Whatever works is a good idea. And if it’s a good idea why not repeat it!! Hmmm, wouldn’t know whether this is a good idea but Apoorva Lakhia for sure thinks that its good idea to repeat a good idea. And this shows in the cast of his new movie ‘Mission Istanbul’. Barring some of the stars in the main lead, he has tried to rope in most of the cast of the successful Shootout that he staged at Lokhandwala. The common cast of Shootout and the new Mission consists of Sunil Shetty, Vivek Oberoi, Abhishek Bachchan and Shabbir Ahluwalia. Tusshar Kapoor is missing from the list because of non-availability of dates. We are finally happy for you, Tusshar.
Abhishek is supposedly doing a cameo role because according to Apoorva, all his movies have to have either Papa Bachchan or Baby Bachchan or preferably both. There were rumors doing the rounds that the Chakde girl, Preeti Sabharwal will also be seen in the movie, sans Hockey stick as one of the female leads. But Apoorva denies the rumors and calls it just that, a rumor. The cast also consists of Zayed Khan who replaced Bobby Deol and Shreya Saran, the beauty who has made it well in the sensational Shivaji. The other female lead is yet to be finalized.
Bollywood has come out of age and seems to begin realizing that the audience’s visual needs have changed. And hence the new genre of movie moghuls and more realistic cinema is in the offing. The story of Apoorva’s Mission revolves around the main reason for all the woes of the modern world, terrorism. The movie is an action thriller based on Osama Bin Laden’s terror network, Al-Qaeda. It’s a story of an ordinary man stuck in extra ordinary circumstances, in the world of terrorism. It’s an uphill task to stage a seemingly realistic picture of the operational behavior of the terrorists and the audience would like to believe that Apoorva would live up to the expectation that he has set after the Shootout. Many movies have been made on terrorism both in Hollywood and Bollywood. Some leave you feeling sick in the stomach, some leave you confused about who is wrong, some make you feel like picking up a gun on your own and some leave you feeling empathy for the people who operate in this network. The audience will have to wait till the next summer to decide what to feel after watching Mission Istanbul as that is when Apoorva predicts the release of the movie.
It will be interesting to watch why Mission Istanbul and not Mission Alanya or Mission Nazilli or Mission Isparta. All of these are some of the most beautiful cities of Turkey. Istanbul is Turkey’s most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. The city lies upon two different continents: Europe and Asia. The continents are connected to each other with two bridges.
As for the movie, it will be shot in Afghanistan, Turkey, Srinagar and Mumbai. And as a back-up plan a massive replicating set might be created in Jaisalmer, just in case the shooting at Afghanistan was interrupted because of the infamous political air. Ekta Kapoor who co-produced Shootout, will now tie up with Sunil Shetty and will co-produce Mission Istanbul. Didn’t we just say anything that works is a good idea?
Via: Hindustantimes
