Vikram Bhatt, Bipasha Basu team up again for next film

Here's some news that should bring some respite to Bipasha Basu who
was hospitalized on Wednesday. Post-Raaz 3 director Vikram Bhatt is
frantically scripting a film for Bipasha,a sure sign that she is
currently perceived as the female Salman Khan at the box-office.

After the success of Raaz 3 Vikram Bhatt is writing another
horror-thriller for Bipasha in the central role. This project would be
launched as soon the scripting is done. In fact Vikram who was
supposed to next direct the true-life medical thriller entitled The
Ankur Arora Murder Case has handed over the directorial reins of that
project to Suhail Tatari who is currently shooting the thriller with K
K Menon, Tisca Chopra and Arjun Mathur in the lead.Vikram has plunged
himself headlong into what his team describes as "a thriller with
balls and boobs."

The problem is how to take Bipasha's image of the demoniacal diva
beyond Raaz 3? Says a source close to both Bipasha and Vikram Bhatt,
"Vikram already has a germ of an idea which he will develop on his
holiday with his daughter in London and Scotland next week. It will be
an out-and-out grey role and will give Bipasha an even more shocking
image than Raaz 3. But no, it isn't Raaz 4."

Confirming on Thursday that Vikram Bhatt is indeed writing a film for
her, Bipasha said, "To be called a 'Tigress' is an amazing compliment.
I am out of the hospital. I am much better now. I was suffering from
viral fever, exhaustion and had a blackout. Hopefully I'll be fully
recovered soon."

Confirming his plans for Bipasha, Vikram Bhatt said, "I think I owe to
myself and to her to do another film with Bipasha right away. It's
amazing how hard she worked on the film and look at the end-results.
Like they say, no pain no gain. Both of us have gone through our share
of turmoil."

Vikram is a little baffled at the critical response to Raaz 3, "Horror
is still regarded as somewhat chee-chee by the elite class. Never
mind. Only I know how difficult it is to put together a massy film.
Friends who read my blog and columns every week wonder how I could
make such a lowbrow film. But believe me; it's far tougher to address
yourself to the masses then to the intelligentsia. I am not the least
apologetic about my partiality to horror, specially now when Raaz 3 is
my producer Vishesh Films, my leading man Emraan Hashmi, my 'Tigress'
heroine Bipasha and my biggest hit. We have a lot to be thankful for."