Originally posted by Oh Maria:
Again u are an idiot. a poor foreigner to boost hollywood ratings? ahahaa, this is the dumbest sh.it i ever heard. what ba bodok this campboy!!
Michael Douglas plans Indian film Aishwary Rai
January 25, 2005
Oscar-winning US star Michael Douglas is hoping to sign Bollywood darling Aishwarya Rai for his next adventure flick, Racing the Monsoon, to be shot in India, media reports said on Tuesday.
"Aishwarya and I met in Los Angeles last year - some months ago - where it was discussed we should work together. Hope things work out," The Hindustan Times newspaper quoted the veteran US actor as saying in Bombay.
Rai, 31, a former Miss World and one of the highest-paid actresses in India's prolific movie industry, starred in the recently released British film Bride and Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel.
Racing the Monsoon will be the third part in an adventure trilogy, following the films Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile which hit screens 20 years ago.
"Right now we're developing the screenplay (for Racing the Monsoon) and hope to begin production in early 2006," Douglas, who was visiting Bombay on a scouting mission, told the paper.
There was no immediate comment available about the movie from Rai who told US television audiences last month she had never had an on-screen Bollywood kiss but that did not mean she would not smooch in a Hollywood movie.
Kissing is considered taboo in Indian cinema where song-and-dance sequences are often used as metaphors for steamy passion.
"I've seen bits of Bride and Prejudice and Raincoat starring Aishwarya, but I must admit I'm no expert on Indian films or Bollywood," Douglas added.
Douglas said the film, a US-Indian joint production whose plot involves a diamond train heist, will be shot in India.
He said he got the idea for the film from a newspaper article about "angadias (couriers) in India who travel on trains carrying diamonds. So I chose India as the backdrop for the film."
The newspaper said the film was expected to cost 65 million dollars.
Douglas, who will produce the film and play one of the co-conspirators, told The Indian Express he would bring his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, for the shooting.
"I promised my wife I won't expose myself too much to this country until she comes with me, said Douglas, who returned to the United States Monday.
"She has always wanted to visit India." - Sapa-AFP
i think u r the bodoh one... dun u get it... they are shooting in india... no choice already.... dun expect julia roberts to go shooting in bollywood...u wan her career to end ar??....
tats y lor... ask that woman to act in the movie.... no choice liao...the rest of bollywood actress cant make it.... CMI!...get it?
u wan to flame me ar??...sigh..u so lame laa...not my standard...