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This is an archive article published on January 25, 2005

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Michael Douglas confesses he8217;s 8220;hardly a Bollywood expert,8221; but he has a theory about why Indian films don8217;t do well int...

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Michael Douglas confesses he8217;s 8220;hardly a Bollywood expert,8221; but he has a theory about why Indian films don8217;t do well internationally.

8216;8216;I don8217;t know how you guys will take it, but I think you guys falter on script and structure,8217;8217; said the 60-year-old Hollywood actor, in Mumbai to announce his next film.

8216;8216;Also, the Indian process that you guys have of actors doing many movies at one time doesn8217;t really benefit in the long run,8217;8217; said the two-time Oscar winner, clad in a charcoal suit and green shirt.

Racing the Monsoon is a co-production with Sahara One Motion Pictures and Percept Picture Company. Production8212;the third part in the action adventure series Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile8212;starts in January 2006.

The film will be shot entirely in India, especially in Sahara8217;s sprawling ultra-luxury Amby Valley township, south of Mumbai, and will likely star Aishwarya Rai.

Douglas said he would bring wife Catherine Zeta Jones for the shooting. 8220;I promised my wife that I won8217;t expose myself to too much to this country until she comes with me,8217;8217; he said. 8216;8216;She8217;s always wanted to visit India.8217;8217;

Douglas, also producer of the film, is trying to get the support of the Indian Railways: a major part of the film is centered on a diamond robbery in a train.

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Asked if the film would have songs, Douglas shot back, 8220;It better. We are certainly trying to include songs. But if that8217;s not possible then we might take care of an item,8221; he joked.

He confessed he had only watched 8220;parts and pieces8217;8217; of Bollywood films: two he8217;s recently seen are Rai starrers, Bride and Prejudice and Raincoat.

 

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