Guess which other star is flying from London to Bangalore
this week? It's that superlative Shakespearean actor
Steven Berkoff, who has also excelled in such movies
as Octopussy, Beverly Hills Cop and Rambo. Berkoff,
Bangaloreans will remember, was in the city a couple
of years ago perform ……… Bangalore.
At the Royal Orchid Park Plaza, Dr Prasad was in a jolly
good mood. "Sixty days in the heat and dust, rocks
and ruins everywhere… and now this vast green
expanse. I'm very happy with the way the movie is shaping
up."
Bokshu tells the story of John Metcalf, an Indologist
who has gone missing in the jungle. Rumor has it that
he has been killed by a great big tiger. His daughter
Chris knows deep in her heart that he isn't dead. Her
search and the sting-in-the-tail discovery, constitutes
the plot.
Starring David Millbern, Heather Prete, Vineet, Ashok
Mandanna, Nandana Sen, Harish Patel, Irfan Khan, Surekha
Sikhri, Mita Vasisth, Khalid tyabji and others, The
movie is based on a story by novelist Ganga Prasad Vimal.
"My team is the best in the business," declares
the Chicago based Prasad who produced the national award
winning Agnisakshi.
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