Abbas''s high-school film adaptation of his hit play ''Graffiti''

Abbas''s high-school film
adaptation of his hit play
''Graffiti'' ::: Debutant
director Roshan Abbas, who is all
charged up for his upcoming film
''Always Kabhi Kabhi'' says the
success of his play ''Graffiti''
inspired him to make a movie on
high-school life, a theme that he
feels is now catching up with
Bollywood.
The film which would be released
in summer is creating a lot of
buzz with actor-producer
Shahrukh Khan, doing an item
song for it. To reports that an
extremely popular star would be
part of this item song, the
director said, "wait and watch."
"In 1999, I had written and
directed this play called ''Graffiti''.
After its success, I decided to
make film on this subject �-high
school life. I believe this theme is
catching up now and I need to
explore it," Abbas told PTI.
The screenplay for the film was
written in 2008 and in 2009,
Abbas began work on directing a
film. "In 2008, we started
converting the play into
screenplay because in 1999 the
situation was different and now
it is different. The biggest
challenge we faced was to find
the star cast as we were looking
for fresh faces. This process itself
took about nine months," he said.
The film produced by SRK''s Red
Chillies Entertainment will see four
debutants-- producer Karim
Morani''s daughter Zoa, Giselle
Monterio (who played Harleen
alongside Saif Ali Khan in ''Love
Aaj Kal'') Satyajit Dubey and Ali
Fazal.
When asked whether it was easy
for him to get SRK �s RCE to back
this film, the director said, "Once I
was hosting a show and I met
Shahrukh on stage.. I discussed
the film with him. He said yes and
I thought it would just be a
passing conversation. But later I
got a call from his production
house and met people over
there...and then things got
finalised."
About the film, Abbas, who is a
popular radio and host, said, "The
film is about four students
coming off age. Their dreams and
desires." PTI KKP DK.