Shriya film to make international debut

Indian-American producer Ashok Amritraj and Anil Ambanis Reliance Entertainment will unveil their first film under a unique five-year co-production deal a comedy The Other End of the Line on October 31.   The film stars Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives and Shriya. Shot in Mumbai and San Francisco, it also features Anupam Kher.  The former tennis ace-turned film producer said he had never dealt with an Indian or an Asian group before, although he has made 98 films in Hollywood over the past quarter of a century.  The Other End of the Line is the story of an Indian credit card phone operator (Shriya) who travels to San Francisco, disguising herself as American, for a romantic liaison with a man (Metcalfe) she met through her work.   Upon her arrival, however, she decides to keep her true identity a secret, which threatens to dampen the sparks between her and her potential beau. Amritraj said Reliance entertainment was an investor with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as distributors.