By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Monday,
July
09,
2007
The
producer
of
such
outlandish
escapist
dramas
as
Hera
Pheri
,
Awara
Paagal
Dewaana
and
Fool
And
Final,
is
turning
over
a
new
leaf.
Feroz
Nadiadwala
has
decided
to
adopt
avant-garde
filmmakers
into
his
production
house
in
a
big
way.
He
has
signed
on
a
bouquet
of
auteur
filmmakers
to
give
his
company
a
more
'festive'
profile.
"It's
not
like
I'm
craving
to
be
at
film
festivals," protests
Feroz
from
London.
"I
don't
see
films
and
filmmakers
occupying
different
categories.
There's
good
cinema
and
there's
bad
cinema.
I've
signed
Sai
Paranjpe,
Kundan
Shah,
Aziz
Mirza
and
Prakash
Jha
because
I
love
their
kind
of
cinema.
I
love
those
middle-of-the-road
movies
by
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee
and
Basu
Chatterjee
like
Gol
Maal
and
Chit
Chor.
I
don't
see
these
as
art
films.
I
loved
Sai's
Chashme
Buddoor
and
Katha.
She's
now
making
a
suspense
satire
for
me
called
Khoon
To
Hona
Hi
Tha...don't
you
just
love
the
title?"
Interestingly,
some
of
these
filmmakers
like
Prakash
Jha
and
Aziz
Mirza
have
their
own
production
houses.
They've
agreed
to
make
films
for
Nadiadwala
because
he
promises
them
a
free
hand.
Feroz
hopes
to
let
one
of
his
bouquet
of
avant
garde
writers
make
a
film
at
a
time.
"I've
also
signed
Ahmed
Khan
and
Rumi
Jaffrey
and
Anees
Bazmi
.
And
I'm
open
to
new
talent
any
time
anywhere."
Immediately
on
the
anvil
is
Phir
Hera
Pheri
Part
4.
"I
love
how
confused
people
get
when
I
say
we've
gone
on
to
Part
4.
They
want
to
know
what
happened
to
Part
3.
Have
they
missed
something?
I
love
the
mystery."
Needless
to
say,
some
of
the
above
projects
will
feature
Akshay
Kumar.
"I
love
hummers
and
I
love
Akshay.
Most
of
all
I
love
Akshay
in
hummers.
Akshay
is
my
brother.
We
may
have
our
differences
of
opinion.
But
we're
at
one
in
our
passion
for
movies.
Somewhere,
Akshay
too
needs
to
a
different
kind
of
cinema."
Chances
are
the
Prakash
Jha
project
may
star
Akshay.