For individuals who enjoyed Anubhav Sinha's 2005 sleeper-hit, the worldwide crime thriller Dus, there's news.
Dus producer Nitin Manmohan has decided to make a sequel. However, Dus 2 won't be directed by Sinha, but by Samir Karnik instead. Apparently, producer Nitin Manmohan who was at the look-out for the proper director to make the Dus sequel broached the topic with Karnik once they were shooting Yamla Pagla Deewana, the film that Nitin Manmohan produced and Karnik directed.
Says a source, "Nitin wondered aloud now the Dus plot might be taken forward. Within five minute Karnik had a narrative idea."
The fast-paced 2005 espionage thriller had starred Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan, Pankaj Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty. The sequel which begins shooting at year-end would have a few of the original cast returning for an enthusiastic encore, barring obviously mother-to-be Shilpa Shetty who, we hear, might be replaced by Deepika Padukone, because the role requires a tall athletic actress who can do kick ass stunts.
Confirming his participation in Dus 2 director Samir Karnik says, "Nitin Manmohan has asked me to make a sequel to Dus. I'M very excited since the action thriller is a brand new genre for me."
Interestingly, a year after Dus, Anubhav Sihna was imagined to make a sequel entitled 11. But Sinha couldn't crack a plot.
Karnik also confirms that almost all of the sooner cast can be repeated in Dus 2. "Otherwise, phir koi mazaa nahin hai sequel ka. Nowadays films are titled as sequels but don't have any bearing plot-wise and in relation to characterization to the sooner film. Then why call it a sequel? Dus 2 can be a bonafide sequel to Dus."
About the opposite details for the sequel Karnik says, "Right now, I'm breathless seeking to put the discharge of Char Din Ki Chandni in place. Once that's done Nitin Manmohan and that i will finalize all of the details of Dus 2."
Interestingly, Nitin Manmohan was the producer of the film called Dus in 1997 which was shelved after its director Mukul Anand died.
