Sai dons director’s cap again
Radhika Bhirani

National Award-winning director Sai Paranjpye, who is remembered for the hit comedy Chashme Buddoor, is ready to don the director’s cap once again after an 11-year hiatus.

"Although I plan to make two films, only one is 100 per cent final. It is a thriller-comedy called Khoon Toh Hona Hi Tha. It will be a fun film. Deepti (Naval) will also star in it," Paranjpye said in an interview. Deepti Naval featured in her Chashme Buddoor, along with Farooque Sheikh. Paranjpye, who directed Sparsh in 1984 and Saaz in 1998, has written the script of Khoon Toh Hona Hi Tha, which is being produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala’s production house Base Industries Group.

Talking about the storyline, Paranjpye said, "The film is about a scriptwriter who has to finish a script in time. So, the producer sends him to a hill station. He puts him in a hotel on a hilltop thinking that it would be off-season. But the fun begins when the hotel starts filling up with tourists. "There is an old couple on their honeymoon, a businessman with his wife who is less than half his age, a retired mistress, a painter and other such characters that keep adding to the humour. The businessman is murdered and that forms the thrilling part of the film. It will be a tongue-in-cheek comedy." Padma Bhushan Paranjape said her movie would be shot in Himachal Pradesh and would release towards the end of 2009.

Mita Vashisht, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Suhasini Mulay and Yatin Karekar will play key roles in the film. Apart from this project, Paranjpye is working on another script for a movie called Kisse, but says nothing is finalised yet.

"Kisse is a serious film on AIDS. I am sure it will appeal to the masses. Although the script has been finalised, I am waiting for someone to finance it," she said. — IANS

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