London, Paris, New York also known by the abbreviated form LPNY, is an upcoming Bollywood romantic film that marks the writing and directing debut of Anu Menon and stars Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari in the lead roles. The official theatrical trailer released on January 14, 2012 while the film will be releasing worldwide on March 2, 2012.

Plot

Capturing the angst of the young twenties London Paris New York is the story of Nikhil (Ali Zafar) and Lalitha (Aditi Rao Hydari) two completely different individuals who are drawn to each other in spite of their differences or perhaps because of it. The film follows their journey of love as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night in each city. The film is a coming of age love story mirroring 3 states of love and brings back wit into Bollywood's romantic comedies.

This is story about Lalitha, a middle class south Indian girl from Chembur(an eastern suburb in Mumbai) who is on her way to New York to study politics with full scholarship, and Nikhil, a Punjabi, rich kid from Bandra (a posh western suburb of Mumbai )who is going to study Film Making in London on 100% dad's money. They decide to hangout together one evening in London and find that they are completely drawn to each other even as their future lies on separate continents.The film follows their personal journey and their love story as they meet in London, Paris and New York for a night each over eight years. The film is in three chapters and each chapter is shot in a manner that mirrors the mental state of Nikhil and Lalitha.

Cast

Ali Zafar as Nikhil Chopra
Aditi Rao Hydari as Lalitha Krishnan
Eric Geynes as Dominic
Samantha Spurgin as Helen
Mantra Mugdh as Himself (Cameo)

Production

Development:- Fox Star Studios announced its association with Rose Movies for a new film titled London, Paris, New York at the launch event of movie on 24 August 2011. "Fox Star Studios has established a strong presence in the Indian Film industry in a very short time and have ably demonstrated their marketing and distribution capabilities - we are extremely excited to partner on our next project with people who are like minded and have the vision to take the film places," said Goldie Behl, producer, Rose Movies. "We are committed to working with the best talent in the business and are delighted to be working with Goldie and Shrishti on London, Paris, New York. It's an amazing script that we are all very excited about. With comedies driving audiences into the theatres, this romantic comedy is the film to watch out for in 2012," said Vijay Singh, CEO Fox Star Studios India.
Anu Menon makes her feature directing debut with this film. "We are happy to be working with Anu Menon who with her background of London Film School brings to the project the right balance of understanding emotional appeal in an international setting,." says producer Shrishti Arya.
The title is simple and says a lot about the movie. When asked about its significance, Ali Zafar said, “The title is an integral part of the film. It provides a backdrop to the love story and helps in portraying the characters’ journey of love".

Casting:- Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari play the romantic leads in the film, and their involvement was announced in the same press release as the initial production company announcement. This is the first time they've been paired together. Aditi Rao Hydari who has landed the part in Ali Zafar starrer London, Paris, New York shares how she bagged the project. "I had read Anu's script and loved it but she didn't have a producer then. Goldie Behl saw me in the Airtel add and decided he wanted to cast me in some film. A week later Anu's script reached his desk, he read it and said Aditi- the Airtel girl. Ali was always a part of the project, so it all fell into place magically like it was meant to be- that's why I believe in miracles!". "In our film we have a new cast of immensely talented actors - Ali Zafar (of Tere Bin Laden fame) and Aditi Rao, who we are sure will definitely appeal to the youth in this coming of age love story and thereby ably demonstrating our commitment to nurture fresh talent in the industry," added Mr. Singh.

Filming:- Shot in the three most popular and beautiful cities of the world, London, Paris and New York. The filming started in early August 2011. While shooting at Heathrow airport in London, actors Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao found themselves in a peculiar situation. Both were shooting at the busy airport and as the crew members were settting up the shot, they decided to go for a quick rehearsal of their dialogues. That’s when a couple of real-life fliers pitched in and tried to help them out. As film London, Paris, New York was caught in the crossfire for affecting locals, the filmmaker had to change the shooting location to a place outside London. The cast and crew got done with the London chapter and moved to Paris, the city of love, for its second schedule. The cast and crew were shooting at the Hudson River bridge and incidentally at the same time, the Batman crew was also there shooting for their next film. The cast and crew wrapped the shooting of the film on 5 November 2011, finishing the last schedule in New York City.

Music:- Ali Zafar will be doing the entire music composition and lyrics for the movie. The film also marks Ali’s Bollywood debut as a composer after proving himself as a playback singer with films like Tere Bin Laden, Luv Ka The End and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. In fact both the stars, Ali and Aditi, sing well and have sung in the film. Since the story unfolds in three cities— London, Paris and New York— Ali’s songs too will reflect the character of each city. “The London song will be happier, with simpler notes, as compared to the one set in Paris that will be edgier. The New York track will be more refined,” Ali elucidates. The soundtrack consists of 6 different tracks. Sunidhi Chauhan one of the finest indian playback singers pair up with Ali Zafar for the title song of LPNY. Ali Zafar also brings two versatile Pakistani female singers on board. London, Paris, New York music releases on January 30, 2012 by Sony Music India.