Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Happy Madison production, a film by Dennis Dugan, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan starring Adam Sandler. The film is a laugh riot and also casts talented actors like John Turturro, Emanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider and the gorgeous Mariah Carey. The film is set to open in the Indian Box Office on September 19, 2008.
Adam Sandler has not only acted in the film, but also written it along with Robert Smigel who has earlier written films like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Saturday Night Live and many more and Judd Apatow the writer of films like Knocked Up, Fun with Dick and Jane etc. Thus in YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, Adam Sandler has teamed up with two of the hottest comedy scribes writing today to yield an extraordinary comic flick.
The story of the film revolves around Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler), an Israeli Mossad agent who dreams of becoming a hair stylist. On a mission to recapture the Phantom, a known terrorist, he takes advantage of the showdown to fake his own death. Armed with his scissors and his coveted book of hip hairstyles, he heads for America. Shunned by the up-tight salons of New York, he makes a name for himself in a lesser known shop. Word of his extra special attention to detail spreads and soon the ladies start lining up to sit in Zohan’s chair and be serviced. As enemies old and new try to take him out, they all come to learn the same thing: “You don’t mess with the Zohan.”
Sony and Sandler have shared a lucrative relationship with six of his top 10 films netting over $726 million in the U.S. and $1.1 billion Worldwide in the past and that is what is expected out of the upcoming projects too. Adam Sandler is a versatile actor who already has a big fan following. His earlier projects include Blockbusters like “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,Click,” “The Longest Yard” starring Indian Wrestler The Great Khali, “Spanglish”, “50 First Dates”, “Anger Management”, “Mr. Deeds”, “Punch-Drunk Love”, “The Waterboy”, “The Wedding Singer”, “Happy Gilmore”, “Billy Madison” and many more.
The films has already cast its spell on World Wide audience as already been released in June, 2008 Worldwide, it has attained many a rave reviews. It has been termed as an out of league film that Sandler has ever acted in. Now it has turned its way towards one of the finest markets of Movie Viewing, collection and critical acclamation, India.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), the Indian Distributors of the films are looking forward to the film’s release with lots of anticipation. SPE include global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide
