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Rs. 280 crores deal!
By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
March
27,
2007
Fresh
from
the
global
success
of
Rang
De
Basanti,
UTV
and
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra
Productions
[ROMP]
have
joined
hands
to
produce
four
films
with
a
total
outlay
of
Rs.
280
crores.
The
gamut
of
films
to
be
directed
by
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra
includes
5-K
[a
trilogy]
and
Dilli-6,
based
on
Mehra's
growing
up
years
in
Delhi.
The first-ever for India, a pre-announced and scripted trilogy, Paanch Kaurav [5-K] will be co-written by renowned Hollywood scriptwriter Syd Field along with Rakeysh Mehra. Rakeysh and Rensil D'Silva have already penned the first of series. It is the first time that an Indian film will be co-written by a Hollywood scriptwriter.
UTV and ROMP are also in talks with Hollywood studios like Disney, Fox and Sony for global partnerships on this slate.
First to go on floors in late 2007 will be Dilli-6, based on Rakyesh's growing up years in the vibrant Chandni Chowk area of New Delhi. The first of the trilogy, whose working title is Paanch Kaurav, will go on floors in 2008. The second and third of the trilogy is open with an option to be directed either by Rakeysh Mehra or an Indian/global talent.
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