Chennai Express to be shot in October

There’ll be an action film with Ajay Devgn before Rohit Shetty partners with Karan Johar.

There’ll be an action film with Ajay Devgn before Rohit Shetty partners with Karan Johar.

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"Shah Rukh (Khan) and I met and decided to do a film together. Chennai Express just happened, but once the news was out, there was so much hype surrounding it. It’s just one film with Shah Rukh after which I will do an action film with Ajay (Devgan) that could be Singham 2 or something else. We are still working on the script,” says Rohit Shetty

The SRK starrer is a journey movie that starts on a train. But it is unlikely to be shot in Chennai. Rohit however plans shoot down South, and once Bol Bachchan releases on July 9, he will go on a reccy to finalise the locations. The film will roll in October.

“Chennai Express has a huge ensemble cast, and I will rope in actors from the South film industry. That’ll be something new for Hindi film audiences. Shah Rukh and I will meet after the IPL and finalise the female lead,” he says.

After the Ajay punch’em dhamaka, Rohit will get cracking on a Dharma production. Karan Johar and he joined hands recently and Rohit promises a hardcrore masala movie. Kajol has been an integral part of Karan’s banner but Ajay has done only one horror film for him, Kaal (2005).

Can Rohit pull off a casting coup by roping in Ajay and Kajol for this Dharma co-production? He smiles, “You never know, anything is possible. But it is early days yet; I have to wrap up two movies before I start work on this one.”

Rohit played himself in a special appearance in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel Kya Super Kool Hain Hum, with Tusshar Kapoor, a struggling actor in the film, trying to woo him at a party with a take-off on his mute Lucky from the Golmaal series. “It was strange to see a character you’ve created turn up in another film to raise a few laughs. For me, facing the camera was no big deal because I just had to be Rohit Shetty. It was nothing different from the TV shows I have come on,” he points out.

About the status quo of Golmaal 4, he says, “It could take a couple of years. We haven’t come up with the right script yet. I’d rather wait for a worthy successor, meanwhile, there’s Bol Bachchan.”