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The pressure is immense. We have entered a new territory,which we are not really familiar with. We are working with people from Los Angeles who are helping us out...

On Kites having an Indian and an international version:
The pressure is immense. We have entered a new territory,which we are not really familiar with. We are working with people from Los Angeles who are helping us out.

On choosing Anurag Basu to direct the movie:
I have watched and enjoyed his Gangster. I had asked Anurag to cast Hrithik (Roshan) in his film,but he was sceptical because he had only done small-budget films. Then I narrated the story of Kites to him and asked him if he wanted to direct it. He came back in a month with 30 to 40 scenes. When he narrated the sequence of scenes I was blown away. The final output was better than what I expected it to be.

On discovering Barbara Mori:
The story is of a girl who speaks only Spanish and an Indian boy who speaks only English and Hindi. We did not want to cast an Indian actress. In LA,I met two-three actresses,but wasnt convinced. After watching a Mexican film starring Barbara,Hrithik,Anurag and I decided to cast her. We wrote to her agency and she wrote back saying,I will work with you. I like the story and you have a handsome son. Barbara is very big in Latin America . If my movie releases over there,we will have big revenue from there.

On Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner editing the film:
Brett watched Kites and loved it. He thought the edit pattern was right for the Indian sensibility,but for the western audience,he wanted to shorten the length and offered to do the job. After India and the US ,we have plans of opening it in Latin America,UK,Canada,South Africa,Australia,Singapore and Malaysia. One actually needs guts to do it.

Life after Kites:
Depends on which way Kites goes. If it flies high,then the whole thinking pattern changes and the international market could be an option. But Krissh is somewhere in my system,along with two to three other stories.

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