Why Kabir Khan preferred the title Phantom over Mumbai Avengers
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Posted by Fenil Seta
Mohar Basu (BOMBAY TIMES; August 12, 2015)
Kabir Khan's upcoming film
that stars Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif in lead
roles, avoided borrowing its name from its source material - writer
S Hussain Zaidi's novel Mumbai Avengers - because the filmmaker wanted a
more cinematic title that describes its lead character better.
“Post 26/11, India was seething with rage. And yet, they were unable to
take revenge because of the widespread terrorist
network. The film takes on from there and tells the story of how RAW
brings on board a man without a past or future, best described as 'Phantom'. They find a disgraced army officer, who was thrown out for
cowardice, to lead the mission. Somewhere, the spectre identity was best
encapsulated in this title, which became the unanimous choice,“ says
our source.
This entry was posted on October 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm, and is filed under
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