Archive for January, 2007



Zayed Khan slows down Speed

When Harry Baweja decided to produce the desi version of the Hollywood film Cellular, he faced a tough challenge – beating the original to the theatres. But with Vikram Bhatt at the helm, they wrapped it up in good time, and titled it (what else?) Speed.

The first speed-breaker came in the form of Zayed Khan’s slipped disc. And when shooting resumed after a couple of months, sources claimed Khan slowed down the pace of the film. “The film began more than a year ago, and there’s still work left,” sources said.

With a cast comprising Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani, Zayed Khan, Sanjay Suri, Amrita Arora, Aashish Chowdhry, Tanushree Dutta and Sophie Choudhary (all of who are ‘good friends’ of Baweja and Bhatt), it was believed there would be no date problems. Continue reading ‘Zayed Khan slows down Speed’