By Frank Franklyn – Futuristic Media Network
Dabaang’s hit star the much-loved Chulbul Pandey has many admirers all over the world. Apparently Salman Khan’s fan following in the south is so strong that a Tamil film producer B R Krishnan of B R K Films is making a film on the life of Salman Khan. Tentatively titled “Anna Salman” or “Brother Salman”, the film is inspired by the ups- and-downs in the life and love relationships of Bollywood badshah Salman Khan.
Mumbai-based actress and model Rituu Sachdev who has done lead roles in south films like the recently-released Kannada film Sri moksha has been signed on to play the main lead. Rituu who plays a double role in the film is the love interest of the hero. Says producer B R Krishnan, “I am still looking for a hero to play Salman’s role. The film is not based on Sallu bhai’s life, it is only vaguely inspired by it. We all love Salman Khan and his movies. When I read the script, I immediately decided to do the movie.”
The 22-year-old Rituu who originally hails from Delhi – but has now made Mumbai her permanent home, is herself a great Salman Khan fan. She started her career as an air-hostess flying for the national carrier but soon gave up flying to fulfill her childhood dream of acting. With an hour-glass figure Rituu has already featured in four south films (Telugu, Kannada and Tamil) and done several TV commercials and print advertisements. She was seen in music videos Chahat and Rahbar released in July by Venus Music and sung by renowned singer Alka Yagnik. She has also shot for two more music videos which are due for release. Rituu has signed on almost a dozen other projects including a popular Reality Show on a mainline entertainment channel and is a promising face worth watching.
Rituu Sachdev was also in the news recently for receiving threatening calls from another Hyderabad-based producer who claimed to be a henchman for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and was trying to force the young actress into signing his film. Rituu registered a complaint with the Versova Police station in suburban Mumbai and the police are investigating the source of the crank calls.
B R K Films has produced several regional language films in the south and this will be their eight project. “This is a big budget project and the film production standards will be comparable to the best in the world. We are casting two well-known south heroes for this project and the film will be shot partly in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangkok and London,” says the producer, refusing to name the rest of the Tamil star cast.
Sources say that the film script has similar incidents like the Bandra bakery accident and the Black Buck poaching case. However, the hero is shown as a good character who ends up at the wrong place and the wrong time and messes up. The hero also has a torrid relationship with a young actress – an apparent reference to Salman Khan’s troubled past relationship with Aishwarya Rai to be played out by Rittu Sachdev. “Out and out the film is a comedy and the hero comes out of his troubles triumphant and much loved by everyone, in spite of the initial bad phase,” says producer B R Krishnan.
AsiaWire 