Julia Roberts in India for new film

Sep 19, 2009
NEW DELHI: Hollywood actor Julia Roberts, who won an Academy Award for her
role in “Erin Brockovich,” is now in India to shoot for her new movie
“Eat, Pray, Love,” which is based on author Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoirs of
the same name.
The actor arrived here with her children on Thursday after completing a
shooting stint in Italy for the film.
The Pataudi Palace hotel in Gurgaon, where Ms. Roberts is staying, has
bookings for the actor from September 12 to October 8. She is staying in a
Nafees Manzil room in the hotel, informed sources said.
Gurgaon Police Commissioner S.S. Deswal said: “She is secure. We will
provide adequate security to her as per her shooting schedule.” The
shooting schedule is likely to begin on Sunday in and around the Pataudi
Palace.
Some scenes will be shot at Ashram Hari Mandir at Pataudi near Gurgaon on
the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway.
The movie , a Brad Pitt production and directed by Ryan Murphy, features
Ms. Roberts in the role of Elizabeth Gilbert, who gives up her home near
New York, a comfortable life and a husband when she realises that she is
unhappy with life. Her quest for peace and love takes her to Italy, India
and Indonesia. The movie is expected to be released in theatres in 2011.
Other member of the cast include Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup
and Richard Jenkins.
Some of the Indian crew of “Slumdog Millionaire” will also help in the
Indian leg of the shooting.