Sharon Stone likely to be part of film on Buddha 04th Oct 2004
22.00 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Hollywood star Sharon Stone and a number of other celebrities, including Richard Gere, are likely to be part of a film based on teachings of lord Buddha.
The yet-to-be-titled movie will be a Rs.2.5 billion project to be directed by Shekhar Kapoor . The movie will incorporate special inputs from Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and self-help guru Deepak Chopra.
Although the movie will have Indian actors in the leading roles, a good number of Hollywood celebrities – Gere, Stone, Melissa Mathison and Goldie Hawn – will be associated with the project in some way. Stone and Gere are also likely to act in the movie.
The film will be partly shot in India, but post-production work would be done in Hollywood.
The project is backed by industrialist B.K. Modi, who is also the president of the over century-old Buddhist society -- Mahabodhi Society of India.
The movie would be made in English, but parts of it could be in Hindi, in Japanese, and other languages too.
Sharon Stone likely to be part of film on Buddha
