Two of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan, will commence filming in Dublin this weekend for the first Bollywood blockbuster to be made in Ireland. Filming of Ek Tha Tiger, a spy-thriller featuring the usual Bollywood elements of music and dance, will take place around Dublin city centre between Sunday September 11th and Saturday October 15th next. The film’s storyline involves a world renowned scientist working at Trinity College Dublin who is suspected of selling missile technology secrets to Pakistan. The Indian Government sends an Indian secret agent to find out about the Professor’s activities. The agent, codenamed Tiger, falls in love with the Professor’s caretaker Zoya, who is studying at a fictional dance academy located at TCD, and together they embark on a rollercoaster journey that takes them from Dublin to Istanbul, Kazakhstan and Chile.
Produced by one of India’s most prominent film companies, Yash Raj Films, Ek Tha Tiger will be directed by award-winning Indian director Kabir Kahn. The film is set to bring about €1.5m to the Irish economy and create over 1,000 short term jobs. The film will be co-produced by Oscar-winning Irish company Fantastic Film and is expected to be released in June 2012.
source:http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/news.php?headerID=2022&vs_date=2011-9-1
No comments:
Post a Comment