Superman in Bollywood?

In this day and age where Bollywood actors are in the news for their crossover projects, our very own Sajid Nadiadwala looks to reverse the trend by signing leading Hollywood actors for his next venture Kambakht Ishq. After pulling a major coup by signing Slyvester Stallone and Denise Richards, he has now added Brandon Routh of the Superman fame, to the already glittering cast. Some exquisite action scenes were picturised between Akshay Kumar and Brandon Routh in LA, last month.

It was reported in Mumbai Mirror, that both, Akshay Kumar and Brandon Routh insisted on doing their stunts themselves instead of having a body- double. When asked, Sajid said, "We roped in Sylvester as we needed a Hollywood star from the generation of Rocky and Rambo, but since we needed another Hollywood star from today's generation, we thought of Brandon. We were told that he is very fastidious and does not sign any film easily. though it took us two months to get him on board , the wait was well worth it. We shot with him in July for about five days in LA."

When Sajid was enquired about the enormity of the sum paid to the actor, he replied, "Today everybody is expensive. Forget the stars, even the film tickets are costly. I want to give my audience their money's worth. Brandon plays himself in the film and the best part was both Brandon and Akshay got along like a house on fire. It was nice to see them talking and behaving like best buddies."