Raj Kumar Santoshi’s ‘Ramayan’ is budgeted at Rs 90 crore. Ajay devgan signed for Ram and now to look for Sita. After considering many actresses, Raj Kumar Santoshi finally zeroed in on Kajol. This is the first time they’ will be working together (last being ‘Raju Chacha’) after marriage. Source: Msn

‘Zindaggi Rocks‘ is set for release on 6th October 2006, and promises to be a rocking movie. Zindaggi Rocks is directed by Tanuja Chandra, starring Shiney Ahuja, Sushmita Sen and Kim Sharma, the film’s music is already rocking the music charts, but there is a huge curiosity factor as to what the film is about. Sushmita Sen is excited about his upcoming flick ZINDAGGI ROCKS produced by Anurradha Prasad of B.A.G Films. Source: Msn

Yash Raj’s new Production has decided to shoot movie ‘Chak De! India’ in Australia. It will be a sports film which will be shot mainly in Melbourne and Sydney. ‘Salaam Namaste’ was also shot in australia. ShahRukh Khan will be in lead role for this movie. Shah Rukh plays a dishonored hockey player who returns to the game after a seven year gap, but this time as a coach. ShahRukh Khan takes up the responsibility of becoming the coach of an ignored girls’ hockey team. The team arrives in Australia to play for the women’s world cup and that is when their struggle begins for dignity and self respect. Source: Msn

Om Puri to star in another hollywood flick titled ‘Charlie Wilson’s War‘. He is going to play the character of ex-Pakistani President Zia-Ul-Haq in the film. Om Puri’s co-star would be Tom Hanks and Julia Robert. The shooting of the film will start next month in Morocco and USA. Charlie Wilson’s War’ is a political film. It is set during the period when Afghanistan was raided by U.S.S.R. and the Americans wanted to use the aid of Pakistan to help Afghanistan get freedom from U.S.S.R. Source: Msn and Bollywood Movies

Bollywood actress Aarti Chhabria is anxious about her film ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’ as the girl portrays the role of Taranuum. When DT got in touch with her, she told “I play the bar dancer Taranuum. I have read about her. Also this is a kind of first me as i have never done such a role before. It looks challenging and will be intresting too.” Source: ‘Delhi Times’ Newspaper

It’s that time of the year again when people jive to the Beats of dandiya. And what better that swing to the pulsating beats with your favourite stars at Dandiya Beat 2006 which is being presented by Delhi Times. The event will feature electrifying performances by Sonu Nigam and Mallika Sherawat. And if that is not enogh, Shibani Kashyap, Shankkar Sahney, Anu malik and adar malik will transcend the merry makers to another high. Source: ‘Delhi Times’ Newspaper

Director Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Page 3‘ will be screened at the 14th Raindance Film Festival in London on Oct 7. “I’m flattered that ‘Page 3′ is being screened at Raindance, which is a very prestigious film festival, and that too as a ‘Bollywood’ film! When I made ‘Page 3′ everyone saw it as an offbeat film. Funny, how far the film has gone!,” Bhandarkar told to sources. The film starring Konkona Sen will be released at the fest, which started Wednesday, with the subtitle ‘Bollywood Explosion.’
Laughs Bhandarkar: ‘It’s quite amazing that ‘Page 3′ continues to be in the news although I’ve released another film ‘Corporate,’ just completed ‘Traffic Signal’ and now I’m on the verge of starting ‘Fashion.’ One more Hindi film to be screened at the festival is ‘Yahaan’ starring Minissha Lamba and Jimmy Shergill. Source: Msn

Ayesha Takia describes herself as saracastic, adamant and lazy. And then goes on to give the shuterbugs a taste of them all when she refuses to take off jockey cap for a photo-op. She is a one gutsy bollywood girl. She does whatever she says. Ayesha has just refused to act in a movie directed by her ‘rakhi’ brother Nagesh Kukunoor with whom she has just collaborated in ‘Dor.’ The reason being, a kiss was involved in the film. “A kiss is out of the question. when i came into bollywood industry i set down some dos and don’ts for myself and plan to stick to them,” says Ayesha Takia. Source: “Delhi Times” Newspaper and Msn

Amir khan believes in tempering euphoriawith a dose of prosaic reality “Rang de basanti got its due much before this piece of news. I am sure no on is surprised to hear about the nomination. Atleast all those who have seen the movie must be feeling that way. I am happy, but we still have a long way to go.” Amir khan feels RDB will make india’s dream come true.At the time of lagaan, amir had made sure that the Lagaan was shown to the maximum numver of jury members. About 542 jury members had seen it, and it was also screened 10 times for public viewing in the US. He adds ” It is very important to make your film popular among the jury members. However, you are not allowed to talk to the jury members directly. So, you have to try and show your movie to most of them in their language of preference.” Source: ‘Times Of India’ Newspaper

After being votes as the hottest asian male, Abhishek Bachchan plans to take up a new profession – playing football. The film, titled ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom‘, will feature Chelsea stars such as Frank Lampard and John Terry. Abhishek is swapping acting for football. And the club he plans to join is Chelsea Fc, an obvious choice considering he has been its fan for a long time. In fact, abhishek was recently seen at Stamford Bridge in the UK, with Aishwarya rai in tow, where the clucb was playing against Chartlon and Liverpool. The film is about the life and loves of Rikki, a Chelsea fan living in London and going to watch his heroes each week. Role of Rikki is played by Abhishek Bachchan. Chelsea’s business affairs director Paul Smith said: “We are delighted to be involved in a Bollywood movie and we take it as a big compliment to be approached with this storyline and to be associated with this calibre of actors and actresses.” The film is shot in London this summer and features Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta. Source: ‘Times of India’ Newspaper and MSN

Bollywood actor Dino Morea has come a long way since his modelling days. When we got in touch with him and asked him about his journey, he said, “I haven’t transitioned from the ordinary to the extraordinary. I am the same person that i have always been. Like anymore else, I am trying to fullfill my ambittions. That only makes me more ordinary than extra-ordinary. Yes, I have achieved a teeny bit in the profession I am in, but that’s about it.” Source: ‘Times Of India’ Newspaper

Apparently, Tanushree’s fear of Mathematics has helped her reach shoots on time. Tanushree Dutta used to be very scared of maths exams and even had sleepless nights if there was an exam the next day. So much so that ecen if she fekl asleep, she would have nightmares where she would dream she had failed or that she had missed the exam because she had overslept. Her fear turned into such a phobia that even today whenever she has to wake up really early for a shoot, she gets the nightmares again, and consequently is up early for her morning shoots! Source: ‘Times Of India’ Newspaper