A new fanny for the firangs
Roshmilla Bhattacharya (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 21, 2014)

Two years after Cocktail, Homi Adajania is back with a quirky misadventure; this time about a motley crew looking for a postman's lost love through Goa.

The Hindi and English versions of Finding Fanny will open in theatres on September 12, across India and in 40 international territories, which form the diaspora markets targeted by most mainstream Bollywood films.

But Mirror has learnt that Finding Fanny will also make the rounds of non-diaspora theatres in the US, Europe and the Far East, three-four months after its September release.

"The difference between the two versions is just three-four minutes and not a complete re-edit. This English version will be cut by Nick Moore to cater to that audience," admits Homi.

Moore has directed films like Wild Child (2008) and Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) but is better known as the editor of The Full Monty (1997) which bagged him a BAFTA nomination, Notting Hill (1999), About A Boy (2002) and Love Actually (2003).

"It's the same story but will be told in a way that the firangs understand better. There will be less farce and more of the unsaid bizarreness," laughs Homi.