Bahl to direct Indo-French film

Filmmaker Vikas Bahl is excited to direct a cross-culture movie tentatively titled ‘Interpreter’, which will be an Indo-French co-production. The director will helm the project and has roped in French star Kev Adams in the lead role whereas the search for the leading lady, who will be a big name from India, is still on.

“We are still in the process of finishing the script but it seems like we will shoot here as well as in France. It’ll be a co-production. With a big star from there and a good star from India…,” Vikas told reporters over the weekend in Mumbai. “Its truly a collaboration… coming together whether it’s the writing or the actors, production. It is not just about going to another country, getting funds from there and shooting. Usually there are part collaborations which happen but this will be a pure collaboration,” he added.

The ‘Queen’ director was speaking at an event on Sunday night where he announced the film. Vikas said it all started when he was working with the Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, who was on a trip to India for a movie. Vikas formed a good rapport with Majidi but the duo depended on an interpreter to talk. One day, however, when the interpreter wasn’t there, they couldn’t communicate because there was no common language. Thus, the idea for the film was born almost five years ago.

“It is about two families, cultures meeting and how they deal with each other. But primarily it’s about the language. It is the language which enables and disables you at the same time. It’s much more based on that,” Vikas said. ‘Interpreter’ will be backed by Phantom films and Reliance in India.