New Delhi - Bollywood film producer Sajid Nadiadwala has signed up Sylvester Stallone for a special appearance in his upcoming film Kambakht Ishq (You wicked love), news reports said Saturday. Stallone will play - Stallone - in the romantic comedy starring Bollywood actors Akshay Khanna and Kareena Kapoor, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.
Kumar, Bollywood's top action hero, plays a Hollywood stuntman in the film. The scenes with Stallone would be shot at Hollywood's Universal Studios and the Kodak theatre, the venue of Oscar awards, Nadiadwala was quoted as saying.
The movie is being directed by first-timer Sabir Khan.
"Keeping Akshay's character in mind, it's important to include action heroes in the cast," Nadiadwala said. "Stallone has some very important scenes, while Akshay is his body double," he said.
The producer has signed up stunt director Spiro Razatos, the man behind Vantage Point and Bad Boys II, for the film.
Nadiadwala and his team are expected to fly to Los Angeles next week to shoot Kambakht Ishq, which has an estimated budget of 800 million rupees (about 18.66 million US dollars).
