SRK chooses Hirani

A showdown with producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has led Shah Rukh Khan to team up with Rajkumar Hirani as co-producer for an upcoming project. The new project is based on novelist Chetan Bhagat's book 'Five Point Someone'.The actor-director partnership comes after Shah Rukh Khan offered to produce the film for Hirani quite some months ago, which triggered off a not-so-pleasant response from Chopra. Known for being particular about the directors he works with, Chopra straight away sent a letter to King Khan expressing his displeasure at the actor's move.

While Shah Rukh did not react to this immediately, he had a meeting with Hirani last week wherein he convinced the director to come up with his own production banner. Meanwhile the film based on Bhagat's novel will be a joint venture between Hirani's company and Shah Rukh's Red Chillies Entertainment. The shooting of the film is expected to start later this year or early next year after Hirani finishes work on Chopra's production 'Idiot'.

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