Chak De India enters Oscar Library!
Chak De for the team! The movie’s exceptional script by Jaideep Sahni will be at a very deserving place – no where else but the Oscar Library! “A copy of the screenplay has already reached the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, which hosts and hands out the Oscar Awards, to be a part of their script collection.”
The script will be kept at the Margaret Herrick Library and will be accessible only to film students, filmmakers, writers and actor. Now that is truly Chak De! India.
RGV declares Cobra
Ram Gopal Varma is all set to release his AAG and DARLING back-to-back! His Sarkar 2 is also ready to enter the post production stage. And if you think that’s it for Ramu this year, then take a pause and be ready for the next news.
Ramu will soon start working with Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgan for his next project ‘Cobra’. The movie is made by RGV’s factory and Adlabs together. More big names will be added to the cast, so let us wait and see what Ramu declares next.
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Kareena Kapoor and Shaid Kapoor Split?
Saif Ali Khan entered Bollywood singing “Jabbhi Koi Ladki Dekhoon Mera Dil Deewana Bole Ole Ole” and looks like after having two splits – one with Amrita Singh and another with Rosa – Saif has taken his song pretty seriously. Bipasha and John split partly because Saif was very close to Bips dear…Now the birdie couple of Bollywood – Kareena Kapoor and Shahid are supposed to be going through a similar break-up!!! Reason? Well, Kareena also got close to Saif during the shoot of Tashan!!!
However Shahid is unaware of Kareena’s intimacy with Saif 
! He is blissfully shooting in Canada for Nagesh Kukunoor’s Tasveer. God!!! What say guys?
First Peak into SRK’s Om Shanti Om
Yet another Shahrukh Khan starer and a mega production is coming to light this November – it is none other than Farah Khan’s second film “Om Shanti Om”. Revisit the 70s of Bollywood with film!
Here is the synopsis of the film’s promos as circulating on net:
Noor-e-haq sham-ae-ilahi ko mita sakta hai kaun Jiska haami hai khuda usko mita sakta hai kaun
Alright, so the hardcore Urdu couplet that kick starts the promo of Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om rewinds you back to the sixties social, a la Yash Chopra’s Waqt where the poetic meaning forewarned us, as to what is going to follow. Well, it goes without saying that the premise of this hugely mounted entertainer has movies as its backdrop. Shah Rukh is a junior artiste with star-gaze as his only respite; while ravishing Deepika Padukone is the proverbial amply-endowed star of the sixties-seventies, with a smile that kisses her dimples like the dewdrops sliding on a nubile flower petal.
The dream girl is off to a premiere of her big ticket flick while love-struck SRK (in a check coat) is driven away by guards forcefully. Montages of transition follow. A convertible biggie car stops with a screech. ‘STAR’ shines on its number plate. SRK has a Filmfare award in his hand while Padukone draped in a Kanjeevram sleeveless sari dances away to glory on a big dhol (obviously it’s an ode to Sridevi of Himmatwala). Helen is not to be left behind, as totally transformed Deepika oozes out of a life like cage draped in the Monika ensemble. Phew!
SRK on his part showcases many of the characters that he has played in his career. There are traces of Raj-Rahul as he dances in a lavish party, sings the open-chested romantic duets, rides a macho bike, the blood smeared Baazigar who also dabbles in Devdas for a while. There’s a Shah Rukh Khan voiceover that takes this ninety second promo forward proclaiming adherence to escapist cinema. Yes, no bad endings for this one. “Picture abhi khatam nahin hui hai,” he says in an inebriated tone.
So what do you have to say about ‘Om Shanti Om’ first look??? Let’s hear it from you
Saawariya – the saga in green posture
Yet another grand presentation by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Saawariya feature debutants Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Ranbir – son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and Sonam daughter of Anil Kapoor. Rani and Salman also make special appearances in the movie. The Diwali release is already making rave news with the theatrical trailers being released. Enjoy the first publicity posture released officially!
Who will replace Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan?
Now that Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan are under the police eye, Bollywood is finding itself in a great jeopardy. Who can replace the two of the most countable actors? The question has shaken quiet a few. “They are cult figures and they have a certain equation with the audience which makes them indispensible,” says David Dhawan.
Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik roshan, the other countable stars have their hands full. So the only ones remaining are Amir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan. Will they be able to deliver more number of quality acts than they usually do? So the hope remains on the recent comers Riteish Deshmukh, Sharman Joshi and the debutant Ranbir Kapoor and the likes. Let us see who grabs the show now that there are two great holes in the closely knit competition.
Nach Baliye 3 from September
‘Nach Baliye’ returns with all the fan fare and more. This time the celebrity based reality dance show will be telecasted not on Star One but on Star Plus. And the show goes on air from September. The ten celebrity couples include Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi, Kashmera Shah and Krushna Abhishek, Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kapoor, Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal, Shweta Keswani and Alexx O’Neil, Karan Patel and Amita Chandekar, Vikas Sethi and Amita Sethi, Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik, Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh, and Kiran Janjani and Ritu Janjani.
So pave way for the Dhamakedaar magnum opus!!!
Shahrukh, Deepika Padukone, Farah Khan on Koffee With Karan
Are you thinking that Karan has exhausted the list of guest and the rare combinations in Koffee with Karan?
Well in that case I have good news for you. Karan has got some real combinations left for the show this season. The first dhamakedaar combination is Shah Rukh Khan- Deepika Padukone- Farah Khan on Sunday, August 26th at 9 p.m. on Star One and Star World. And needless to say the episode is a fun roller coaster ride.
Excerpts from the fun episode:
Karan: Welcome back to Koffee with Karan, How does it feel? It is your third appearance?
Farah: Fourth, if you are not counting when I was a judge in the last season.
Karan: Oh right, you judged the finale episode.
Farah: Ya. I have been here almost as much as you.
Karan: A big event that has transformed your life is your wedding. That happened two years ago?
Farah: Ya, two years.
Karan: I thought it would change you. Tell me, has it changed you?
Farah: ahhhhhh… has it?
Karan: I am asking you. Has it made you softer, calmer?
Farah: I don’t think it has made me calmer for sure. But yes, it has given me a perspective in life. And I do enjoy staying at home a lot more now.
Karan: Yes, you have someone to come home to.
Farah: Ya. I like being around the house, doing homely things… not just being on set so much. But I still enjoyed making my second movie a little more than I enjoyed making my first one… when I wasn’t married then.
Karan: So cool you look — new hair do, muscles, six pack I heard…
SRK: Four
Farah: Four have come, two to go!
SRK: I am still working on the last two.
Karan: What made you make this change?
SRK: My son feels I am fat.
Karan: He thinks you are fat?
SRK: He thinks I am fat. He beat up a girl because, first she called me an a******, then she said I look very ugly on KBC… sorry Star. He didn’t react, he controlled himself. Finally, when she said, your father is fat, he kicked her. So I got angry with him, and he said, ‘Papa, you know what? It is not her fault, it’s you. Why are you fat? Because she said, ugly, I didn’t mind. You looked handsome on KBC. You are not an a****** I know. You are a cool guy. But you are fat Papa.’
Karan: He thinks you are fat.
SRK: Just imagine. What he thinks about you and Farah, lets not get into that.
Farah: Thanks!
Karan: Are you nervous at all?
Deepika: I am very nervous.
Karan: Was it the same kind of nervousness when you were offered this film? You had to work with Shah Rukh, with Farah… were you completely like all nerves the first day?
Deepika: It was the same kind of nervousness; especially on the first day. Although Farah went all out to make me feel comfortable, she introduced me to Shah Rukh well in advance…
Karan: And everyone tells that he is a terrific co-star…
Deepika: He is fantastic to work with.
Karan: It feels special that you are a part of such a monstrous project? .
Deepika: Yes and we have almost come to the end of it.
SRK: I thought Karan was saying you are part of such a monster (pointing to Farah).
Deepika: No, she was wonderful.
So don’t miss it!
Larger than life Shah Rukh and his biography
When it comes to Shah Rukh, no other term than Larger-than-life is suitable for him. The King Khan is elated at his film Chak De’s immense success but he is even more humbled at the release of his biography ‘King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema’ by Anupama Chopra.
The book has sold more than 10,000 copies in mere 10 days! Wooph… no one apart from SRK can put such a spell on public. So who all are planning to buy the book guys???
Sanjay Dutt gets temporary bail
After an array of disappointments regarding the Tada court’s verdict for Sanjay Dutt, there is some good news for the Dutt family and also to Bollywood fraternity. Sanju baba has been granted a seven day interim bail by the court. Family and friends of Sanju baba are celebrating the court’s decision.
Can you guess what the lovable actor is going to do in the bail period that he gets? Well, if you think he is going to spend a quiet time at home, then you are wrong. The actor will oblige his friend Rajkumar Hirani by doing a cameo in Hirani’s next film starring Shah Rukh Khan. A source was quoted saying, “Sanju has a crucial cameo in the film. Hirani considers Sanju his lucky mascot and he couldn’t have made a film without him. Also, Shah Rukh and Sanju make a good pair.” Rumors are that Sanju baba will be spending all of his bail time to finish the movies that are halted because of his imprisonment. And these include Sanjay Gupta’s Alibaug and Sanjay Gadhvi’s Kidnap. In the meanwhile Sanjay Gupta says, “We will surely resume shooting but it all depends on Sanju’s frame of mind. He will call the shots in this case. The moment he is ready to shoot, we will do so.”
Surely Sanjay Dutt is a committed actor and he has also got a great friends circle in the industry.
Shah Rukh Khan in Heyy Baby
It is highly unlikely that Shah Rukh disappoints his favorites. So when Sajid Khan asked Shah Rukh for a qawalli number in his first directorial venture ‘Heyy Baby’, SRK readily agreed.
So the movie has not just got Akshay, Ritiesh and Fardeen dancing with Bollywood’s sizzling beauties like Malaika and Dia Mirza, but also has Vidya Balan, a cute baby girl and now SRK to take the movie to its highest comic peak. Let us see on 24th August how SRK makes us be a ‘Mast Kalandar’ with the qawalli in the movie!
Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan in Los Angeles
Aishwarya Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan with Mani Ratnam, attended a reception at University of California. The reception was before the screening of their film ‘Guru’ at the ‘India Splendor’ celebrations in Los Angeles. The event was a huge success. Enjoy the golden couple’s splendor -
