BOLLYWOOD COURTING DE PALMA
ACCORDING TO RECENT REPORTSA couple of reports in recent weeks suggest that Bollywood filmmakers are looking to collaborate with
Brian De Palma and other Hollywood directors. According to
India Times, Bollywood producer
Firoz Nadiadwala recently met with De Palma, and also
Tony Scott, in the U.S. about making Indo-American projects. The meetings are said to have been set up by
Slumdog Millionaire actor
Anil Kapoor, who has been in the U.S. shooting his role in the current season of FOX-TV's
24. According to
Mid-Day, Kapoor (who is also a producer, writer, and sometimes director) is quoted as saying he has met with De Palma, as well as
Christopher Nolan and
Ben Stiller. Kapoor is also quoted as saying that he and Stiller discussed making two films together, "one in English and one in Hindi." The India Times report above about Nadiadwala is given added weight by a report from last October in Variety (relayed
here by Monsters and Critics) that Scott is working on an as-yet-untitled film about Chippendales creator
Somen “Steve” Banerjee. That project will be coproduced by Nadiadwala and financed "from a private equity fund raised out of India" by Permut Presentations.