Lalit Modi Finally Jumps into Bollywood

The ex IPL commissioner will be presenting old friend KC Bokadia's much delayed film 'Khuda Kasam'

Lalit Modi has been the man in the news for all the wrong reasons. The ex IPL commissioner has finally jumped into Bollywood after a couple of flirtations. Modi is slated to be presenting a film, ' Khuda Kasam', produced by his old friend from Rajasthan, KC Bokadia. ' Khuda Kasam' is a long- in- thepipeline film from Bokadia starring Sunny Deol and Tabu in stellar roles.

Bokadia has been in the business for long, but the past few years have seen his cinema going downhill. ' Aaj Ka Arjun' was his last hit and he has seen multiple flops after that. Even ' Khuda Kasam' is an old film which was unsold and which has been rechristened and repackaged for release. And that is where the friend has stepped in with his help.

Modi who was earlier toying with the idea of making a Sushmita Sen film, ' Jhansi Ki Rani', which is being produced by her and stars her in the lead role, has now decided to test the waters with a smaller film even though he himself has been in troubled waters.

Surely Modi seems to be a man who wants to help old friends even as a production house has announced their plans to make a film on Modi's life. Shailendra Singh of Percept Picture Company had mentioned that he had signed on an ad filmmaker turned movie maker, Shamim Desai, to helm their next project on the life and times of Lalit Modi. But then in a tone similar to the life of the ex IPL chief and the controversies surrounding him, Shamim Desai is not willing to confirm that he is ready to direct the film.

Bokadia who last made the big ' Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam', toplining Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan did a cameo) has now confirmed that Modi along with IMPPA ( Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association) head TP Aggarwal were supporting him to release ' Khuda Kasam'. " es, it's true.

Lalit and I did meet and my film 'Khuda Kasam' will hit the theatres on September 24. Lalit is an old friend and I am short of words to thank him," he said.

Sunny Deol has been cast as a truck driver in this film, just like he was in ' Gadar - Ek Prem Katha'. ' Khuda Kasam' was earlier called ' Challenge'. The film is about a simple and honest Muslim, whose life takes a violent turn after he is indicted in a f a l s e case by the home minister.

Not many are aware that over a decade and a half ago Modi was an important player in the distribution of foreign films in India.