Satish Kaushik bags another international project

Bestowing a perfect example of how one can strike a balance between one's directorial and acting career, Satish Kaushik is one man who can boast with a great deal of conviction.

Yes, not only is he ready with Tere Sang, a romantic venture dealing a sensitive issue of unmarried 15 year old getting pregnant, but he is also ready with another international project featuring him. The film titled Road Movie has been directed by Dev Benegal of English August and Split Wide Open fame.

The film has been produced by eminent producers Susan B. Landau and Ross Katz. Katz has won Best Picture Academy Award Nomination for Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation as well as Todd Field's In The Bedroom. Confirming the news with us Satish Kaushik says, “We are already done with the shooting part which was in parts Rajasthan and Kutch and now the sound-mixing is going on in New York.” He goes on to add, “The story revolves around Abhay Deol who is a truck driver with an aim to delivering goods at a particular destination. And on this journey on the highway he gets to meet very interesting people among those is an experienced old man-jack of all trades played by me.”

This international project also stars Abhay Deol and Tannishtha Chatterjee. Interestingly, Satish and Tannishtha will be seen sharing a screen space yet again after the success of Brick Lane-the duo’s first international film.

Fortissimo Films and Studio 18 in India will together distribute Road Movie. The cast and crew of the film have decided to show it in Venice film festival before releasing it in India.

--SAMPURN