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After pairing with Farhan Akhtar in Rock On Prachi Desai is now working in Abbas-Mustan's Life Partner opposite
her godmother Ekta's kid-brother Tusshar.
The film's first schedule was done recently.
Abbas-Mustan are hellbent on turning Italian Job into an Indian Job. After years of adapting Hollywood thrillers
Abbas-Mustan just won't do a straightforward faithful adaptation.
Speaking on the job Abbas says, "Studio 18 thought of us for an Indian Italian Job after seeing how we shot the
chase sequences in Race.
Two years ago to excecute the intricate action scenes in Italian Job would've
been tough. Today we can comfortably pull it off. Our producers are willing to go all out. No expenses will be spared
to make sure our Italian Job is as good as the original."
Though this is the first adaptation that they're doing after legally purchasing the original rights Abbas-Mustan are
adamant on re-vamping the story.
"Whenever we've adapted a film we've completely Indianized the story.
Though Studio 18 has bought the rights and though we can can use every frame from the original same-to-same we
don't want to do that. We're going to Indianize Italian Job.
We'll add roles for two heroines. We might even
have an American actress in the film. And the villain will be played by one of the top heroes. We want to make it
better than the original."
Now Abbas-Mustan are besieged by Bollywoodian badshahs who want a part. "It seems every major hero in
Mumbai has always wanted to do The Italian Job.It's got everything from a heist to comedy, " laughs Abbas.
The desi Italian Job will start shooting in March –April 2008.
In the meanwhile Abbas and Mustan are now producing their first film Life Partner directed by Rumi Jaffrey with
Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia d'Souza and Prachi Desai.
Says Abbas, "It's a film to appeal to people from the age of 18 to 60. It's completely different from the kind of
comedies Rumi directs."
Monday, June 30, 2008 12:36 IST