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the interviewer does get irritating at times-trying to outsmart and outdo-punch lines and all. Ifshe had her way, sh would not let the other person speak-
this guy is really coming up-b4 watching oye lucky and dev d, i saw him as an alternative wannabe cool dude but not now.
he definitely has promise.
did like his “surprisingly realistic” portrayal of the drug addict in dev d and the casualness of oye lucky……..
PLus-it seems that abhay deol deliberately DID NOT shave for two days and did not wash his face (even when he ahd nothing else to do the whole day) just to gve that kool dude, care a damn for interviews loook.. so v familiar…..
The actor’s first film as a producer, under his banner Forbidden Films, has ominously been shelved. Its producer and distributor, PVR, has backed out, finding the film too expensive
Sonal Chawla
Posted On Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 02:06:52 AM
The fact that Abhay Deol has only been working on films with other production houses, while neglecting his own banner Forbidden Films, is being noticed now. Grapevine has it that the first film under his banner, Basra, has been shelved due to major financial crises.
Basra was announced more than a year ago and boasted of a cast including Abhay in the lead, Chitrangada Singh, Nikhil Dwivedi, Shahana Goswami and Soniya Mehra. The movie was to be directed by Navdeep Singh of Manorama Six Feet Under fame. Abhay Deol was co-producing the movie with PVR Pictures, who were also the distributors for the film.
So, all was well. Until the movie started getting delayed for one reason or another and eventually PVR Pictures pulled out of the project claiming that the movie had a very high budget. Only after several meetings did PVR get back on board but only because the budget had been reworked and considerably cut down. But even after all this, PVR apparently backed again.
Commenting on what had transpired, a source says, “In spite of PVR arranging for meetings with Abhay to cut down on costs, the budget wasn’t really brought down. As a result of these constant delays, actors and their dates also went haywire and the movie was delayed indefinitely.”
Apparently, the movie was going to be shot at Basra, Iraq, but due to budget constraints they decided to shoot it in Dubai and Cairo. Eventually again, it was all futile.
With no hopes left for the movie to start, the director Navdeep Singh has now signed a movie with Walk Water Media. Navdeep confirms and says, “Yes, I have signed a film with them.” When quizzed on Basra being shelved, he adds, “There were issues on that end, but I am not the right one to comment on it.”
Neither Abhay Deol nor PVR Pictures reverted to any of our attempts to contact them.
February 27, 2010 at 6:25 PM
There’s more than a little hot air in this interview but also some important notes.
February 27, 2010 at 7:13 PM
the interviewer does get irritating at times-trying to outsmart and outdo-punch lines and all. Ifshe had her way, sh would not let the other person speak-
this guy is really coming up-b4 watching oye lucky and dev d, i saw him as an alternative wannabe cool dude but not now.
he definitely has promise.
did like his “surprisingly realistic” portrayal of the drug addict in dev d and the casualness of oye lucky……..
PLus-it seems that abhay deol deliberately DID NOT shave for two days and did not wash his face (even when he ahd nothing else to do the whole day) just to gve that kool dude, care a damn for interviews loook.. so v familiar…..
October 15, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Abhay’s Basra shelved
The actor’s first film as a producer, under his banner Forbidden Films, has ominously been shelved. Its producer and distributor, PVR, has backed out, finding the film too expensive
Sonal Chawla
Posted On Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 02:06:52 AM
The fact that Abhay Deol has only been working on films with other production houses, while neglecting his own banner Forbidden Films, is being noticed now. Grapevine has it that the first film under his banner, Basra, has been shelved due to major financial crises.
Basra was announced more than a year ago and boasted of a cast including Abhay in the lead, Chitrangada Singh, Nikhil Dwivedi, Shahana Goswami and Soniya Mehra. The movie was to be directed by Navdeep Singh of Manorama Six Feet Under fame. Abhay Deol was co-producing the movie with PVR Pictures, who were also the distributors for the film.
So, all was well. Until the movie started getting delayed for one reason or another and eventually PVR Pictures pulled out of the project claiming that the movie had a very high budget. Only after several meetings did PVR get back on board but only because the budget had been reworked and considerably cut down. But even after all this, PVR apparently backed again.
Commenting on what had transpired, a source says, “In spite of PVR arranging for meetings with Abhay to cut down on costs, the budget wasn’t really brought down. As a result of these constant delays, actors and their dates also went haywire and the movie was delayed indefinitely.”
Apparently, the movie was going to be shot at Basra, Iraq, but due to budget constraints they decided to shoot it in Dubai and Cairo. Eventually again, it was all futile.
With no hopes left for the movie to start, the director Navdeep Singh has now signed a movie with Walk Water Media. Navdeep confirms and says, “Yes, I have signed a film with them.” When quizzed on Basra being shelved, he adds, “There were issues on that end, but I am not the right one to comment on it.”
Neither Abhay Deol nor PVR Pictures reverted to any of our attempts to contact them.