Shekhar Kapur's movie on Buddha By PTI Mar 28, 2005, 09:17
Kolkata, March 28. (PTI): Shekhar Kapur's much-awaited movie on Buddha would be released in 2006 with the filmmaker trying to rope in big Hollywood stars Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Goldie Hawn for the Rs 500 crore celluloid venture. The script of the movie is inching towards completion at Dharamshala, the abode of Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama, as Kapur wanted to back his project with "authentic and in-depth research," president of the Mahabodhi Society of India, Dr Bhupendra Kumar Modi, told newspersons here today. "The film being co-produced by MCorpGlobal aims to be an honest and authentic potrayal of the life of the Buddha through his childhood as Siddharth, as a monk and as Tathagat, after he attained enlightenment," Modi, also Chairman of the company, said. The movie, he said, would not ruffle any feathers in the Buddhist community unlike most of Kapur's earlier ventures like 'Bandit Queen' and 'Elizabeth' that have courted controversy. The film, which has been given the formal approval of Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, would uphold the messages of the Buddha preaching equality and peace. The script for the over two-hour-long film is being readied by Buddhist scholar Deepak Chopra, American writer Melissa Mathison and Kapur himself. http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/hindi/1565/ Any chance of ARR doing the score? Is it same as Sidhartha The Budha which ARR had mentioned in some interview earlier? But ARR had mentioned about a broadway musical, wasn't it? Somebody pls confirm. It would be gr8 if ARR did the score for this. Scope for something totally different. Smart Guy. ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
