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Stallone to attend India premiere of 'Kambakht Ishq'
Friday, October 10, 2008 19:15 [IST]

stalloneMumbai:Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has hit it off so well with Sylvester Stallone while shooting for "Kambakht Ishq" that he has convinced the "Rocky" star to attend the premiere of the film here as well as to work together in more movies.

"Yes, Stallone will be coming to Mumbai for the premiere. In fact, we have hit it off so well that Ive convinced him for more collaborations with us," Nadiadwala said.

"However, its too premature to talk about any concrete plans between the two of us. He did give me a book to read, but that doesnt mean Im making a movie out of it, not yet."

The producer has huge plans for "Kambkaht Ishq". He plans to have an international release of the English version of the movie at the same time with the Hindi in April-May 2009.

"Itll be a much shorter version of the original. While the Hindi version will be around 130 minutes, the English version will be 90-100 minutes long and without any song."

Nadiadwala is working on the English version of "Kambakht Ishq". Though Akshay is all set to finally go international with his first English-language film, he wont be heard speaking in his own voice.

"Ill get dubbing artistes from outside India to dub for everyone, excluding Sylvester Stallone. Akshay certainly cant make himself comprehensible to American audiences in his own voice," said Nadiadwala from Vicenza in Italy, where the last portion of "Kambhakt Ishq" is being shot with Kareena, Akshay, Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora.

To knock off the elaborate Hindi song sequences for the English version, Sajid is getting a creative music director from Hollywood as a consultant.

"Weve zeroed in on three guys who specialise in editing Hollywood musicals including the gentleman who did The Wedding Singer. Ill hire one of them to put together the English version of Kambhakt Ishq. I dont want it to be seen as a dubbed Bollywood film. I want it to be on a par with the American releases, just as slick."

This is where the presence of Stallone, Denise Richards and "Entourage" star Holy Valencia would help.

"These stars would help bring in the American audience and establish a connect with the film. Like in India, most audiences wont care about Stallone and other Hollywood stars. Theyll just go to watch Akshay."

Nadiadwala is hoping "Kambakht Ishq" would be the international launch of Akshay's career.

"He has it in him. And weve worked really hard to give Kambakht an international look and feel. My film has gone way above budget. I dont think Ill ever be able to make a film so expensive. The ticket fare to Europe alone costs what was the entire budget of my first production."


Source : DNA

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