Dhoom 3', 'Dhoom 4', 'Dhoom 5'

(bollywoodhungama)

DHOOM 3, with Aamir Khan, hasn't gone on floors yet, but the media has gone ahead and announced DHOOM 4 with Salman Khan and DHOOM 5 with Shah Rukh Khan. Yes, you read it right! A section of the media has proclaimed that Yash Raj has already locked the scripts and cast of the DHOOM series. While DHOOM 3 will feature Aamir, DHOOM 4 [with Salman playing a baddie] will release in Eid 2014 and DHOOM 5 [starring SRK] is slated for release in 2015-16.

However, the news seems more like a bluff, since the gap between DHOOM 2 [with Hrithik Roshan] and DHOOM 3 [with Aamir Khan] will be more than seven years, since DHOOM 3 is expected to release in 2013. Hence, expecting DHOOM 4 to release a year after DHOOM 3's release, in 2014, seems ludicrous. Ditto for DHOOM 5, which, reportedly, is expected to release in the following year [2015-2016]. "It's ridiculous! The writer [Vijay Krishna Acharya] hasn't even thought of DHOOM 4 or DHOOM 5," a source close to the Chopras informs me.

Another story doing the rounds is that Aditya Chopra has cast Ranbir Kapoor for his next venture. It is, well, a rumor, with no truth to it. The fact is, Adi is busy with Yash-ji's [Chopra] film, being shot in London currently, and hasn't even thought of what he plans to make next. That's the right status!

Yash Raj Films' Dhoom:2 game to hit stores in April

A PC-based game on Yash Raj Films' 2006 blockbuster Dhoom:2 will be launched in the market by mid-April this year.

The game has been made on a budget of Rs 30 million (Rs 3 crores).

Hyderabad-based FX Labs has developed the game, which is tentatively titled D 2.5. All characters from the movie will be part of the game. The movie starred Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Uday Singh.

Speaking to Businessofcinema.com, Yash Raj senior manager internet and new media Anand Gurnani says, "The game will be marketed and distributed by Yash Raj Films. "Currently, we are giving final finishing touches to the game and it may be called D 2.5. We will lock in the marketing and distribution strategy in a few days."

Elaborating on the game, FX Labs founder and chairman Sashi Reddi says, "The game has been developed keeping in mind the Indian audience, therefore apart from the action, it also has some song and dance. Since we want to breakthrough at a mass level with this game, we have not complicated the game because it is necessary to keep in mind that majority Indians have not played a game."

The game has a play time of approximately four hours. A team of 40 people have developed the game over a period of 15 months. Based on the feedback D 2.5 receives, the game may further be developed for Sony's Playstation as well.

(BOC)