Mumbai,
(PTI)
Debutant
director
Roshan
Abbas,
who
is
all
charged
up
for
his
upcoming
film
Always
Kabhi
Kabhi
says
the
success
of
his
play
'Graffiti'
inspired
him
to
make
a
movie
on
high-school
life,
a
theme
that
he
feels
is
now
catching
up
with
Bollywood.
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The
film,
which
would
be
released
in
summer,
is
creating
a
lot
of
buzz
with
actor-producer
Shahrukh
Khan
doing
an
item
song
for
it.
To
reports
that
an
extremely
popular
star
would
be
part
of
this
item
song,
the
director
said,
"wait
and
watch."
"In
1999,
I
had
written
and
directed
this
play
called
'Graffiti'.
After
its
success,
I
decided
to
make
film
on
this
subject
-
high
school
life.
I
believe
this
theme
is
catching
up
now
and
I
need
to
explore
it," Abbas
told
PTI.
The
screenplay
for
the
film
was
written
in
2008
and
in
2009,
Abbas
began
work
on
directing
a
film.
"In
2008,
we
started
converting
the
play
into
screenplay
because
in
1999
the
situation
was
different
and
now
it
is
different.
The
biggest
challenge
we
faced
was
to
find
the
star
cast
as
we
were
looking
for
fresh
faces.
This
process
itself
took
about
nine
months," he
said.
The
film
produced
by
SRK's
Red
Chillies
Entertainment
will
see
four
debutants
-
producer
Karim
Morani's
daughter
Zoa,
Giselle
Monterio
(who
played
Harleen
alongside
Saif
Ali
Khan
in
Love
Aaj
Kal)
Satyajit
Dubey
and
Ali
Fazal.
When
asked
whether
it
was
easy
for
him
to
get
SRK's
RCE
to
back
this
film,
the
director
said,
"Once
I
was
hosting
a
show
and
I
met
Shahrukh
on
stage..
I
discussed
the
film
with
him.
He
said
yes
and
I
thought
it
would
just
be
a
passing
conversation.
But
later,
I
got
a
call
from
his
production
house
and
met
people
over
there...and
then
things
got
finalised."
About
the
film,
Abbas,
who
is
a
popular
radio
and
host,
said,
"The
film
is
about
four
students
coming
off
age.
Their
dreams
and
desires."