Woolmer

The Bob Woolmer saga has taken what could be its most bizarre twist, inspiring a Bollywood film entitled Jannat, which in English means 'Paradise'.

Stranger still is that the film, set around the mysterious death of the 58-year-old coach of the Pakistan cricket team during Cricket World Cup 2007, is to be a love story. Bollywood - the name given to the Indian version of Hollywood - is known for its romantic musical films; and the film's director Mahesh Bhatt, for his dramas about 'sensitive' issues.

Paradise will be a fictionalised account with Mr. Woolmer not named.

"The film is not just about the coach's death," Mr. Bhatt told The Hindu newspaper in India. "It is a love story against the backdrop of cricket. There is betting, there is match fixing. And because it is a love story, there have to be songs too."

The news is the only development of sorts coming in the past few weeks concerning the two-month-old murder investigation. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is refusing to release any further information until investigators receive the Scotland Yard review of the case, which is expected by the end of the month.

Paradise is scheduled to be shot in July for release later this year, said Mr. Bhatt.