Roland Joffé’s Maratha warrior is Bips
She may perhaps have not had an immense hit ever since 'All The Best' last Diwali, but however Bipasha Basu has brushed sideways all competition and catch a big ticket Hollywood film and that is without any try-out. The film in question is City Of Joy director Roland Joffé's subsequent one.
Spectacle, casting Chris Pine (Star Trek - 2009), Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor - 2001) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum Of Solace - 2008). Fascinatingly, the Ajey Jhankar-written film was presented on over 3 years earlier with Brendan Fraser, Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. This one shall be featuring Abhay Deol.
Basu confesses that she never expect the film to come to her itself. She has been very busy with her work here and hasn't met with anybody internationally in short while. She had gone to Taj Land's End for a conference when a friend, who helps Shekhar Kapur just asked that if she would like to say hello to Roland Joffé.
She knew he was currently in Mumbai, so she acted like, why not. That's it," remembers the actor, further stating that she was very stunned when the highly praised director of The Killing Fields called to present her a narration.