Will an American girl star in London Dreams? 
By Faridoon Shahryar, March 27, 2008 - 11:35 IST
“I recently met a girl from America whom I think was exceptionally talented.” Is she the one who'll star along with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in your next directorial venture London Dreams? “Maybe…” disclosed hot shot film maker Vipul Shah to Bollywood Hungama putting to rest all the rumours surrounding Kareena Kapoor or Katrina Kaif being the chosen ones. “It could be any girl. I'm not looking at region. I'm looking at talent,” he added. London Dreams, a film which was earlier supposed to be directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi had made national news when Salman's bare-chested stills while taking a dip in holy waters of Golden Temple were splashed on front pages of all newspapers. Vipul puts speculation to rest on both, London Dreams and his Rs 50 crore production, Singh Is Kinng. And yes, Salman-Ajay may be his latest heroes but he shall revert back to his dependable superstar Akshay Kumar in January 2009 with another directorial venture.
London Dreams
1) I am the producer-director of London Dreams. PJ Singh (the earlier producer) will be the Presenter of the film, a role played by Adlabs in my earlier films.
2) Me and Salman had been discussing a project for a very long time. There came a moment when he asked me if I want to consider this. I said I would but I would first like to meet Mr Raj Kumar Santoshi. I met him and he was very happy that probably I will take over. He gave me his consent.
3) I spoke to Sridhar Raghavan, the writer of the film and told him that since I want to rewrite the film the way I feel it should be made and would he like to be a part of it. He said yes.
4) The scenes that were shot with Salman Khan at Golden Temple are not part of my draft. I haven't seen the earlier footage and even if I have to shoot at Golden Temple, I'll shoot afresh.
5) Shankar-Ehsan-Loy will compose the music for the film. We start working on it in the first week of April. The lyricist is yet to be decided. It's too early to talk about what kind of music it will be.
6) The storyline in the earlier film that Mr Santoshi was making was about two musicians. My draft is completely new and it is concentrating more on the relationship of Salman, Ajay and the girl.
7) London Dreams will be releasing sometime next year.
Singh Is Kinng
1) We start shooting for a song with Akshay and Katrina in Mumbai from tomorrow (which means today). It's a song that's worth watching out for.
2) Katrina is very dedicated. For buying an outfit for the film she went to Dubai rather than getting something from Mumbai itself. But I think she should dub her own voice now.
3) There was no controversy while shooting in Australia. The local Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee had got mails from certain 'well wishers' within our industry stating that the Sikh community is being presented in a bad light in the film. They were concerned and had a chat with us. We showed them all the footage, pictures, what the story was all about. After that they gave a press release in Ajit, a newspaper in Punjab that they are more than satisfied with the way the film is progressing.
4) We shall be shooting a song in Egypt which is an integral part of the film. We will be starting the schedule very soon.
5) The film is being shot in Punjab, Egypt, some parts in Canada and Australia.
6) Singh Is Kinng is releasing in August, 2008.
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