MUMBAI: 2015 is going to be one lucky year for Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. Having a lot on its platter, from Dil Dhadakne Do and Bangistan set for release to starting preparations for Rock On 2 and Raees, the production house seems to be on a roll.
Adding to the kitty, it has signed a co-production deal for its next film - Three Stories with a popular Hollywood studio, Relativity Media.
Aiming at an international audience, this California based film studio will be helping Excel Entertainment in the mainstream release of the movie. Relativity Media has previously produced films like The Bourne Legacy, Magic Mike among others.
Directed by ad filmmaker Arjun Mukherjee, the film in question stars Sharman Joshi, Shefali Shah and Pulkit Samrat. The actresses’ names are still being kept under wraps. Sidhwani who is excited about taking the film to a global audience stated that Three Stories is an emotional tale with elements of humour. It is being said that the story revolves around three chawl residents in Mumbai who are trying to deal with the situations in an urban society.
It is slated to go on floors in January 2015.