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Zach’s the way!

American filmmaker Zachary Coffin came to Mumbai to research for the Aishwarya starrer Windfall but ended up acting in a Hindi film.

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American filmmaker Zachary Coffin came to Mumbai to research for the Aishwarya starrer ‘Windfall’ but ended up acting in his first Hindi film.
 
It may sound strange but this happens only in Mumbai’s famed filmdom. American producer-director Zachary Coffin recently came down to the city to conduct research on ‘Windfall’, a film on the Bhopal gas tragedy starring Aishwarya Rai. But before he could leave for Bhopal to study about the disaster, he was lured into making his debut as an actor in a Hindi film!
 
The result: Coffin will appear as a ghost in director Wilson Louis’ ‘Lonavala Khandala Ghat’ - a horror film shot in the twin hill stations.
 
Says Coffin from Bhopal, “It was a 10-day shoot and it was a great experience to learn about the kind of challenges that filmmakers here face. I am not the kind of foreigner who thinks he can blindly apply Hollywood methods to everything. But I just need to improve my Hindi now!”
 
Coffin, incidentally, has been trained in acting from the Stella Adler Academy in US. Amongst his famous work is the radio production, ‘Gandhi in the Park’ in New York.
 
Director Louis admits that he didn’t know who Coffin was at first. “But later, I got to know that he’s the guy who’s making a film with Aishwarya.
 
I met him through a friend who’s also a casting agent. I realised later that he’s a fine actor,” says Louis.
 
Coffin is actually not the only international actor in ‘Lonavala Khandala Ghat’. Actors from Israel and London are also a part of the film. Moreover, this supernatural thriller has sourced footage from various channels. Explains producer Jignasha Thakker, “We wanted to make it as real as possible. That’s why we shot on actual locations. We have also sourced material on supernatural forces from the National Geographic channel.”
 
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