Scarlett Murder Inspires Bollywood
Updated:12:29, Friday May 02, 2008
A Bollywood director has been inspired by the murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling to make a film about Goa's drug scene.
Scarlett Keeling
Scarlett Keeling
Prabhakar Shukla said the movie, Rave Party, would be shot in the Indian state where the 15-year-old's body was found on a beach in February.
He said: "Rave Party is based on what happened to Scarlett.
"Since the scene of (the) crime was Goa, I want to shoot it there and give it an authentic feel.
"I am going to make this film really big. I want to show the people what is happening in Goa - how there is a drug racket going on in the vacation spot and how people are slowly getting addicted and ruining their lives."
The director plans to begin production in July.
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif
He added that he wanted Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif, who was raised in London and whose mother is British, to play the role of Scarlett.
Local police originally said the teenager had accidentally drowned after a night of drinking and drugs.
The teenager's mother, Fiona MacKeown, battled authorities to get a second post-mortem done, which revealed Scarlett had been raped and murdered.
Two men are being held by Indian police over her death.
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