Sequels up in the air at Bollywood
If gossips are to be believed, 2010 will turn out to be a ’sequel year’ for Bollywood. Dhoom 3, Don 2, Corporate 2, Race 2, Dostana 2 …seems the list is never going to end! But the fact is that in spite of all the rumours, nothing certain has come out yet about these highly anticipated sequels.
Dhoom 3 has been creating all sorts of rumours ever since ‘Dhoom 2′ rocked the box office in late 2006. The first buzz was that Shahrukh Khan will be roped in to play the stylish baddie in the 3rd installment of the Dhoom series, along with Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra in their regular roles. The enthusiasm reached its peak, when it was heard that Aamir Khan will play the cop and Shahrukh will appear as a ‘goody thief’ in ‘Dhoom 3′. In between, Saif Ali Khan’s name was also heard for the iconic villain. Who will be the glamour ladies also remains a mystery whereas the buzz for the director’s hat was that Aditya Chopra might replace Sanjay Gadhvi this time.
Don 2 also had its own share in the gossip columns. One rumour said that Farhan Akhtar will feature both Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in the sequel while another was that Sushmita Sen will replace Priyanka Chopra this time. However the producers of the film had later clarified that they will go on with pretty much the same cast of the original. The film will have some heavy-duty action scenes and will turn out to be SRK’s most audacious actioner yet. As of now the film is expected to start rolling in summer 2010 at Dublin.
‘Bipasha Basu or Deepika Padukone’ has been the headline for Corporate 2 gossips for quite some time now. Anyway the latest reports have gone in favour of Bipasha Basu. Though the sequel is in the scripting stage, it is expected to be a big budget film and there will be some major changes in the supporting cast. Director Madhur Bhandarkar might begin working on the film after he is through with his current film ‘Jail’ , which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse.
Lady luck hasn’t favoured Bipasha as far as Race 2 is considered. As per the reports, Bips has been shown the door and Kareena has been roped in to play the heroine opposite beau Saif Ali Khan. Also there were reports that although the producers were not keen in keeping the director duo Abbas-Mustan for the sequel, Saif has convinced them to stick to the original directors. Race 2 is also in scripting stage and is expected to start shooting in late 2009.
Dostana 2 is also not behind in the gossip columns. The latest report is that Bollywood’s “Goddess of Luck” Katrina Kaif will replace Priyanka Chopra in the sequel. It is heard that director Tarun Mansukhani and producer Karan Johar will take the friends Sam (Abhishek) and Kunal (John Abraham) from Miami to Punjab for the gay comedy sequel. Also the rumours say that Ritesh Deshmukh and Shreyas Talpade will play a real gay couple in the sequel.
It will be nice to see these big sequels hitting the theatres one after the other. But how many of them will really come out of the gossip columns is something we will have to wait and see.