During a whirlwind trip to India, Steven Spielberg dropped some exciting news for his Mumbai hosts on Monday. In an interview with the Times of India, the director revealed that he plans to produce a film set along the border between India and Pakistan, in the politically troubled Kashmir region.
"We have finalized a script for a movie," he said. "Part of it will take place on the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir. But we're still trying to figure out the casting, locations and who's going to direct it."
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Spielberg has been in Mumbai since Monday morning with his wife Kate Capshaw, reportedly celebrating the success of Lincoln with DreamWorks’ Indian financial backer, Anil Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Reliance Group. Spielberg said the new India-set project will be produced by DreamWorks and Reliance Entertainment.
Monday night, the director also took part in a wide-ranging ninety-minute Q&A session with Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan. A handpicked audience of over fifty distinguished Bollywood film figures were in attendance.
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The new Spielberg-produced India project will be the celebrated filmmaker’s first foray in the country in nearly three decades. He last shot in India in 1983 for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He also filmed portions of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in India in the mid 1970s.
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