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May 13th, 2008Related|Filed Under

DNA, After Hours

Sanjay Dutt will play the role of a brave heart commando in Parzania director Rahul Dholakia’s forthcoming action thriller. The film will be entirely shot in Kashmir and Rahul also has some plans for Dutt’s ‘Kashmiri makeover’.

The yet untitled project whose shooting will start from October will have a four-month filming schedule in Kashmir and deals with how Kashmir was two decades back, free from terrorism and its present terror-struck existence. “The film is about modern Kashmir, how it has become now – where people have multiple existence, people live a scared life not knowing what their future holds,” Rahul told After hours, adding, “Terrorism plays a very important aspect in the film. It is the backdrop of my film.”

Sanjay, who has previously played roles of cops and army men with critical acclaim like Inayat Khan in Mission Kashmir, Lieutenant Colonel Y K Joshi in L.O.C Kargil, plays the lead character of a commando officer in the war-torn mountainous region.

“He was the first choice for my film, he brings so much energy to the screen and his dedication to any character he plays is outstanding,” said Rahul whose last film (Parzania) on the deadly Godhra riots was critically acclaimed but commercially bombed. Rahul is currently extensively trying to create a completely new look for the 48-year-old macho Bollywood actor for his film. “We want to give him a complete Kashmiri look, with beard, turban and all,” he said, adding, “The costumes are in the process of being finalized.”

And will this film be one the same lines of Parzania in its treatment? “Not at all!” he said. “It is an out-and-out commercial film and I’m trying to incorporate some song-and-dance routines too.” But isn’t the subject a controversial one again? “Yes it is. The theme is inspired by real life incidents in Kashmir, the character and the plot is completely fictional.”

But isn’t shooting in Kashmir a risky proposition? “The terror strikes have gone down, the country is seeing signs of peace after a long time and importantly films are also being shot in the region. There is a risk but things are reaching normalcy and we should all start extending our hand to support Kashmir in some way or the other. We are confident about shooting our project and we will hope that nothing goes wrong,” he ended.

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