The Recession Takes its Toll on Karnik as Well

The recession seems to be claiming its victims everywhere and the film industry has not been spared. One of the many victims is director Samir Karnik, of Heroes fames. The director was planning on starting his next film, Formula 44, a much more ambitious project than this previous ones, bit has now had to put his plans on hold.

It seems that Karnik has now resigned himself to shooting some of the IPL matches in South Africa at the request of good friend Preity Zinta. The director is also planning to look into ad films as well to tide over the bad times. Where Formula 44 is concerned, the director made the mistake of jumping the gun and announcing his cast before even receiving a confirmation from them. He now says that it was more like a wishlist than anything else. One of the names he had announced was that of actor Ajay Devgan, who has thankfully not reacted adversely and has even agreed to consider a role in the film. The only confirmation that Katrnik has is Bobby Deol, as of now. So with little in his hands right now, it seems Karnik is trying to make the best of what he has and head to South Africa.