The short-tempered Nana Patekar comes in form once again and this time at the receiving end is the gorgeous and ever so beautiful Deepika Padukone.
It so happened that Nana Patekar is set to direct a film for Prakash Jha and Patekar approached Deepika for a casting. However, when Deepika tried to suggest some changes in the script, Nana lost his cool and gave her left and right. Nana went on to the extent of saying that he has immense experience in the film industry and how can a newcomer like Deepika suggest he make changes in the script. Deepika maintained a dignified silence but now she has decided not to do the film at all.
However, a close friend of Deepika denies any tiff between the two and said, “Yes, Nana had approached her with a script however Deepika refused to do it as she could not connect to it. Nana did not have a verbal argument with her and she is not aware if Nana is upset with her. She did not do the film as it was something that she just did not want to do. That’s it.”
Releasing this Friday is a crime thriller ‘Right Ya Wrong’ produced by Subhash Ghai and Written and directed by debutant Neeraj Pathak. The movie marks the comeback of Sunny Deol who seemed to have disappeared from limelight post his disasters in movies like “Heroes” and “Fox”. The flick which tells the tale of two friends who turn foes in their quest for supremacy also stars Irrfan Khan, Eesha Koppikhar and Konkona Sen Sharma.
“It’s an entertainer with great performances by Sunny Deol and Irfaan Khan. I have seen Sunny in such a charged and dramatic role after a long time. He is just too good, though Irrfan has also done a great job. The songs are also very nice and I am sure it will be a super hit,” says Ghai had said about the film.
The storyline goes as:
Two cops, Ajay Shridhar (Sunny) and Vinay Patnaik (Irrfan), are in a constant battle for supremacy. When Ajay’s wife (Eesha) is found brutally murdered, he becomes the prime suspect and the case is being handled by his friend, Assistant Commissioner of Police Rane. Ajay’s only support is Radhika (Konkana), Vinay’s younger sister.
The movie was slated to come out in 2009 but was delayed. Let us see if it can revive Sunny’s sinking career.
The ‘Smack That’ singer Akon is on a three-day visit to Mumbai to compose and record a song for SRK’s ‘Ra 1’ and Shahrukh is leaving no stones unturned to give the singer a very warm welcome. Akon got a traditional Indian welcome from Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor during a press meet in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Akon has also worked with A R Rahman on the album Freedom is Beautiful.
Asked whether he plans to work with other artists too, Akon replied, “I have worked extensively in America and after America, India will be my next big focus because I have got so much support here. Soon you will see me working with other groups too. I am planning a world tour and hopefully we will have a number of shows in India.”
For Ra One, I will be composing and singing a song. I will also appear in it. I want to give Shah Rukh different versions of the same song to choose from,” he added.
Again, SRK hosted a bash at JW Marriot for Akon. The party was more in news due to the absence of SRK’s one time very close friend Farah Khan. It was Gauri Khan who approved the guest list and insiders have it that the Morani brothers, who organised the party, were specifically told to leave out Farah’s and her husband Shirish Kunder’s names.
However, as soon as Khan became aware of this blunder, he told Moranis to invite Farah, but it was too late by then.
The party had glittering celeb list including Sherlyn Chopra, Riya Sen, Poonam Dhillon, Claudia Ciesla, Aarti Chhabria, Gauhar Khan, Anushka Manchanda, Sonal Chauhan, Rannvijay Singh, Madhu, Gaurav Chopra and Vidhu Dara Singh among others.
It all happened at the sets of the forthcoming directorial venture from Farah Khan, ‘Tees Maar Khan’ where Khiladi Kumar was handcuffed for not one or two but long four hours. However, this was not for some crime done by Akshay but it was an accident. Akshay had to shoot for a sequence with handcuffs on and when Akshay was playing with the cuffs and he put them on, the lock was clicked. It was then discovered that the only key to the cuffs was accidentally broken and there was no duplicate key. The production team immediately beckoned a locksmith but the cuffs being imported stuff he couldn’t open them. Farah then sent a team member to bring the duplicate key which was at the other end of the city and it took 4 hours.
But sporting as Akshay is, he did not complain once and taking it in the right spirit he went around the sets handcuffed and even finished all the shots that were supposed to be filmed with the hero in hand cuffs.
Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma have displayed sparking chemistry in flicks like ‘Mixed Doubles’ and ‘Traffic Signal’. Both these mature and gifted actors have been together for a long time and after playing the real life couple for quite sometime now, they are all set to feature as the reel couple.
However, they will appear as a jodi for the first time in the directorial debut of Amitabh Verma which is supposed to be a suspense thriller to be produced by Denis Selarkar. The shooting for this yet to be titled film will commence shortly in the locales of Alibaug.
Giving in the details of the flick, producer Selarkar says, “In the story, every character has grey shade. Every character is trying to outshine the other. There is a mastermind though; everyone is planning some conspiracy against other.”
The film is expected to hit the screens this November.
Shahid Kapoor has three back-to-back releases in the coming months including ‘Paathshaala’ and Yash Raj Films’ ‘Badmaash Company’. As such, Shahid feels that it will affect the performance of all the films and also it will be difficult for him to concentrate on the promotion of all of them together. As a result, Shahid requested the producer of his ‘Milenge Milenge’ to shift the release date of the film to sometime later. The movie has been under making for a long 5 year period and stars his ex-love Kareena Kapoor opposite him.
Boney confirms the news as he says, “Yes. I have postponed Milenge Milenge from April 2 and Shahid did tell me to postpone the film as he felt that for three films to release at the same time would make all suffer and also cut into the promotional events but he also said that the final decision is mine.”
Boney has now postponed his film from April 2 this year to an indefinite date. He is expected to announce the release date in the coming week.
Model-turned-actress Mugdha Godse has sure made her foothold in the tinsel town and post her success with ‘Fashion’ and the most recent ‘All The Best’, she is on a high these days. But, Mugdha knows that it is only hard work which pays in the end and so she is leaving no stones unturned in putting all her efforts for her next film, a horror flick called ‘Help‘ opposite Bobby Deol.
So much so has been her dedication that she shot for 22 hours at a stretch for a promotional song for this movie and that too without a break. What was commendable is that fact that she did not complaint even once. She was professional and was determined to complete the shoot on time.
If she continues with this dedication, Mugdha sure will hit the top slot in days to come!!
To hit the screens this 30th April is the multi-starrer romantic comedy starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan. The film narrates the story of Aarush - the world’s unluckiest man who believes that his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. This quest leads to utter confusion resulting in this hilarious comedy of errors resulting in total chaos and mayhem forms the crux of the story.
The movie will see three hot actresses spice up the screen with two piece bikinis as they try hard to compete with each other. Produced by Sajid Nadiawala and directed by Sajid Khan this movie seems to be one of the awaited flicks for this year. Check out the stills and wallpapers for the movie.
Holi songs have always been a hot favorite among Bollywood makers because they symbolize masti, colors, music, entertainment and fun-n-frolic. As the festival of ‘Holi’ knocks at the door yet again this season, lets have a look at some of the most popular Holi songs from Bollywood without which any holi bash seems to be incomplete.
Rang Barse:
One of the most memorable and cherished songs from Bollywood which ranks the top among all other songs is undoubtedly Rang Barse which displays clear chemistry and sparks between the ex-lovers Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha along with Jaya Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar.
Holi Ke din dil khil jaate hain:
This song featuring Hema Malini, Dharmendra, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan is from the blockbuster hit ‘Sholay’ which is known for its simple joyful celebrations and the message of social harmony and love.
Are Jaa Re Hat Natkhat:
Though belonging to 1950’s era, this is the longest Holi song starring Sandhya and is still one of the most popular and loved holi song which has a religious note attached to it.
Aaj Na Chhodenge Bus Humjoli:
This song from Kati Patang features Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh and is famous for its naughtiness and the note of fun and masti underlying the entire song.
Holi Khele Raghuveera:
Amitabh Bachchan created a landmark with his Rang Barse song in Silsila. Three decades post Silsila he has tried to re-create the magic with the holi song in the same style as such in ‘Baghban’, this time with Hema Malini. Not to mention here that he has been quite successful in pleasing his fans, though only to some extent.
He was one of the suitors in Rakhi Sawant’s Swayamvar show and despite being a strong contendor he lost. However, Rishikesh-based Manmohan Tiwari has no regrets as the show gave him recognition and he has bagged a role as Awadh Thakur in the soon-to-be-launched show “Jamunia” on NDTV Imagine produced by Beyond Dreams Entertainment Limited. The show will go on air this March.
The show deals with the story of an orphan girl called Jamunia, whose maternal uncle marries her off into a rich palace for money. The palace has a curse that no woman can survive there but Jamunia is unaware of the fact.
“‘Jamunia’ is a tale dedicated to every Indian woman who loves her family dearly and is ready to help and support them in any given situation.
It portrays the power of a woman who can go to any extent to save her family from any harm that befalls them. ‘Jamunia’ exposes the territories and locations never seen on television,” said Yash Patnaik, producer of the show.
Nevertheless, Manmohan gets irritated when he is reminded of the fact that Rakhi’s Swayamvar helped him get a foothold in the glamour world. He says, “But why is the finger being pointed at me? Even Rakhi was playing a game and if she was not questioned, then why me? She fooled 16 men but thankfully God spared me.”
Arshad Warsi has been here for a long time and despite giving many hits and having displayed immense potentials, he never could manage to get the appreciation he deserves. But now, post ‘Golmaal Returns’ and ‘Ishqiya’, things have taken a positive turn for the actor who has bagged in a whopping Rs 3 crores to be part of the third segment of the ongoing Gol Maal franchise. The producers Ashtavinayak finalized the deal with him this Monday. It may be mentioned here that the sum is even higher than Kareena Kapoor who has a 3-film deal with the producers.
Says Rohit, “We were really keen to have him in the film. And yes the price has been worked out between Arshad and the producers. So he’s on.”
Sharman Joshi will not be a part of ‘Gol Maal 3’ and reports have it that he turned down the third part of Gol Maal through his secretary.
Says Rohit Shetty, “Even before the scripting of Gol Maal 3 Sharman sent me a message through his secretary saying he had other plans. I immediately looked for a replacement and am very happy with Kunal Khemu. Any regrets about Sharman? None at all. In fact we met at the airport recently and there wasn’t any mention of Gol Maal 3. ”
That Rohit is feeling sour with Sharman and Arshad acting pricey after recent hits can be seen in this comment where without naming anyone he says, “There’re lots of very talented actors out here who are fabulous side attractions but can never be the main course.”
Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have been going steady for quite sometime now. So, it did not come as a surprise when Bebo recommended Kunal Khemu to director Rohit Shetty for ‘Golmaal 3’ as Khemu happens to be the beau of Soha Ali Khan, Saif’s sister.
Recently Saif, Kareena, Soha and Kunal met for dinner where Kareena got to know Kunal better and accepted his talents. She discussed his movies and forthcoming projects and commented that he was making the wrong choices with his movies.
Rohit was hunting for another star and after Kareena convinced him, he made up his mind to cast Kunal along with Ajay Devgan Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Arshad Warsi, Mithun Chakraborty and Kareena herself.
