Nikhil Advani has announced his next venture Salaam-E-Ishq – A Tribute To Love, which will have Salman Khan-Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor-Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna-Ayesha Takia and John Abraham-Vidya Balan. Even Govinda has been finalised for the film but an English actress will be cast opposite him.
Nikhil has made a three minute promo of the six pairs he has planned to cast for his film. "I borrowed visuals of the actors from various films and made a proper show reel, with soft background music to match the mood of the film," Nikhil discloses.
The next thing he did was call the actors to his office, play the show reel on h is laptop and then narrate the script. The show reel gives an idea to the viewer about the character of each actor. Once the actor came to know about his/her character, Nikhil went about narrating the entire script to them.
And fortunately for him, the actors were mesmerised by the script and are now part of the ambitious venture. The film is being produced by Sunil Manchanda, Mukesh Talreja and Nikhil jointly and has music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who had composed the songs of Nikhil's directorial debut Kal Ho Naa Ho. The film, according to sources, will be complete by July 2006.