MUMBAI: The Hindi version of The Italian Job that has Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead will be filmed in New Zealand towards the end of the year.

"We‘re going to Indianise The Italian Job and want to make it better than the original," said director duo Abbas-Mustan.

The film will be shot in Auckland and Wellington with Auckland‘s Viaduct Basin targeted for the big car chase scenes. A 90 to 100-strong crew from India will fly down for about 50 days of shooting, a New Zealand tourism statement said.

The original version of The Italian Job had Michael Caine in the lead while its 2003 remake with Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Donald Sutherland also went on to be a commercial success.

Just a few days ago, it was announced that Om Vaidya was selected to play one of the leads of the film.