Portugal woos Bollywood: LISBON: The developing Indo-Portuguese relationship is likely to make Bollywood's presence here a much larger one with the two governments preparing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cinema, allowing greater interaction and providing easy clearance for Indian film crew to shoot at exotic locations all over Portugal.
The MoU will be signed during the visit of Portuguese president Anibal Cavaco Silva to India from January 10-17. Officials here seem quite enthusiastic about Indo-Portuguese relations on this front as they believe it will give Lisbon an opportunity to attract Indian tourists. [...]
The MoU will also pave the way for screening of Portuguese and Hindi movies in each other's country beyond the platforms of film festivals.
Film on Abu Salem to roll next month in Portugal: A three-hour film on the life and times of mobster Abu Salem is poised for shooting in Portugal and Mumbai next month, and the producer hopes to get the court's nod to get the man now in jail to feature in it.
