Back in February we first told you about India’s first feature length zombie film that was in the works – Rock the Shaadi. Right off the bat there was legal issues with names and.. well it looks like 40 minutes of the film have been created and now actor Abhay Deol is saying the film’s production is being stalled by issues with one of the co-producers.
The actor admits, “The film is not happening because the co-producer (Siddharth M Jain’s iRock) messed it up. There has been all kinds of news about the state of the film. But anything not attributed to me is false. I don’t know what they are going to do now.”
Abhay adds, “Both producer Ekta Kapoor and me really want to complete the film. I have suffered a lot because of this. It is really sad. 40 minutes of the film are ready and it is looking really good. The film has everything that a commercial potboiler needs.”
According to him the mess has all been due to iRock’s approach. He says, “They don’t have enough experience to produce a film.” Apart from going overbudget after a schedule in Rajasthan, Navdeep Singh had also got into a fight with VFX specialist Niraj Shanghai.
As reported, the actor had apparently given a personal guarantee to the producer to wrap up the film within the stipulated budget.
Tanuj Garg of Ekta Kapoor’s production house says, ” The film is very much on. We are a cost-conscious company and we are working out the details about the budget. There is only a delay of couple of months for the film, but it is very much on.” Phew, we wonder who is saying the truth now?
So yes according to NDTV there are troubles coming from this Indian film and it may not end up being the first zombie film to come from the country after all – only time will tell.
