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Now, it's Himesh's turn to do Kajra Re

March 18, 2008 18:39 IST

After the success of his Aap Kaa Surroor-The Moviee, The Real Luv Story, Himesh Reshammiya has signed a three-film contract with T-Series.

Karzzzz is the first of these three, a remake directed by Satish Kaushik.

The second is Kajra Re. To be directed by Pooja Bhatt, this movie will be shot in Jordan and will be released early next year.

The third film is A Love Issshtory by Sarfarosh maker John Matthew Matthan. It will be released late next year.

As we all know, Karzzzz is a remake of Subhash Ghai's 1980's hit Karz. Himesh plays the lead role, originally played by Rishi Kapoor. Shweta Kumar, Indra Kumar's daughter is in the Tina Munim role while Urmila Matondkar stars in Simi Garewal's role. 65 percent of the shooting has been completed in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. The last two schedules of 10 days each will be shot in Mumbai and in Bangkok.

Karzzzz will release in October.

Text: Patcy N