Gurinder Chadha whose ‘big Bollywood homage' to Jane Austen in Bride & Prejudice met with mixed responses in India and the UK, is all set to make her first full-fledged Hollywood film, "And that too a $ 75-million dollar blockbuster. I hope to keep M Night Shyamalan company in the Hollywood blockbuster studio system," Chadha jokes from the UK, where currently she is supervising the shooting of her husband Paul Berges' Mistress Of Spices with Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott.

Chadha's next directorial project is an arabesque fantasy. "It's an adaptation of the hit American serial I Dream Of Jeannie about the life of a suburban witch. And I've finalised Kate Hudson to play Jeannie. We start shooting this summer in the US and Canada."

I Dream Of Jeannie is being designed as a full-blown Hollywood blockbuster.

Excited about the prospect of going into a completely new and far more lavish area of filmmaking, Chadha reveals that this large-screen adaptation of the hit series will take the main character to her beginnings.

"You could say my film begins before the serial. We chose Kate Hudson after zeroing-in on a handful of big names. Kate conveys the vivacity mystery and magic of the main character... qualities that Kate has probably inherited from her lovely mom Goldie Hawn."

Chadha is gung-ho about Aishwarya Rai's new screen avatar. "After Bride & Prejudice, Ash has gone into a totally different territory in Mistress Of Spices. We wrapped up the first week's shooting on February 19 in London. And the rushes are looking amazing. My husband and cinematographer Santosh Sivan are creating magic on camera. And Ash looks and acts completely different to Bride & Prejudice."

Returning to Jeannie, Chadha shoots off, "Preparing Mistress... in the UK, promoting Bride & Prejudice in the US and putting together Jeannie...Gosh, I'm exhausted! After directing Ash I'm looking forward to doing interesting things with Kate Hudson." Turning to witches after brides, that is a huge leap Ms Chadha.