Mumbai: Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden's death has led to an unlikely effect on Bollywood. There is a move afoot to re-release the Osama-spoof, Tere Bin Laden, in cinema halls and on satellite channels.
The film's producer, Pooja Shetty Deora, told TOI, "We are considering re-releasing the movie, but we have still not been able to contact our distributors in this regard. We will have to wait for a couple of days to gauge whether the public really wants to see the film in theatres all over again."
The interest was also apparent on social networking sites; the film's title was often used across various websites throughout Monday. One Tweet said, "Bin Tere Laden America is lost they'll have to create a new victim and find the next nation to ruin (sic)." Writer Pritish Nandy tweeted, "Interested to see who is presented as the captured young wife of Osama. Anyone in Hollywood will give her right arm for the role."
Another one said: "What will Al Qaeda do after Laden is dead watch Tere Bin Laden!.(sic)."
Yet another said: "Wonder if Osama Bin Laden watched Tere Bin Laden? After all, the movie was about him, wonder what he thought of it."
Twitter also had the following message: "Today's quote from Pakistan is Tere Bin Laden
One of the Twitter theories was that CIA got the idea to finally kill Laden from the film. A Tweet said: "I am sure someone from CIA watched 'Tere Bin Laden' and found it to be a very good idea."
The Osama-spoofing movie also generated two potential movie titles: "Mar Gaye Re Osama" and "Bin Tere Laden".
The winner tweet of the day as far as Bollywood was concerned was perhaps: "How many times will Osama die? Is it the last time? (sic)."
The film's producer, Pooja Shetty Deora, told TOI, "We are considering re-releasing the movie, but we have still not been able to contact our distributors in this regard. We will have to wait for a couple of days to gauge whether the public really wants to see the film in theatres all over again."
The interest was also apparent on social networking sites; the film's title was often used across various websites throughout Monday. One Tweet said, "Bin Tere Laden America is lost they'll have to create a new victim and find the next nation to ruin (sic)." Writer Pritish Nandy tweeted, "Interested to see who is presented as the captured young wife of Osama. Anyone in Hollywood will give her right arm for the role."
Another one said: "What will Al Qaeda do after Laden is dead watch Tere Bin Laden!.(sic)."
Yet another said: "Wonder if Osama Bin Laden watched Tere Bin Laden? After all, the movie was about him, wonder what he thought of it."
Twitter also had the following message: "Today's quote from Pakistan is Tere Bin Laden
One of the Twitter theories was that CIA got the idea to finally kill Laden from the film. A Tweet said: "I am sure someone from CIA watched 'Tere Bin Laden' and found it to be a very good idea."
The Osama-spoofing movie also generated two potential movie titles: "Mar Gaye Re Osama" and "Bin Tere Laden".
The winner tweet of the day as far as Bollywood was concerned was perhaps: "How many times will Osama die? Is it the last time? (sic)."
