Gupta, Dutt and Lakhia make a film on real life incident

  • IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,March 28 2006]

Sanjay Gupta, Sanjay Dutt and Apoorva Lakhia have decided to make a movie based on a shootout that took place in a Lokhandwala flat in 1992 when the then additional commissioner of police, Aftaab Ahmed Khan, killed ringleader Maya Dolas and Dilip Bua.

After the encounter Khan faced praise along with criticism. This movie deals with the aftermath of an encounter. This film will be produced under the banner of White Feather Films and for the time being is titled Shoot Out At Lokhandwala and will hit the floors on August 1.

The star cast decided till now is Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Vivek Oberoi, Emraan Hashmi and Javed Jaffrey. Search is on for the female leads and two more male actors.

The script has been written by Suresh Nair and music is by bands like Euphoria, Indian Ocean and Strings. Shibani Kashyap and Biddu also have a part to play in the music of this film. The film will be shot in Mumbai and its outskirts.