Indian writer Javed Siddiqui writing film

LAHORE: Famous Indian film writer Javed Siddiqui is writing a film for Pakistani TV artist Humayun Saeed, which is being produced by Saeed with a budget of Rs 50 million.

Siddiqui has written a number of blockbusters for the Bollywood cinema such as ‘Dil Walay Dulhaniya Ley Jain Gay’, ‘Bazigar’, ‘Fiza’, ‘Zubaida’, ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ and ‘Umraao -Jan-e-Ada’. He is presently in Lahore to meet friends including people from the Pakistani film industry. Siddiqui also had an exclusive meeting with Shehzad Rafique, the director of the film, in Lahore and had met Saeed during his visit to Karachi earlier.

Saeed confirmed that he was producing a film for Rs 50 million. “I am producing this film as an effort to revive the Pakistani film industry”, Saeed told Daily Times from Karachi. Saeed said the movie revolved around a marriage that took place between two different personalities.

Filming on locations would begin some time in April in Pakistan and the United States of America (USA). “The proportion of shooting would be equal in both the countries,” he added. He said that noted Indian poet Gulzar would write the lyrics and the film’s music had been completed. He said the film’s cast had not been finalised yet but actors from both India and Pakistan could be in it.