.. there is an opportunity here to collaborate in new ways and I met with a few companies... (but) nothing has been finalised yet,' he said.

So will there be another 'Slumdog Millionaire' in the future?

'The idea of doing another 'Slumdog...' is outdated, I'm looking at what is 10 steps ahead of that. Ben Rekhi and I are exploring the best way to leverage what P.I.M.P does in the US to ScriptWalla in India,' he said.

Talking about the script-writing workshops and its benefits, he said: 'This is the first workshop of its kind to train writers in the professional craft of screen-writing. Moreover, since Kamlesh and Ben are working screenwriters, who have contacts high up in both Bollywood and Hollywood, each student will benefit,' he said.

'I have been running a successful script writing competition called Script P.I.M.P in the US for the past nine years that has grown into one of the largest story banks for screenplays in Los Angeles.'

Asked about P.I.M.P's tie-ups with Hollywood studios and filmmakers back home, Clough said: 'P.I.M.P has built relationships with over 200 industry professionals, managers, agents and production companies searching for new material.

Clough studied screen-writing and film at Santa Clara University and ventured into development and production. Working as a script reader for two production firms and an independent producer, he was taken aback at the number of unreviewed Hollywood scripts and founded P.I.M.P. with a friend.

Apart from collecting scripts, P.I.M.P has also produced movies like 'The Living Wake' (2007) followed by 'Equal Opportunity' in the same year. Its next outing is action-thriller 'Rogue's Gallery' set for a 2010 release.

(Robin Bansal can be contacted at robin.b@ians.in)