Chopra’s unprecedented feat in Hollywood.
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: Broken Horses, co-written, directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra – an unprecedented feat by an Indian in Hollywood – will be released in theaters in the United States on April 10, 2015.
Set in the shadows of the US–Mexico border gang wars, Broken Horses deals with the bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty, and the futility of violence.
Vincent D’Onofrio (Men in Black), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Chris Marquette, Maria Valverde (Exodus), Wes Chatham, Thomas Jane, and Sean Patrick Flanery play lead roles in Broken Horses, Chopra’s maiden foray in Hollywood.
“Making a film in Hollywood was extremely challenging, it’s the first time ever that an Indian has co-written, directed and produced a Hollywood film. But the challenge turned out to be a lot of fun. It was very fulfilling for me as a filmmaker,” Chopra said in a statement.
Chopra has been appreciated in the west as a director. His short documentary highlighting the plight of India’s destitute children, An Encounter with Faces, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1979. It also won the Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival in 1980.
Abhijat Joshi (PK, 3 Idiots, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Mission Kashmir) co-wrote the script of Broken Horses based on an original story by Chopra. Fox Star Studios will market and distribute the film in India.
Chopra, the producer of the much awaited Aamir Khan starrer PK, has some top notch hits under his belt as producer, director and scriptwriter in Bollywood, including the two Munnabhai’ films, ‘3 Idiots’, 1942: A Love Story, Parineeta, Mission Kashmir and ‘Parinda’. He has also committed to making the third film in the Munnabhai series, and has other productions like Wazir and Chitthiyan in the pipeline, in Bollywood.
“It is a pleasure for us to associate with the legendary film maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and it’s a proud moment for us to be involved in the marketing and distribution of Broken Horses, the first Hollywood film ever to be written, directed and produced by an Indian film-maker. Broken Horses is a fantastic film and we are proud to announce its release date to be April 10 next year,” said Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios, in a statement.