Shahid in Bhansali's next
By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Wednesday,
April
25,
2007
Shahid
Kapoor
is
certainly
going
places
after
Vivah.
Having
signed
Aziz
Mirza's
next
with
Vidya
Balan,
he
has
now
been
signed
opposite
Rani
Mukerji
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
first
home
production.
The project is untitled and is his sister Bela Sehgal's directorial debut. The film will be presented by Bhansali and co-produced by T-Series.
A source in T-Series says, "Bela's film is a period love story along the lines of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas.
The look, feel and presentation will be elegant and stylish, like Sanjay's productions always are.
It will be enhanced by the fact that it is also Sanjay's first production.
While Rani had been signed months ago, Shahid signed the film last week. The film is expected to roll by end 2007. Shahid is presently completing Imtiaz Ali's next with Kareena, after which Aziz's film will start in July."
Bela Sehgal, who has edited all of her brother's films, says, "I am not allowed to talk about the project till the entire cast has been finalised.
Sanjay will get upset if I do. Current-ly, Sanjay is busy completing his next film, Saawariyan, which should be done by the first week of May.
All I can say is that it will be a different love story. I've been sitting with my writers. It's my vision."
Still undecided
Bhushan Kumar from T-Series is equally tight-lipped. Though he doesn't deny Shahid and Rani doing the project, he says, "We haven't decided the cast yet."
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