New
York.
It
is
definitely
not
about
global
terrorism
this
time.
I've
said
whatever
I
have
had
to
on
that
subject.
But
a
socio-political
undercurrent
can't
be
too
far
away
from
what
I
do." As
for
Kabir's
dream
project,
he
hasn't
given
up
on
it.
"That's
the
film
I
became
a
feature-director
for.
I
won't
give
it
up."
Story first published: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 11:15 [IST]