Abhishek Bachchan is sure acquiring a knack for being the bad boy. After his performance in Yuva was appreciated, Abhishek did yet another ‘negative’ role in Dhoom 2, where despite being the cop, he managed to appear as the bad guy as far as the audience is concerned. And now we hear, he is once in a role with negative shades in Mani Ratnam’s Guru.
Abhishek bachchan admits that it was tough playing an ambitious man who can justify breaking laws without any guilt in the film. Now in AB’s baby trying to make a mark as the anti-hero?

Where is actress Aarti Chabria these days? Well, thi girl is recovering from a major accident which saw her on a wheel chair - she suffered torn ligaments and tissue inhuries. When DT got in touch wit the pretty damsel who is recouping slowly but surely, she told us, “You really appreciate your body and things around you when such a thing happens! I was so helpless all this while, but thank God I am much better now and will hopefully start work soon!” We are hopeful, too, Aarti!

Actress Minissha Lamba, who forayed into filmdom with Yahaan, wil be seenin two different avtars in 2007. In Reema Kahti’s Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd she is paired with Abhay Deol and they play a parsi couple. Minissha says it is one of the sweetest scripts she’s heard to date.

though it has an ensemble cast, every character has some sort of mad quirkness about them. The narrative is such that every character has its own uniqueness. Ours is an endearing couple, madly in love, and stands out in their own way,

she said. After that is Ananth Mahadevan’s Anamika - The Untold Story, a romantic thriller loosely based on the bestseller Rebecca. While Koena Mitra plays Dino Morea’s childhood sweetheart, Minissha plays his second wife.

I play this young girl who is thrown into a world that is alien to her. She struggles to find her new life of hers

Says Minissha Lamba.

She has looks that could launch a thousand ships, as they say. And she would pass off for an angel any day. But did you know that Ameesha Patel’s pet names describe her to the hilt? She admits that she has been nicknamed ‘Angel’ and ‘Princess’. But the ‘angelic princess’ doesn’t reveal who gave her those nicknames. Now, we wonder who calls her by those names? Anyone betting it’s Vikram Bhatt?

Every Actress wants to be successful, but Ishaa Koppikar insists that we do not realise an actor;s ultimate goal. According to her, everybody, not only an actor, struggles for happiness. Ask her where she sees herself a few years down the line and she immediately answers that since she is struggling for happiness, she sees herself happier in a few hears. This lady sure has a way with words!

Ever Since Sameera Reddy has stepped into bollywood, she’s been linked with someone or the other. But ask her whether any of the rumours are even vaguely true, abd she laughs it off, saying that she keeps wondering at them. At the same time, she insists that she is very much single, and that she doesn’t need that kind of publicity to sustain her image. Sam has sure learnt it the hard way - link-ups are a part and parcel of Bollywood!

Guess what Nisha Kothari is busy doing these days besides being Ramu’s Basanti. She is busy with Kapil Dev endorsing Fragrance World India’s Trophy perfume. The launch of the perfume was held in Mumbai on Wednesday. The product carries the tagline of ICC World Cup 2007 and will be available at all leading retail stores across the country. The unisex perfume, priced at Rs 2,500, comes in four fragrances. Nisha says, “This is my first endorsement and I am glad to be paired with a world famous personality.” She also said, “While choosing a project, I look for professional attitude and quality.”

Mumbai, Dec 21: Writer-director Mani Ratnam’s “Guru“, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, will have its world premiere in Toronto on Jan 11 at the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Centre.

Roger Nair Productions has acquired the Canadian rights of “Guru” from Bobby Bedi’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The company has entered the distribution market in a big way for Canada territory and will be buying Bollywood films for North America and Europe as well. This is Bollywood going global.

Amrita Arora, at present, has hardly any movie on which she can bank upon for a big success. She is currently doing ‘Shart’ with Tushar Kapoor. She is working with Rahul Khanna in a Tanuja Chandra’s movie. She has Yagnesh Shetty’s ‘Cheetah’ and ‘Team-The Force’ with Sohail Khan. When asked about her present status (which is definitely not rocking!) in Bollywood, Amrita says that she doesn’t worry much about it. She is just 22 years old and has enough time to prove herself. Will anybody tell Amrita that ‘Time and Tide waits for none’!.

It seems Karan Johar is tired of working with the same actors again & again.After his film ‘Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna’, Johar is now trying his hand at animation. “I don’t know how you will interpret this, but as far as I am concerned, this is a novel idea. It is a new territory for me. But at the same time, it will be a complete film for me…… complete as in there will be songs and dances in the film. There will be emotions that people can identify with. Basically, it will be a familiar idea in an alien territory,” says Johar.

According to sources, the film is a remake of ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ and it’s name will be re-titled ‘Kuchi Kuchi Hota Hai’ and the lead cast will be animated dogs. Yes, you heard it right. The animated movie will be different this time and dogs will be replacing the super-stars. The dogs will be singing and dancing in the film as well. The film will be approximately of 2 hours unlike the 3 hours of the original.

Actress Koel Purie was directed by Rahul Bose once upon a time. And later she even shared screen space with him. So does working with an actor whom you share great camaraderie with make life easier? Koel says, “it makes it all the more easy. The more history you share with someone the more chemistry you have with him/her, and the comfort level increases.” Now do we take that as a universal phenomenon or should we add a ‘conditions apply”?

There is something certainly wrong with Lara Data’s stars these days. She gets the movies but somehow the project does not materialize. First, she was signed by Sanjay Gupta for ‘Dus Kahaniyan’. But then Sanjay dropped Lara for hot Bipasha Basu. Again, Amarjeet signed Lara for the title role in his film which was to be directed by Sudip Sarkar. The movie was based on a true story. The launch party took place amidst much pomp in a five star hotel. But again the stars took their turn and the producer dropped Amarjeet’s movie and started another project. Lara seriously needs to do something. What about adding one more ‘A’ to the name -“Laara Dutta!’.