The passion for shooting on the serene soils of the culture rich India seems to be rejuvenated in the Holly wood. The next bond film is to be canned from the Indian location at Goa’s picturesque Dudhsagar Falls.
Bond 23 is to be directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes and will be shot in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and the resort state of Goa. Shooting is planned for February and March next year and the film is slated for release in November 2012. Slumdog Millionaire Fame actor Freida Pinto is also in the star cast.
The last time a Bond film was on location in India was for the 1983 hit Octopussy, with actor Roger Moore in the lead role. It was shot in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Bond 23 is one of nearly two dozen films by foreign studios which have been cleared to shoot in India recently.
Others include a film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Trishna, British director Michael Winterbottom's version of Thomas Hardy's classic Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Yann Martel's Life of Pi.
