The
Best
Picture
Oscar
winner
The
Hurt
Locker's
victory
came
as
no
surprise
to
some
big
Bollywood
names,
specifically,
Abbas
Tyrewala,
John
Abraham
and
Madhu
Mantena.
David
Bryan,
Supervising
Art
Director
on
The
Hurt
Locker,
who
was
widely
praised
for
his
life
like
replication
of
the
battle
scarred
streets
of
Iraq
in
Jordan,
is
the
Production
Designer
for
Abbas
Tyrewala's
next
venture,
starring
John
Abraham.
The
really
interesting
story
however,
is
that
David's
only
managed
to
convince
Abbas
to
join
his
project
as
a
Production
Designer
after
showing
Abbas
footage
from
The
Hurt
Locker
and
how
he'd
recreated
the
streets
of
Iraq
in
the
award
winning
film.
David
has
on
several
occasions
impressed
Abbas
with
his
detail
and
precision
in
Production
Design.
Looks
like
the
Abbas
is
going
to
every
extent
recruiting
genuinely
talented
people
to
mount
this
film
(earlier
titled
1-800
Love)
on
a
large
beautiful
canvas.
It
may
be
recalled
that
during
the
shooting
of
the
film
in
London,
the
production
had
managed
to
block
off
traffic
completely
on
Tower
Bridge
for
3
nights
and
had
shot
several
scenes
with
even
boat
traffic
on
the
Thames
being
restricted!
David's
first
release
after
The
Hurt
Locker
is
to
be
Abbas's
film,
which
is
now
under
post-production.
Speaking
on
this
film,
David
said,
"We
wanted
to
portray
the
real
London
that
is
rarely
seen,
it's
an
amazing
city
with
very
diverse
locations.
In
particular
we
were
looking
for
a
real
iconic
Studio
Apartment
for
our
lead
actor
John
Abraham.
Later
in
autumn,
the
climax
to
the
film
grew
into
an
epic
4
nights
filming
on
Tower
Bridge
with
John
doing
his
own
stunts,
a
real
star!"
He
went
on
to
further
add,
"Working
with
a
Bollywood
crew
was
a
great
experience,
much
more
than
on
a
similar
British
film."
Expectations
are
already
high
from
Abbas's
new
film,
coming
as
it
does
on
the
heels
of
the
scripting
and
debut
directorial
magic
that
he
displayed
in
the
smash
hit
Jaane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Na.
Now
with
a
key
member
of
the
history
making
Oscar
Best
Picture
winner
responsible
for
creating
the
look
and
feel
of
his
film,
the
expectations
are
only
bound
to
grow.
Story first published: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:44 [IST]