Double debut

M S Dhoni will finally be seen on the big screen, in a cricket-based film, Hook Ya Crook.
According to a source, ���UTV, who had earlier made Goal, a football-based film, want Hook Ya Crook to be an authentic cricket film. The climax will be a huge cricket match a la Ashutosh Gowariker���s Lagaan. Dhoni, who has a full-fledged role, is being brought on board to share the field and cinema space with the rest of the cast and also to help his colleagues give a believable spin to the game.���
David Dhawan, the director of the film said, ���Cricket does play a very important part in my film.���
The film, Hook Ya Crook, is hugely inspired from the 1981 Hollywood film, Escape To Victory, which featured football star Pele. The film was about a group of prisoners escaping from a World War II prison camp while playing a football match. Writer Rensil D���Silva has adapted the film for an Indian audience.
While the prison set is currently being built by art director Samir Chanda in Hyderabad, all the actors have been asked to brush up on their high-school cricket.
Subhash K Jha
J P Dutta is all set to make a romantic action thriller which will mark the debut of Ayaan and Amaan Ali Khan and models Tapur and Tupur Chatterjee.
A source close to J P Dutta said, ���JP was keen to introduce his daughter Nidhi in a romantic film. However, the film has been delayed as the presenters Big Entertainment have backed out of the film. So JP is now going ahead and producing the film himself. In the meanwhile, he is all set to begin an untitled film, which will also mark the debut of Ayaan and Amaan Ali Khan. The brothers were popular hosts on a reality TV show along with models Tapur and Tupur Chatterjee, who are twins. The film is said to be a romantic thriller. The film will be done in a start-to-finish schedule in locations in Austria.���
Ayaan confirmed the news, but declined to share any details.
Ashwini Deshmukh