Copy quick, release quicker

These days if you make a film, you better release it fast. That's the lesson director Navneet Baj Saini (Mickey) and his producer Irfan Kamal have realised. The duo had almost finished their venture Teesri Manzil (later, ironically, changed to Bank of Blues) starring Irrfan Khan, Deepal Shaw, Ranvir Sheorey and Lucky Ali. But the film was stuck 'cos Irrfan Khan had become a star and refused to allocate dates for dubbing-- an issue over which the producer was threatening to drag the actor to the industry associations. Irffan was pissed that he had not been told that the film was a copy of a South Korean film...

Now the producer and director are all the more upset. It seems Woodstock Villa directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Sanjay Gupta which releases this week has a similar storyline!(never knew Korean films could be so inspiring!) If Sikhander Kher's launch pad works at the theatres, then its bad news for Messrs Mickey, Khan & Khan. If it doesn't.... oh well, then we can all check out the Korean film!