Film on Delhi's arms trade starts

On Thursday, as Mahesh Bhatt tweeted a picture of Delhi-boy Imran Zahid in his look from their forthcoming “Jannat 2”, the producer was in the thick of auditions for the flick in the capital.
TOI had first reported in July that Bhatt was working on a movie titled “Informer”, which was based on Delhi’s illegal arms trade, but the title has now been changed to “Jannat 2”. The shooting will start in Delhi from the first week of October.
Earlier, Bhatt had told us that the film is the story of a cop and his snitch, based around the gun trade that flourishes in Delhi. The release date for the movie has been fixed for April 6, 2012. Imran Zahid, who makes his Bollywood debut with this movie instead of the project on slain JNU leader Chandrashekhar, told us, “I’m a part of this movie with Emraan Hashmi and Randeep Hooda. I play the role of a cop named Rajinder. Randeep Hooda plays the other cop. I’ve been working on my character for the past few months, and we’ll start shooting in October.” The film will have a 40-50 day schedule in the capital, and will capture most of Delhi’s recognisable monuments.
Kunal Deshmukh, the director of the movie, and Mahesh Bhatt have already started auditioning in Delhi for the film. While Kunal had also earlier come to Delhi for a recce, the team has spent a lot of time meeting high-profile officials from Delhi Police for advice on the look and facts of the film. On Thursday too, the team visited Delhi Police headquarters for a meeting.
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