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Bollywood calls in Rambo for strike on US cinema
Dean Nelson, Delhi
SYLVESTER STALLONE, the star of the Rocky and Rambo films, is to
become the first well-known Hollywood actor to star in a Bollywood
movie.
Stallone's fellow action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger, now governor of
California, will also feature in the production.
The two will appear alongside the Bollywood stars Ashkay Kumar and
Kareena Kapoor in Incredible Love, the story of an Indian stuntman who
takes Hollywood by storm but cannot find true love there.
The film will be the first Indian production to be shot at Hollywood's
Universal Studios and will have the highest budget in Bollywood
history: more than £11m.
Sajid Nadiadwala, the producer, said his success in landing Stallone
and Schwarzenegger reflected the growing power of the Indian film
market and Bollywood's increasing cooperation with Hollywood studios
that are keen to cut costs.
Nadiadwala's announcement followed the disclosure that the Bombay
billionaire Anil Ambani, the world's sixth richest man, worth £21
billion, had clinched a £300m deal to relaunch Steven Spielberg's
Dreamworks studio as an independent film maker.
Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment has recently signed Tom Hanks,
George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Nicolas Cage for joint production deals.
At this year's Cannes film festival, Ambani announced he would invest
more than £500m in developing film projects with the stars' own
production firms.
Hollywood's big studios have ambitions to expand in India and have
recently set up bases in Bombay. Meenakshi Shedde, a Bollywood film
critic, said India would remain a difficult market for Hollywood to
crack, but Bollywood might enjoy greater success in America. It's as
much about Bollywood getting a slice of Hollywood. We have too strong
a film culture to bend over backwards for them, she said.
The Indian producers who are banking on Stallone may be disappointed
by his star power. The latest Rambo film disappointed at the box
office and the British Odeon chain refused to show it for commercial
reasons.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article4187558.ece
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