Sometime back, Abbas-Mastaan had expressed their intentions of doing the remake of the popular Hollywood movie ‘The Italian Job’. The rumor mills churned out that the flick would star Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor together, along with Neil Mukesh and Katrina Kaif.

Now, the news is back in circulation again with some changes which include that the remake would not star Kareena and will also have Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Khanna and Kunal Kapoor. The script has been penned down by Rohit Jugraj with a lot of changes from the original one. However, the producers and Abbas-Mastaan have already bought the remake rights.

“For one, the stakes for the heist are much higher. The situations, fights and adventures are all different - and so are the characters,” said Jugraj. Revealing about the casting, the duo stated that they have not yet locked in the entire cast, but are indeed in talks to rope in the above mentioned stars. “It’s a very big project and we need to get the biggest names in place before we start,” said the filmmakers.

‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ is a psychological thriller revolving around four main characters- Karthik Narayan (Farhan Akhtar), Shonali Mukherjee (Deepika Padukone), Mr. Kamath (Ram Kapoor) and Mrs. Kapadia (Shefali Shah). Written and directed by Vijay Lalwani and produced by Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment, the movie brings together Deepika and Farhan as a pair for the first time. The music is given by the trio Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa and the flick has given a completely new look for Deepika. The first look of the movie is out. Have a look at it!!

Aishwarya Rai did not have a single release in 2009, but before you thought that her career in Bollywood had come to an end, the lady is up there to challenge you with three mega releases in 2010- ‘Action Replay’ opposite Akshay Kumar, ‘Raavan’ opposite hubby Abhishek Bachchan and last but not the least ‘Endhiran’ aka ‘Robot’ opposite Rajnikanth.

‘Endhiran’, produced by Sun Pictures and directed by Shankar, pairs South superstar Rajnikanth and Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai for the first time. Recently, Rajinikanth did a daring stunt sequence for the movie in Lonavala which was choreographed by stunt director Peter Heins. This powerful fight scene that was shot on a train and Endhiran’s lead lady, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was also present during the shoots.

After the two came close to each other while shooting for ‘Azab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ and post the unofficial split of Ranbir Kapoor with Deepika Padukone, the rumors of his affair with Katrina Kaif is doing rounds from quite some time.

Another string to this chain of rumors was added when it was found out that Katrina, who was supposed to be with her family in London, was actually in New York where co-incidentally Ranbir is there shooting for Sajid Nadiawala’s film ‘Anjaana Anjaani’.

However Katrina is quick to dismiss all rumours. She said, “I’m very much in London. It’s a joke in my family about me being in New York because I’m harassed by many calls.”

It may also be mentioned here that Katrina missed Salman Khan’s birthday on a plea of being with her family in London to usher the New Year.

Slated for 26th February 2010 release, ‘Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge’ stars three national award winners (Ajay Devgan, Konkona Sen Sharma and Paresh Rawal) in the lead roles. This Warner Bros. Pictures India and Wide Frame Films production is a light hearted comedy directed by Ashwni Dhir. The music for the film has been composed by Pritam with choreography by Raju Khan and Ahmed Khan.

Ajay and Konkona play a married couple who land up with an uninvited guest (Paresh Rawal) at their home who lives for a long duration by continuously extending his stay. The shoot for the flick has been completed and owing to its brilliant star cast, the movie is creating stirs even before its release.

Vidya Balan is one actress in our industry who has constantly been under criticism for her mature looks and bad dressing sense, but at the same time, there is not one critic who has ever found any flaw in the characters played by her. Always up and ready for the challenging roles, she impressed everyone with the mature handling of her character in ‘Paa’ and now will again be seen in a totally different role of a earthy village woman in ‘Ishqiya’ with Naseruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi.

“I play a village belle,” she explains, “Yet I’m fully aware of my sexual charms and within the four walls of the bedroom, I’m unapologetic about using my guile and charm.’’

Yet again she has signed up to play Sabrina Lal, Jessica’s sister, in the movie ‘No One Killed Jessica’. “Yes, I am playing Sabrina Lal in Rajkumar Gupta’s film,” she said, “The minute I heard the role, I wanted to do it. It’s my first biographical role and a big challenge. I’ll be meeting Sabrina shortly.”

As the name suggests, the movie is based on the murder of Jessica Lal in 1999 which exposed the nepotism, inequality and corruption prevalent in Indian society.

Bollywood star Salman Khan turns 44 this Sunday and as he awaits the release of his forthcoming period film ‘Veer’, he has launched a nationwide hunt for unsung heroes as to connect with the masses and also promote his flick.

This step comes as a natural following from Aamir Khan’s Bharat Darshan programme for the promotion of ‘3 Iditos’. So, there comes a hunt from Sallu Bhai for young men and women who have performed heroic deeds which the nation doesn’t know about.

Veer producer Vijay Galani confirmed the news saying, “You’ve heard correctly. Salman is launching a contest to find real-life unsung heroes. Since he has played the hero so often on screen, he feels real-life heroes deserve to be brought out of anonymity. We’ll be going to the remotest corners of India to select these unknown heroes. Finally one of them will be given the Veer cup personally by Salman at a function in Mumbai.”

’Veer’ has newcomer Zarine Khan opposite Salman. Other stars in the pivotal roles include former Miss UK Lisa Lazarus, Mithun Chakraborty and Jackie Shroff along with Sohail Khan and Bharat Dabholkar.

It is an exceptional honor for any filmmaker to get a lifetime opportunity to shoot his flick in Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of British Monarch. And this honor has been conferred to Anil Sharma and Salman Khan who shot their forthcoming ‘Veer’ in the premises of this sacred ground for British royalty. Sources say that the stills shot within the royal palace look surreal. The setting of the palace gave a larger than life feel to the this Eros International and Vijay Galani’s production; any other location would just not have done justice to the script. 3 months prior permission was taken to shoot within the royal palace. The permission received was an exception to the fact that the British generally do not allow any commercial activity to take place within the royal Palace.

The press meet of SRK-Kajol starrer ‘My Name is Khan’ took place at JW Mariott in Mumbai and as the leading protagonists of the movie unveiled its first look, The fans were impressed by the efforts each took in maintaining the color code- Red and Black.

Kajol exuded elegance in a simple black striped Manish Malhotra saree with a red border. SRK looked handsome as ever in his crisp black suit. Director Karan Johar also sported the red and black theme in his black suit with a red collar. Imressed folks?

Perfectionist Aamir Khan is known to adopt novice methods for the promotion of his flicks. This time he is on a seven city tour to promote his forthcoming film ‘3 Idiots’ and plans to put on a different disguise for each stop.

His first stop was in Varanasi where he stayed in the disguise of an old man in a simple shirt, face covered with a muffler and behind old sunglasses. He traveled through the narrow lanes of the old city to search his mother, Zeenat`s birth place in Teliyanala area, near the Prahlad Ghat at the banks of river Ganga.

The rickshaw-puller Ramlakhan Paswan, who drove the actor through the bylanes of the city, said, “Aamir got really emotional when he found the birth place of his mother. When Aamir reached his mother`s birth place he was chewing paan and his mouth was full of it. He was sporting a white beard so no one could identify him,” Paswan said adding, “He suddenly revealed his identity and asked the people in Bhojpuri, `Ka Guru ee Banaras hau, Aamir Khan ke na pahachan pailen`(Don`t you recognise Aamir Khan).”

The actor has roped in `Master Blaster` Sachin Tendulkar to endorse the movie. Sachin has already watched the film at Ketnav studios in suburban Bandra along with his wife Anjali and friends including cricketer Ajit Agarkar.

After leaving Varanasi, the actor is headed to his second destination and clue for it is: “Andheri Kaali Raat mein aaunga main, Khooni Darwaja Khat khataunga main, Aap mujh tak pahunche na par koi baat nahin, Kahin par apni chhap chhod jaunga main.”

You no longer need to wait to learn about salesman skills of  Ranbir Kapoor and need only to wait for Shimit Amin’s new comedy “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year” movie that is going to be released on, December 11.  What he is doing, one can judge from the music video for a music number from the movie “Pocket Mein Rocket”. In the music number he is shown as bored salesman trying to entertain himself by endulging in a number of fun activities like playing around with his papers, dances around the office and others. Check them yourself from the video below:

Despite all controversy, surrounded around Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starer movie Kurbaan, whether it be a poster issue or any other dispute however its premier would be attended by a very big celebrity, that to a greater extent would save movie from unnecessary propaganda as started by Shiv Sena likes. As according to some resources that Rensil D’ Silva would hold an exclusive premier of the movie for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  Kurbaan is the movie that shows up terrorism as mixed up with element of love. According to Kurbaan team it shows terrorism in completely new light and perspective.