After Quickgun, it’s Alice in Wonderland

While he���s planning two spectacular epicsbased on real-life characters, Quick Gun Murugun director Shashanka Ghosh is notletting himself forget his affinity for fantasy and escapism.Ghoshis going straight into a pure fantasy film based on Alice In Wonderland. Saysthe excited director, ���It���s not based on Alice In Wonderland.It���s a straight adaptation. But it is going to be a completely Indianisedversion of Alice In Wonderland named Alisha. My Alisha will be will be a verycontemporary take on the fable.��� Samit Basu, who has written the fantasytrilogy called the Simoqin Prophecies, will write the script for theadaptation.Shashanka wants his Alisha to be, ���Someone sexy.But she has to pull off a child���sbewilderment.���Shashanka has already zeroed in on Katrina Kaif,Soha Ali Khan and Sonam Kapoor, not necessarily in that order to playAlice/Alisha.Says Shashank, ���Though it���s going to be astart-to-finish film, it is going to have tremendous special-effects. I want itto be a desi Alice In Wonderland. But I want it to be technically comparablewith international fantasies like Harry Potter and The Lord Of TheRings.���Oh by the way, Ghosh will include a schoolteacher���s character based on the author. ���She���ll be based onthe Alice In Wonderland writer, Lewis Carroll.���The effort willrequire tremendous imagination to pull it off in style. The delightful book hadAlice falling through a rabbit hole. She meets quirky characters and curiousthings begin to happen to her. We���re sure Shashanka is feeling pleasedjust like the Cheshire Cat.