Vidya
Balan-starrer
Kahaani
is
getting
a
Hollywood
version
in
Deity
with
Niels
Arden
Oplev
of
The
Girl
With
the
Dragon
Tattoo
fame
attached
to
direct
the
Yash
Raj
Films
project
for
international
audience.
Jose
Rivera
(The
Motorcycle
Diaries)
and
Richard
Regen
(Tehran)
have
adapted
the
Sujoy
Ghosh-directed
2012
film.
"It's
an
incredible
step
by
YRF.
Years
back
Aditya
Chopra
had
said
he
wanted
to
make
Kahaani
for
a
global
audience.
I
thought
he
was
kidding.
But
obviously
not.
YRF
has
left
no
stone
unturned
on
making
the
English
version.
The
new
script
by
Jose
Rivera
and
Richard
Regen
is
perfectly
suited
for
the
Western
audience
and
what
I
am
really
looking
forward
is
to
see
Niels
direct
this
version," Ghosh
said
in
a
statement.
The
new
movie
is
a
thriller
about
an
American
woman
who
goes
to
Kolkata
in
search
of
her
missing
husband.
As
she
gets
closer
to
the
truth,
she
finds
herself
at
the
centre
of
a
dangerous
conspiracy.
The
story
unfolds
in
the
context
of
a
colourful,
week-long
festival.
"Niels
is
the
perfect
director
to
transform
the
appeal
of
Kahaani
to
Deity," said
Uday
Chopra,
CEO,
YRF
Entertainment.
Oplev,
who
directed
the
Swedish
version
of
Tattoo,
aims
to
make
a
"neo-realistic"
story.
"Deity
will
be
a
compelling
and
exciting
thriller
with
complex
and
interesting
characters.
A
neo-realistic
style
to
story
and
images
will
take
the
audience
deep
into
Calcutta’'s
many
different
levels.
A
fascinating
clash
between
American
and
Indian
culture,"
Oplev
said.
The
film
will
begin
production
in
February
2015
and
will
be
shot
on
location
in
Kolkata.
The
international
arm
of
YRF
has
been
quite
active
in
recent
times.
The
production
house
recently
financed
Cannes-opener
Grace
Of
Monaco,
starring
Nicole
Kidman,
which
it
produced
with
Pierre-Ange
le
Pogam's
Stone
Angels
and
Arash
Amel.
Though
the
film
did
not
receive
positive
reviews
from
the
critics,
YRF
is
reteaming
with
Amel
to
focus
on
the
life
of
another
Hollywood
legend
with
the
adaptation
of
Chris
Greenhalgh's
novel
'Seducing
Ingrid
Bergman'.