Well! Well! It has not been spelt wrong. This is Sherlyn Chopra’s theatre debut which has been tentatively titled ‘Fourplay’ and happens to be a comic caper from producer-director Vandana Sajnani’s where the sex kitten will be essaying the dual role of a hot Bengali teacher as well as of a maid. Sajnani’s earlier productions include Please Divorce Me Darling, and Love Hua Once More, among others. Actors Rajesh Khattar (who is Vandana’s hubby) and Sammir Kocchar star along side Chopra in this play which is slated to open in the city in September.
Sherlyn said, “I see it as a great opportunity to hone my acting skills. The interaction with the live audience would be an icing on the cake.”
She added, “As Chilli (the naughty maid) and Honey (the hot Bengali teacher) I create chaos in the plot. It’s going to be quite challenging and fun to portray two different characters in one play.”
“I don’t suffer from stage fright. Thanks to my dad, I was into poetry recitation during my student days. Memorising passages will not be a problem,” she added.
At present, readings are in progress and the August opening of this play will take place in September. “It’s going to be great fun, presenting two different characters in one play.”
It is going to be great fun for the audience too, given the fact that Miss Chopra, who excels in the art of shedding clothes and inhibitions, will shed them on stage too, though to her corset only!!
Director Anurag Basu came up with the strong and powerful subject in ‘Silence’, but the movie has been suffering delay due to the starry issues of the female actresses. Earlier Priyanka Chopra was supposed to play the lead role in the film, but when Asin and Katrina Kaif who were earlier chosen for equally pivotal roles in the film chose to opt out fearing that they would be sidelines with Priyanka playing the plum role, the project’s future seemed to be at dismay. It was then that Piggie Chops decided to take action as she felt that ‘Silence’ is too powerful a project to be stalled. So, she took a step which no leading actress would dare to and she decided to swap roles and go for the one which was comparatively weaker so that the project moved further.
Now, PC essays a mentally challenged person alongside Ranbir Kapoor, who enacts a deaf mute guy in the hero and director Anurag Basu intends to take Priyanka Chopra to a mental asylum to help her get into the skin of her role.
Confirming the news, Priyanka said, “I will start shooting for Anurag’s Silence in January 2011 after completing Don 2. I am preparing for my role. I need to undergo training to perform the role perfectly. I am happy to get such a challenging role, which many of my age do not get.”
Kangana Ranaut is the first actress who has been approached by Paris Hilton Fashions to be its Asian brand ambassador. This is apparently an honor for Kangana who has already done endorsements for other clothing brands, including a leading international denim wear, but this will be her first brush with an international market.
The brand had reportedly studies her films and style before zeroing in on her and given that Miss Ranaut is stylish, trendy and very fashionable, she suits perfectly to Paris’ signature style of fun, flashy, and bright. Post her success with ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’, she has also been offered a whopping amount to endorse PHF.
Though nothing has been finalized as yet and Kangana is yet to sign the dotted line.
The two seasons of The Fear Factor were a major hit on the smaller screen and now, the next season is ready after much hype, controversies and guesses. If Akshay Kumar being replaced by Piggie Chops was not enough, there will be thirteen male contestants wooing Priyanka with their stunts and daredevilry. First, the season was to have thirteen cricketers as the contestants but with leading cricketers making unannounced exit from the programme, the makers had to make replacements and the final list of the contestants is ready now with many impressive names in it.
The list goes as: Rahul Bose, Terrence Lewis (choreographer), Cyrus Broacha, Rahul Dev, Milind Soman, Manjyot Singh (the affable Sardar of Oye Lucky Lucky Oye fame), Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor, Shabbir Ahluvalia, Karan Singh Grover, Dino Morea, Armaan Ebrahim (car racer), and the squash sensation Ritwik Bhattacharya.
However, the major attraction here, is not to mention, our desi beauty Priyanka Chopra who is already gearing up the expectation quota with the promos of the show being aired on the smaller screen.
Take a look at the stills as Priyanka kick starts the show for ‘Colors’….
Well, Vidya Balan’s pricey issues are taking a toll on her and have caused two plum roles to slip out of her kitty. The first one is Inder Kumar’s multi-starrer comedy riot ‘Dhamaal 2’ for which Balan, riding high post her success of ‘Paa’ and ‘Ishqiya’, demanded a hefty 1.5 crore. Unable to meet this high fee, the makers decided to do away with Vidya and settled in with raunchy Mallika Sherawat instead who agreed to do the film at a much-affordable price. The news comes as a welcome one for the fans of sexy Mallika who has been missing from the desi tinsel town for quite sometime owing to her commitment with Hollywood flicks like ‘Hisss’ and ‘Love Barack’.
Again, Sanjay Dutt was apparently hurt with Vidya’s pricey issues in ‘Dhamaal 2′ where he forms a part of the star cast considering they’d starred together in ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, one of the biggest winners of Balan’s career. So, he made sure that Vidya was kept out of ‘Rascals’ which stars himself along with Ajay Devgn and a third male lead, which is yet to be finalised. Kangana Ranaut has been chosen as the female lead in the film instead of Balan.
However David Dhawan ensures that this has nothing to do with Vidya and Sanjay. He said, “The heroine’s role in ‘Rascals’ is very hip, hop and modern. Everyone felt that a fresh, younger face would suit the role better. Vidya is a fine actress and we will definitely work in another film together.”
So, can we say that it is high time Vidya stopped flying too high lest she could fall and hit back hard!!
It was their sizzling chemistry together that was the major drive in making the film ‘New York’ a success at the box-office. Talking about John Abraham and Katrina Kaif, the two are coming together once again for director Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s remake of the Tamil hit Kaakha Kaakha with Nishikant Kamat (of Mumbai Meri Jaan) as its director and the story line being an action thriller with John playing a dedicated cop bent on ending crime in his city.
Not only this, they will be seen together in ‘Dostana 2’ also. Though the shooting of this flick was set to start this year, it has now been put off till 2011 because director Tarun Mansukhani isn’t happy with the script.
Never mind…. The couple will now re-create their magic on-screen under Vipul Shah’s crisp direction.
Bollywood celebrities glittered and shone as the likes of Javed Akhtar, Vivek Oberoi, Isha Sharvani, and Shankar-Eshsaan-Loy came together for the launch of “Kingdom of Dreams” in Gurgaon this Friday.
“Kingdom of Dreams” is owned by the Great Indian Nautanki Company, which is a joint venture between Wizcraft International Entertainment and Apra Group of Companies. Javed Akhtar is doing the story screenplay and dialogue, music is by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, choreography by Shiamak Davar, costume – Neeta Lulla, action stunts – Alan Amin, set design – Umang Kumar and the star cast includes Vivek Oberoi, Isha Sharvani and Gauhar Khan.
At the preview, Vivek Oberoi made a grand entry as he was hung in a harness and jumped from the top of Nautanki Mahal. Isha Sharvani mesmerized the audience with her acrobatic performance on “Raat ke dhai baje” and the title track of “Dil Bole Hadippa”. Priyanka Chopra was the chief guest for the night. Check out Piggie Chops as she makes a grand entry at the launch.
Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra had last appeared together on-screen five years back with ‘Krrish’ and the duo exuded excellent chemistry together. Now, Dharma Productions has decided to bring the two together for the remake of ‘Agneepath’ where Hrithik is to play the lead role of Vijay Dinanath Chavan.
‘Angeepath’ will be directed by debutant Karan Malhotra and Priyanka will play Hrithik’s love interest played by Madhavi in the original film.
It may be mentioned here that the original ‘Agneepath’ was produced by Karan Johar’s father Yash Johar. Karan has made just a few minor changes to the script, to suit the contemporary time. However, the dialogues originally penned down by Kader Khan will remain the same. Sadly, Mithun Chakraborty’s south Indian character which was a landmark role in itself will be missing in this remake.
With Ajay Devgan and Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Once Upon a time in Mumbai’ getting praises from all and sundry there could be no other time apt for the duo to appear on the cover page of a glossy magazine than this. Kangana and Ajay can be seen striking a pose for the cover of the August issue of ‘Cineblitz’ this month.
The movie is an out and out director’s film where Milan Lutharia extracts the best out of his actors. Set in 1970s, the flick takes us to the 1970s, the era of bell-bottoms and sideburns when revolvers were a rarity and automatic pistols a thing of the future. Arguably, this is Devgan’s best till date. His silences, his seething expressions, piercing gazes, reflective musings lend tons of gravitas to his character Sultan Mirza. Kangana Ranaut and Prachi Desai deliver well from the sidelines along with Emraan Hashmi who has given a flawless performance.
Check out the star on-screen couple Ajay Devgan and Kangana Ranaut on the covers of ‘Cineblitz’….
