Real-life couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, who are busy wrapping up Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan”, have now also teamed up for slick espionage film “Crooked”. They are carrying on with the trend set by them and another real-life pair, Saif Ali khan and Kareena Kapoor, who are playing spies in Sriram Raghavan’s “Agent Vinod”.
“Our slick espionage thriller will be in the same genre as ‘The Bourne Identity’. It will be shot in Greece, Istanbul, Thailand and India,” said Ritesh Sidhwani, the producer of “Crooked”.
Gul Panag and Jimmy Shergil along with Boman Irani, who has just wrapped up Shyam Benegal’s latest, will also be playing key roles in the film. “The English-language title will most probably change,” says Sidhwani, who’s working with the entire cast, barring Boman, for the first time.
The film will be directed by Abhinay Deo who is currently in the process of wrapping up Aamir Khan Productions’ “Delhi Belly” with Imran Khan and Shernaz Treasuryvala in the cast.
Director Shankar and Veteran Hero Rajinikanth are going all out to cut costs for Endhiran(The Robot), by shooting in parts of Tamil Nadu , the streets of Chennai and on studio settings.
After shooting at a private engineering college in Vellore, the unit moved further to south to Kelavakkam near Tirupur. Here, scenes were shot at a private education institute, with Aishwarya rai as a college student and Rajinikanth as a scientist. The same institute was used by Shankar for shooting the climax lead for his Sivaji.
Meanwhile, the team will now shift to a Chennai studio for a dream song of the student who gets smitten by the scientist! To shoot two of his earlier songs, director had gone to Peru, Los Angels, parts of US and the Sunny beaches of Goa. Knowing Shankar’s penchant for grandeur, one can expect this song to be shot on a lavish scale.
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Now we are in the severe financial meltdown due to economic crisis. Because of this many film Producers have been asking their stars to cut down their fees to continue the film.
One of the best examples for this cost cutting trend is ‘Endhiran’ film. Superstar Rajnikanth is said to have taken the initiative to make things smooth for his upcoming film, directed by Shankar and produced by Ayngaran International.
He has decided to cut down his remuneration by 30 percent and he has also requested the fellow heroine Aishwarya Rai, to reduce the remuneration. Anyway, he is the only highest paying actor in Southern India and now he itself volunteers reducing their pay means, he is really a Super star.
