By Hindustan Times
Back in 2008, Tashan won't have made much of a mark on the box office, however the film’s lead actress sure did. A THIN Kareena Kapoor made all of the news, sparking off the size-zero revolution in Bollywood.
The inspiration is hardly surprising when, four years since, an upcoming film is titled Size Zero – Everyone’s Losing It. The filmmakers admit it readily. “Yes, the muse came from the fad related to Kareena’s size-zero trend. When she lost weight for Tashan, all of the nation was talking about it,” says producer Siddhartha Jain, CEO of iRock Productions. “Suddenly, women were talking about protein and carbs greater than anything else.”
Siddhartha is quick to clarify, though, that the film’s story isn’t inspired by Kareena’s life. “It’s a fictional tale of a woman who's stressed from her fiancé to drop pounds. In essence, the film is set a girl’s quest to score a size-zero figure.”
At this stage, the film’s script is ready, written by Anish Patel and Carmen Zainabadi. The director and cast are yet to be finalised.
Besides Size Zero, Siddhartha’s other films, Disco Valley and Ja Chudail Ja, are already in production. Next to move at the floors is Pool, to be directed by Kunal Roy Kapoor of Delhi Belly fame. It’s slated to be something at the lines of a Japanese murder mystery film.
“The idea is to come back up with films a good way to create curiosity and attract audiences,” says Siddhartha. And who comes up with the out-of-the-box titles? “As an artistic producer, I MUST recall to mind the titles. A title is step one to draw audiences. And the trick is to move offbeat,” he says.
Bebo postpones trip for KJo
Kareena Kapoor and Karan Johar have always been great pals. So when KJo’s 40th birthday came up, Bebo postponed her trip to Turkey to wait the massive bash. “Yes, Bebo was imagined to fly to Turkey an afternoon before the bash. But since she was very keen to wait his party, she postponed the trip,” says an insider close
to Bebo.
