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Toni Collette and Dev Patel in Anupam Sharma's next
from 2012-05 Brisbane
by Indian Link
Sydney- based film - maker Aoupam Sbarrna's new ventu re , announced in Los A ngeles in late April, will scar Academy Award nominee Toni Collette (Little Miss S1111Jbi11e, The Sixth Sense) and D ev Pare! (Slt1111dog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Nlarigold
T id ed Defta11t, t he film w i.lJ be directed by Bill Bennet,: of Kiss or Kill and In a Savage Lalld fame, and is ser againsr the world of honour killings in India. Sharma will be producing.
Based o n true evenrs, Defiant tells tbe story of Nisha and Hari - two young lover s in India on d1e run from th eir parents who wam to kill mem, because they want to marry against their wishes. When Sa lly Lane, an E mmy-winning journal.ist, hears of thei r plight she sets out a fter them to cover d1e story, but beco m es in volved and ul timately ri sks her own life co try and save d1em Toni Colle.rte will star as Sa lly Lane. whil e Dev Patel will play Hari. A ddi tional casting announcements will be m ade in me coming weeks.
Th e film will shoot entirely in No r d1 India with principal p h otography slated to begi n in late October
Bennett wrote the scri pt based on a newspaper article he read in an Indian newspaper about five years ago, a nd ever s in ce he's wanted to m a ke a feamre 6.lm about a 'double h onour k illing.'
"Bill wanted co set a fast p aced love story and chase film within the chilling context of honour killings," said Anupam Sharma.
" In our research we found a lot of staggering factual material which has given him plenty co work with!"
Bennetr s aid he was th.ri.lled to be working with Toni Collette an d Dev Patel. " T oni i s one of tbe world's u·uly grear actresses, and ir wi.lJ be an absolute d elight to work w ith h er. A n d Dev is an inten sel y smart young man with enormous energy an d d1arisma , and he too will bring so medung ver y special to d1is powerful film."
D escribed as part Ro111eo a11d ]11fiet part BoNme Ultitf!atr1111, the film will be introduced to foreig n buyers for the first time in Cannes dtis m onth.
