The
buzz
in
the
movie
industry
for
the
rapidly-revived
career
of
Rohit
Jugraj
whose
Kunal
Khemu
starrer
Superstar
opened
this
week
to
favourable
reviews
is
that
his
next
project
is
a
desi
action-drama
version
of
the
super
chick
flick
Hollywood
blockbuster
Charlie's
Angels.
According
to
the
talk
doing
the
rounds
in
the
film
trade,
the
medico-metamorphosed-into-moviemaker,
Rohit
Jugraj,
who
started
his
career
by
assisting
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
then
directed
the
fiasco
actioner
James
for
Ram
Gopal
Varma,
has
been
approached
by
Abbas-Mustan
to
produce
his
take
on
Charlie's
Angels.
The
film
is
expected
to
star
Sushmita
Sen,
Lara
Dutta
and
Priyanka
Chopra
as
the
three
sexy
'angels'
played
originally
by
Cameron
Diaz,
Drew
Barrymore
and
Lucy
Liu.
Rohit,
currently
cruising
in
the
safe
zone
of
a
well-received
film,
is
cautious.
"Yes,
I'm
directing
a
film
for
Abbas-Mustan.
And
it's
the
Charlie's
Angels
styled
girls'
action
flick.
I'm
going
to
say
neither
yes
nor
no
to
the
three
names
you've
mentioned
in
the
lead.
All
I'll
say
at
this
stage
is
that
my
producers
Abbas-Mustan
are
very
influential
and
they've
worked
with
the
who's
who
of
the
industry.
For
them
getting
my
wish
list
of
actors
won't
be
a
problem."
However,
Rohit
Jugraj
warns
that
his
Charlie's
Angels
would
be
very
different
from
the
original.
"Only
the
idea
of
three
super-sexy
girls
in
action
combats
isn't
enough
for
me.
I'll
be
going
much
deeper
into
their
psyche,
as
I've
done
in
Superstar.
On
the
surface,
Kunal
Khemu
plays
just
another
double
role.
But
I've
tried
to
examine
the
duality
of
human
personality
through
the
two
roles."
Rohit
is
amused
by
the
comparisons
of
Superstar
with
Om
Shanti
Om.
"Sure
my
film
too
has
its
protagonist
playing
a
junior
artiste
and
a
hedonistic
star.
But
Shahrukh
Khan
in
OSO
was
in
an
entirely
different
orbit.
One
critic
has
said
I
have
too
many
close-ups
of
my
hero,
Kunal
Khemu,
in
the
film.
I
challenge
any
other
actor
of
Kunal's
generation
to
hold
his
expressions
on
camera
for
so
long
in
close-ups."
Rohit
has
gone
through
tremendous
hardships
to
make
an
original
film.
"During
my
Bangkok
stint
of
Superstar,
my
cameraman
Mahendra
Shetty
just
upped
and
left.
I
had
no
choice
but
to
do
the
cinematography
in
Bangkok
myself.
Making
Superstar
wasn't
easy.
After
James,
I
had
to
start
from
scratch.
But
the
struggle
has
taught
me
a
lot."
Story first published: Thursday, February 14, 2008, 9:27 [IST]