Salman Khan forces Anees Bazmee to move shooting location from Mauritius to Sri Lanka

Salman Khan has convinced his Ready director Anees Bazmee to change the location for the film, barely days before the unit was to begin shooting in Mauritius.

Salman is so sold on Sri Lanka that he wants his next film to be shot there. According to a source, he enjoyed every minute of the experience and made the decision while at a film awards event in Colombo.

"I'll be back, " he promised smitten Lankan fans and has kept his promise. The minute he landed in Mumbai, he called up Ready producer Bhushan Kumar and Anees. Says a source, "The film was set to be shot in Mauritius, but when Salman expressed a keenness for the film to be located in Sri Lanka and promised that we'd be provided all facilities and amenities, we decided to go for it, " says Bazmee.

Sallu's passionate interest in Colombo and all things Lankan including cuisine and the ladies, was more than fairly evident when he made it very clear that he didn't really give a damn about the Tamilian protests against the Indian film fraternity's presence on the strife-torn island.

Now that he's going back to the country barely two weeks after the event, the message from this rebellious Khan is loud and clear: it is Sri Lanka for him, no matter what the political ramifications are.

Confirms Anees, "We selected Sri Lanka because of Salman's enthusiasm for the place. He has created a huge rapport between Bollywood and Sri Lanka during his short visit there. At his recommendation, I airdashed to Colombo this week.

He told me it would be an ideal location for us. And he was right. We leave for Sri Lanka on 18 June for a 40-day schedule. We're shooting in two luxury resorts."

Apparently, Khan is now busy recommending Sri Lanka to all his other producers and directors as well.