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Q&amp;A: Tabrez Noorani   Tabrez Noorani's decade-plus
experience as a line producer of Western film projects in India
came in handy when he was approached by the producers of
"Slumdog Millionaire," a shoot that involved a lot of
challenging location work. But the thirtysomething Noorani also
has worn the director's hat for commercials and music videos
since his film school days at Loyola Marymount University. While
line producing for other projects, Noorani is prepping his
directorial feature debut, "Love Sonia," about global sex
trafficking. Jet-setting between Los Angeles and Mumbai, Noorani
and his New Delhi-based partner Parvesh Sahni run India Take One
Prods., which they established in 1995 to service international
film shoots. The company has handled, among other projects,
Gurinder Chadha's "Bride and Prejudice," Jane Campion's "Holy
Smoke" and commercials for director Joe Pytka. With "Slumdog"
turning out to be an international hit, Noo