Too busy for Bollywood!

It’s touted as Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle’s Bollywood debut — in association with Anurag Kashyap — and was supposed to go on the floors in a few months. But now After Hrs has learnt that Bombay Velvet has been pushed to almost 2011 since both filmmakers are busy with individual commitments.

“Anurag has signed a nine film deal with UTV, one of which starts in December. His own directorial debut is also going on the floors in two months, so he has no time for Bombay Velvet right now. Danny is also involved in four projects, so they have decided to push the project back by a year,” says a source.

On his part, Anurag also confirmed that the project has been delayed. “We are currently finalising the script of the movie and that will take a lot of time. Casting and getting dates from stars will take more time. There will be no news on that front before 2011 — we cannot do the movie next year,” he said, clarifying that Studio 18 is producing the movie, not Danny Boyle.

Despite the delay, the project is keeping its ambition high. Anurag said he’s been exchanging notes with Danny about the script over e-mail and both of them want to cast Aamir in the film. Danny, especially, is keen on Aamir. Some earlier reports had in fact claimed that both Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan might be in the movie together, which is set in 1940s Mumbai and based on real incidents.

“We have not approached Shah Rukh, so the question of him being in the movie doesn’t arise. We’re looking at roping in Aamir Khan for the role and everyone knows he doesn’t say yes to any movie until the producers are in place and there’s a bound script. Danny is quite keen to cast him,” said Anurag.