Salman to clash with Vivek on November 27th
Salman Khans most ambitious film
till date VEER has been scheduled for a November 27th release. And surprisingly
on the same date Dharma Productions yet to be titled Saif-Kareena-Vivek
starrer, directed by Rensil DSilva, is also being planned for release.
It will be for the first time that
any of Salmans film will clash with that of old foe Vivek Oberois. While,
Salmans VEER is a much bigger project, said to be having 100 crore budget,
Viveks film can prove tough competition to VEER because of its topical subject
and coming together of Karan Johar and UTV's smart marketing strategies. It is
learnt to have a plot line quiet similar to that of 1999 released Hollywood
thriller, ARLINGTON ROAD. In the film, Saif and Kareena play a Muslim couple
who are terrorists living a double life. Vivek is the second lead in the film
and he is also a terrorist. And Minissha Lamba who plays a journalist is his
love interest. Om Puri also has an important role in the film. Irrfan was
approached to play the role of a terrorist in the film but he turned it down.
If one recollects, in April 2003, Vivek
Oberoi had held a press conference at his house complaining about Salman Khan
harassing him over phone and giving him life threats for his then relationship
with Aishwarya Rai. Salman had that time not reacted to the negative publicity
he got from this episode but it is learnt that he made sure that Vivek was
almost ostracized by most industrywalas. Post his break up with Ash, Vivek on
many occasions tried patching up with Salman, but in vain. The controversial
Khan always chose to ignore him and hinted that he will never forgive him.
Well Vivek looks like your idea of
patch-up will have to take a backseat and get ready for one more clash in the
form of Box-office!
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