03-29-2005, 08:09 PM
Richard Gere in Shekhar Kapur's Buddha film
March 28, 2005 17:17 IST
Shekhar Kapur hopes to rope in Hollywood biggies Richard Gere, Sharon
Stone and Goldie Hawn for his Rs 500 crore film on Buddha. The yet-
untitled film is scheduled for a 2006 release.
According to the president of the Mahabodhi Society of India, Dr
Bhupendra Kumar Modi, the script is nearing completion at
Dharamshala, abode of the Dalai Lama, as Kapur wanted to back his
project with 'authentic and in-depth research.'
"The film, co-produced by MCorpGlobal, aims to be an honest and
authentic portrayal of the life of the Buddha through his childhood
as Siddhartha, as a monk and as Tathagat after he attained
enlightenment," Modi said.
<b>The movie, he added, would not ruffle any feathers in the Buddhist
community; Kapur's earlier ventures like Bandit Queen and Elizabeth
have courted controversy.</b>
The film, which has been given a formal approval by the Dalai Lama,
would uphold the Buddha's message of equality and peace.
The script for the over two-hour long film is being readied by
Buddhist scholar Dr Deepak Chopra, American writer Melissa Mathison
and Kapur himself.
While Modi's firm will chip in with $10 million, and the rest will
come from other sources. Negotiations are on with Sony for global
distribution rights.
March 28, 2005 17:17 IST
Shekhar Kapur hopes to rope in Hollywood biggies Richard Gere, Sharon
Stone and Goldie Hawn for his Rs 500 crore film on Buddha. The yet-
untitled film is scheduled for a 2006 release.
According to the president of the Mahabodhi Society of India, Dr
Bhupendra Kumar Modi, the script is nearing completion at
Dharamshala, abode of the Dalai Lama, as Kapur wanted to back his
project with 'authentic and in-depth research.'
"The film, co-produced by MCorpGlobal, aims to be an honest and
authentic portrayal of the life of the Buddha through his childhood
as Siddhartha, as a monk and as Tathagat after he attained
enlightenment," Modi said.
<b>The movie, he added, would not ruffle any feathers in the Buddhist
community; Kapur's earlier ventures like Bandit Queen and Elizabeth
have courted controversy.</b>
The film, which has been given a formal approval by the Dalai Lama,
would uphold the Buddha's message of equality and peace.
The script for the over two-hour long film is being readied by
Buddhist scholar Dr Deepak Chopra, American writer Melissa Mathison
and Kapur himself.
While Modi's firm will chip in with $10 million, and the rest will
come from other sources. Negotiations are on with Sony for global
distribution rights.