The war of the Charles Sobhraj epics has just begun. Even as DAR Motion Pictures have acquired the rights to film Farrukh Dhondy’s book <em>Bikini Murders</em> allegedly based on the life and crimes of Charles Sobhraj, the news comes that another Sobhraj film is all set to go on the floors this July. This one entitled <em>Bad</em> (earlier entitled <em>Jailbreak</em>) would be produced by Pooja Bhatt and directed by Prawal Raman who directed the brilliant thriller <em>404</em>. And hear this. <em>Bad</em>, Prawal clarifies, is not about Sobhraj.

The entire Charles Sobhraj project, that has been in the pipeline of director Prawaal Raman for the last three years, has gone in for a scriptural revamp. Prawaal, whose last film 404 was a chilling horror film, has done away with the lengthy bio-pic and written the script to suit Saif Ali Khan who plays the character. Earlier, the plan was to cast Sanjay Dutt and make it an authentic bio-pic. But, then litigations loomed large over the project.