Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu Wednesday met New Zealand Prime Minister John Philip Key here.
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s, camera and a knuckle-whitening action sequence packed with Bollywood’s signature dramatic thrills, unfolded at Filmcity here for Abbas-Mustan’s “Players” this morning, as part of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the sets of the film.
On his first visit to a live Bollywood film set, excitement was abuzz as New Zealand Prime Minister Rt Hon. John Key met with Vikram Malhotra, COO, Viacom18 Motion Pictures; Abbas-Mustan, Directors and the star cast including Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu.
Key was presented a Ganesha idol holding a handicam by directors Abbas-Mustan to symbolize Bollywood`s association with New Zealand.
In return, the prime minister gave to the directors a beautifully framed print from the movie "King Kong", signed by Richard Taylor, co-producer of "Lord of the Rings".
"Namaste! I`d like to thank Viacom18, Abbas and Mustan, Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu for making their wonderful film `Players` in New Zealand," Key said.
"I did manage to see a couple of pictures from the filming down in Wellington and Auckland.
"New Zealand is a great place to make films and is very popular with the Bollywood industry. We`ve already had 150 Bollywood movies made in New Zealand."
"Players" is an official remake of Hollywood film "The Italian Job".
Light
s, camera and a knuckle-whitening action sequence packed with Bollywood’s signature dramatic thrills, unfolded at Filmcity here for Abbas-Mustan’s “Players” this morning, as part of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the sets of the film.On his first visit to a live Bollywood film set, excitement was abuzz as New Zealand Prime Minister Rt Hon. John Key met with Vikram Malhotra, COO, Viacom18 Motion Pictures; Abbas-Mustan, Directors and the star cast including Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu.
Key was presented a Ganesha idol holding a handicam by directors Abbas-Mustan to symbolize Bollywood`s association with New Zealand.
In return, the prime minister gave to the directors a beautifully framed print from the movie "King Kong", signed by Richard Taylor, co-producer of "Lord of the Rings".
"Namaste! I`d like to thank Viacom18, Abbas and Mustan, Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu for making their wonderful film `Players` in New Zealand," Key said.
"I did manage to see a couple of pictures from the filming down in Wellington and Auckland.
"New Zealand is a great place to make films and is very popular with the Bollywood industry. We`ve already had 150 Bollywood movies made in New Zealand."
"Players" is an official remake of Hollywood film "The Italian Job".
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