Where's part three of 'Hera Pheri'?

"We'll be telling the audience that the characters have been up to unmentionable mischief in part three. We couldn't show the audiences what we were up to in part three ... so we go straight to part four," Suniel told IANS.

Anees Bazmi will direct "Hera Pheri Part 4" and the film will go on floors at the end of 2007. Apparently, Nadiadwala, who plans to pitch his next "Hera Pheri" instalment against Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Munnabhai" series, wants to go exceedingly far with the farce.

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The bridge between literature and cinema

Literature and Indian cinema are getting progressively aligned. So it comes as no surprise that Aparna Sen invited writer Kunal Basu to Kolkata to participate in the making of the "The Japanese Wife", which is based on his novel.

Confirming this, the film's leading man Rahul Bose said: "Kunal is here with us. He teaches at Oxford. But he has been kind enough to join us here in Kolkata. There're so many things that could go wrong in rendering the novel on screen. It is the toughest role of my life, and I suspect Aparna's toughest film too. In terms of layering and quality associated with international cinema 'The Japanese Wife' beats Aparna's 'Mr & Mrs Iyer' hollow."

Rahul sees Kunal's as a necessary bridge between literature and cinema.

"I believe Govind Nihalani had Mahasweta Devi on board constantly for 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'. Now with Aparna taking Kunal Basu into confidence, it's clear that litterateurs won't be afraid of letting their novels go on screen. There have been too many mess ups in the transition in the past."

In fact, Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa not only participated in the making of Deepa Mehta's "1947 - Earth", which was an adaptation of Sidhwa's "Ice-Candy Man", she also wrote a book on the making of "Water", also a Mehta film.

The film stars Raima Sen, Moushumi Chatterjee, and Japanese actress Chigasu Takaku in the title role.

(IANS)

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