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18 November, 2009

Reports say that the intercultural romance thriller Kites has two versions - one for the Indian audience and another English version for the international audience. While the domestic version is ready, the international version is being formatted.

AMERICAN FILMMAKER Brett Ratner of Red Dragon fame, would be “editing” the English version of the Bollywood blockbuster Kites, to fit it more in accordance with the western psyche, according to reports.

It may be the first time a Hollywood director is formatting a Bollywood film. Reports suggest that the intercultural romance thriller Kites has two versions - one for the domestic Indian audience and another English version for the international audience. While the domestic version has been completed, the international version is still being formatted. The two versions were reportedly shot simultaneously in Hindi and English in Las Vegas, New Mexico and Los Angeles in USA.

Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on Wednesday, welcomed Hollywood and Bollywood coming together, sharing resources on various creative and technical aspects of filmmaking. Since these are the world’s biggest moviemaking centres, controlling the psyche of a large populace of the world, this might result in the world coming closer.

Directed by Filmfare winner Anurag Basu, produced by Filmfare winner Rakesh Roshan, with music by Filmfare winner Rajesh Roshan, the bi-lingual salsa dance based Kites is a said to be a love story that defies boundaries-cultures-rules-barriers-language. Proposed to be released next summer worldwide, it stars Hrithik Roshan, Uruguay born Mexican actress-model Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, Nicholas Brown and Kabir Bedi.

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