MUMBAI: One More Thought Entertainment has signed the London-based writer Farrukh Dhondy for a commercial Bollywood thriller. This is the first time that Dhondy will write a thriller.
Speaking on signing of Dhondy, executive director Azam Khan said, "Farrukh Dhondy is a writer of International repute and has scripted some of the best Bollywood and English movies. It is a privilege to have him on board with us."
Dhondy has earlier written movies like Mangal Pandey The Rising, Kisna, American Daylights, Perizaad and Malcolm MCdowell starrer EXITZ, Take 3 Girls and host of other movies. Dhondy has written several books, stage plays and television serials for the BBC and was the commissioning editor of Britain’s Channel Four, before he moved on to writing for movies. Before venturing into Bollywood, Farrukh was also associated with the Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen.
Currently Dhondy is also involved in writing Mahabharata for Star Plus. Apart from this, he also has three films which include Deepa Mehta’s Carpet Boy and a French co-production to be shot in India titled Coffin Maker under the banner of his company Lucid Pictures.
It is his impeccable track record as a writer that encouraged One More Thought Entertainment to sign up this Oxford educated Litterateur for its company. One More Thought is all set to carve its way to the exclusive league which provides quality entertainment along intertwined with modern creative concepts across all genres.
