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The thrills behind the thriller that Anurag Basu is making for Rakesh Roshan with Hrithik in the lead are getting more thrilling than the film itself. The hunt for the leading lady for Hrithik is getting more intense. Several names had been put forward. Apparently Rakesh Roshan who is very close to Anil Kapoor and very fond of Sonam wanted to cast her. But Sonam, frightfully conscious of her conservative image begged off. The role requires the girl to get seriously sexy with Hrithik.
Says Hrithik, "I'd love to work with Sonam. But not on this project. The role doesn't do justice to her. We're looking at someone from abroad, someone Latin American or Brazilian. So yeah, in that sense this would be my first international project." Director Anurag Basu says Sonam doesn't suit the role. "We've looked at many names, known and unknown in Bollywood. But that 'it' factor eludes us. I am getting quite jittery. The girl's role is extremely bold. Actually we've decided to cast someone international, preferably Brazilian, because that's the personality and profile of the leading lady in my film." According to reliable reports, the girl chosen for the part is the Channel V model Bruna Abdullah. Child of an Arabian mother and Brazilian father Bruna has been stationed in Mumbai waiting for Bollywood to happen. She performed an extremely bold item song for Anubhav Sinha's Cash recently.
Says a close friend of the Arabian-Brazilian veejay-dancer, "Bruna is extremely uninhibited before the camera. That is why she was brought into Channel V who needed a girl to rival the international looks, personality, and body language of MTV's veejay Mia. Bruna has her eyes set on Bollywood. Anubhav's item song was her stepping-stone. Anurag's film with Hrithik is her next big move." However the director denies Bruna has been penciled in for the Hrithik project. "I don't deny meeting her, like we've met so many other girls for the part. But Bruna hasn't been finalized. But it'll surely be an international face." Adds Rakesh Roshan, "It'll be a Spanish -speaking girl. We want to show love has no barriers." Source: Indiafm.com News | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:48 pm
Suresh Gopi and Bala-starrer Sound of Boot has been delayed further. The movie, slated for release in Christmas, was postponed to January 11. But the movie could not make it to the theatres as desired and the latest news is that it will now be released next month. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:55 am
Lakshmi Rai plays the female lead in Anwar Rasheed's new action comedy, Annan Thambi. Mammootty plays the role of twin brothers Appu and Achu who are separated from each other by their father. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:48 am
Several hit Malayalam films have often be remade in Tamil, the most recent one being Mammootty-starrer Katha Parayumbol. At the same time, Tamil blockbuster movies released in Kerala have fetched good collections at the box office. Last year's Tamil blockbuster Sivaji released in around 86 centres in Kerala showed a fantastic ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:43 am
'Indian Idol' Abhijeet Sawant, who was the first to win a musical reality show, is now coming to win your hearts as an actor in 3S Creations 'Lottery' where he is romancing new comers Rucha Gujrati and Manisha Kelkar. His album 'Junoon' was on the top of the charts last ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:11 am
Actress Gopika pairs with Jayaram for the first time in a Malayalam film titled Veruthe Oru Bharya. Gopika is the actress known for her selection of films on qualitative basis. She has hardly accepted one or two films at a time and give her full concentration up to the completion of ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:08 am
London (ANI): Author JK Rowling admits that saying goodbye to her character Harry Potter was more painful than divorce. The Brit author was honoured for outstanding achievement at the South Bank Show Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in central London recently and she told the gathering there just how painful saying ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:34 am
On Tuesday evening, actor Dhanush got injured while exercising at a Gym near his residence. When the actor was working out with weights, one of them slipped accidentally falling on his nose. It started bleeding and he had to be rushed to a nearby hospital. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:26 am
Washington (ANI): It looks like David Beckham is all in support of his wife's recent skin cancer campaign, as he was seen proudly flashing Victoria"s naked photo on his T-shirt. Posh Spice recently posed nude for a charity t-shirt by her designer friend Marc Jacobs to warn people about skin cancer. ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:24 am
Washington (ANI): One person who is hoping that all those media reports about Angelina Jolie being pregnant with twins is true is her father Jon Voight. Father and daughter have been estranged ever since Voight went on national television and pleaded with Jolie to get help for her 'serious emotional problems', ... Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:12 am
Vadivelu's magnum opus, Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan, is all set to scorch screens across Tamil Nadu with its release on February 1. The film, Vadivelu's second outing as a hero, is a mythological, where we find the comedian playing three different roles: Lord Indira, Yama and common man Azhagappan. Source: Oneindia - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
By now its common knowledge to one and all, that King Khan is all excited about bagging the ownership of the Kolkata team in the BCCI's Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. There were even talks of how SRK wanted none other than the Prince of Kolkota, Sourav Ganguly, to lead his team, but all that will be finalized only when Dada returns home this week from the long Australian tour.
Meanwhile, not one to waste any time, SRK is going all guns blazing to see that his team gets all the right support required to make an impact in the inaugural edition of the tournament. In fact, the buzz is that Khan has even spoken to music composers Vishal- Shekhar and given them the task of composing a rocking theme song for his team.
What's more with the owners of the teams, being given the task of determining the look of their teams, SRK it seems is leaving no stone unturned and is working in full swing on deciding the right gear for his Kolkata team. In fact, one of SRK's favorite designers, Anahita Shroff, is apparently in the lead to design the look for the team.
Well, at the rate at which he is going all out to support his team, you never know the Baadshah of Bollywood may soon end up being the Baadshah of even the cricketing world. Source: Indiafm.com News | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:59 am
Are you passionate about music? Do you have a band that plays Hindi songs? If yes, then here's your chance to prove your mettle through a new talent hunt on radio. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 8:30 am
Post JAAN-E-MANN, Shirish Kunder had decided to start his production house. In fact, Shirish had announced two ambitious movies under his production outfit, titled JOKER and PRINCE OF INDIA. JOKER, starring Akshay Kumar, is an action film and PRINCE OF INDIA, drama.
The latest development is, before Shirish begins work on the two films, he has decided to start a quickie. And it's a comedy this time. âIt's called TEES MAAR KHAN. JOKER is taking time since it's a big-budget film and the dates have to be sorted out. That's when I decided to start a third project altogether,â Shirish informs me.
Shirish hasn't decided on the star cast of TEES MAAR KHAN yet. âI'll be ready with a bound script in the next couple of days and then decide on the casting. I have a few options as far as casting go. It's a solo-hero film and we plan to start in August/September this year,â he adds.
Only after TEES MAAR KHAN is ready will Shirish begin JOKER, followed by PRINCE OF INDIA. Source: Indiafm.com News | 30 Jan 2008 | 7:01 am
Ile de France Film Commission, now in India for the Rendezvous with French Cinema in India programme, has laid out elaborate plans to woo Indian moviemakers to shoot their productions on any of around 1,000 locations in France. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 7:00 am
Aishwarya Rai is flooded with offers for films, but her priorities after marrying Abhishek Bachchan are slightly different. She wants to focus on her family duties while doing very selective work. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:01 am
In his new film 'Fashion', Madhur Bhandarkar intends to capture the beau monde of ramp walkers in one of the fashion centres of the world - New York, Milan or Paris. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
Actress Malaika Arora is doing a reality show for NDTV Imagine as she is very comfortable with the home medium. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
A lot is being written and said about Govinda persuading writer-director Neeraj Vora to change the title of his comedy 'Run Bhola Run' to 'Do Lucky'. But no one knows that the alternative title belonged to the actor's production house. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:00 am
Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic 'Jodhaa Akbar' is facing trouble, with the Rajput community of Rajasthan threatening to stall the release of the movie in the state. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 2:30 am
After provoking the Indian audience with his last movie 'Provoked', Hollywood-based Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra has taken up yet another sensitive subject for his latest movie 'Shoot On Sight'. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 30 Jan 2008 | 2:30 am
They say that big surprises come in small packages. The same applies to this biggest 'sur-prize' that Bollywood has ever produced, Rajpal Yadav, Bollywood's most prized possession. He is to Bollywood's comedy what Sachin is to Indian cricket. It's really very tough to say whether he happened to films or vice versa! Either ways, it has always been Bollywood's gain, all the way! While others follow the path most travelled, he is a man who dared to create his own path and write his destiny!
Here's your chance to say much, much more than just Hi, Hello to the man who makes you go 'Cheese' with the mere utterance of his name, only on Bollywood Hungama on Jan 30 at 1630 hrs IST. Source: Indiafm.com News | 29 Jan 2008 | 4:52 pm
The otherwise dull corridors of the defence ministry office in South Block sparkled with stardust Tuesday when Hollywood star George Clooney called on Defence Secretary Vijay Singh along with UN Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:30 pm
Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy may be losing its relevance among the Gen Next bred on violence and action, but whenever someone tries to make a film on him or his philosophy, it brings rich returns. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 29 Jan 2008 | 11:33 am
A lot is being written and said about Govinda persuading writer-director Neeraj Vora to change the title of his comedy Run Bhola Run to Do Lucky. But no one knows that the alternative title belonged to Govinda.
"That's right," laughs the actor on Tuesday morning, bright and early, as he prepares to leave for his shoot. "Do Lucky was a title registered with my production company Govinda Entertainment. I suggested it to Neeraj in place of Run Bhola Run and he gladly accepted it. See, Run Bhola Run sounded too much like a sequel to Bhagam Bhag. I told Neeraj he might as well call his film Bhagam Bhag 2. Just because you put two 'runs' in the title it doesn't mean the film will run," jokes Govinda.
In fact, the title for Ravi Chopra's Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai was also suggested by Govinda. "They had some problems with the other title Pappu Paas Ho Gaya. I thought Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is far more appropriate."
Govinda has also been accused of stalling the shooting while a numerologist was summoned on the sets of Neeraj Vora's film to change the title. "Why would I summon anyone else?' reasons Govinda. "I'm a very good numerologist myself. In fact, many years ago when I started my career I changed my name from Govind to Govinda and it worked." Source: Indiafm.com News | 29 Jan 2008 | 11:26 am
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Aishwarya Rai is flooded with offers for films. But her priorities right now are slightly different. She wants to focus on her family duties while doing very selective work. Says a source very close to her, "Even about Pink Panther she wasn't sure, what with Mrs Teji Bachchan being so critically ill. Aishwarya didn't want any distraction from her family duties. It was Abhishek who urged her to take up the offer. Now she's ready to sign a couple of films. But she will choose very carefully. "
Producer Rohan Sippy's film directed by Sriram which is supposed to bring the never-before pair of John Abraham and Aishwarya Rai is awaiting the leading lady's approval. Though the shooting for the untitled love story has commenced with John, Aishwarya's nod is still awaited. And the only reason why she hasn't given the green signal is because the director hasn't come up with the script yet.
Says a source close to the project, "Ash has always been very close to the producer Rohan Sippy. After all she met and got to know Abhishek on the sets of Rohan's Kuch Na Kaho. Since then she and Rohan have always been close. When this project with Sriram Raghavan came up, Aishwarya's dates were a problem. Rohan flew down to Boston where she was shooting for her Pink Panther movie to convince her. Touched by Rohan's sincerity she immediately said yes. However, she made it clear that she would like to see the script."
Months have passed but no script. Sriram was busy finishing Johnny Gaddar and then sorting his projects out. Continues the source, "Though Ash has heard Sriram's idea and loves it, she has always insisted on a script from the start of her career. Remember how years ago Indra Kumar got pissed off with her because she had asked for a script before saying yes? Ash remains unchanged in her professionalism. Whether it's a completely professional arrangement with Indra Kumar or a friendly producer like Rohan Sippy, she wants the script."
Pooh poohing stories of how she was distracted and distracting on the sets of Jodhaa Akbar the source says, "If anything Ash is today even more professional than she used to be before marriage. Forget about causing distractions by bringing guests to Karjat where Ashutosh was shooting, or not giving Hrithik Roshan his cues while he was emoting, Ash wouldn't even speak to her husband on the phone while shooting." Sriram's film is crucial for Ash because after Jodhaa Akbar and Pink Panther this would be the only film she's signing.
Concludes the source, "Some people are suggesting that Aishwarya's dates for Sriram Raghavan's film are a difficulty. Not true. She has already set aside a large chunk in the first quarter of 2008 for this film. The problem is the script. She's still waiting for it."
Aishwarya who's just back from a wedding in Jaya Bachchan's family in Bhopal remains the same. "My attitude to my career remains unchanged. I remain the same. It's people around me who imagine I've become a different person. They insist on portraying me the way they perceive me to be in their minds. And never mind if they're way off the mark. One report says I'll be performing the Salsa at a soap-sponsored event. Does that look anything like me?" Source: Indiafm.com News | 29 Jan 2008 | 11:06 am
The death of the 28-year old Australian superstar Heath Ledger has had severe repercussions on the entertainment industry, particularly on Shekhar Kapoor who was apparently the last person to speak to Heath before the actor's tragically premature death.
"That's what I gather. I believe I'm the last person Heath spoke to that night before his death. And the press in New York got to know of this. The press out there started to hound me. My phone wouldn't stop ringing in New York. I had to cut short my visit and return to Mumbai," said Shekhar on Monday morning, hours after he landed up.
Remembering his short-lived association with Heath Ledger, Shekhar recalled, "Heath wasn't just the star of my film Four Feathers. He was a lot more. He was a very dear friend. We connected regularly and shared our problems. In fact, on the evening before he died we were supposed to meet. But he expressed an inability to meet and suggested we fix up another time the next morning. But in the morning he was gone! Such is life!" sighs the filmmaker just back in Mumbai and getting ready to direct his new film, this time set in Shekhar's favourite city, Mumbai.
The futuristic look at Mumbai entitled Paani will probably be the most expensive film Shekhar will produce. "It'd require a creation of a whole city with two levels, one for the super-rich and the other for the underprivileged." The cast is now being seriously looked at. Shekhar is most probably collaborating with UTV for this venture.
His other sleeper project Time Machine will now be directed by Rakeysh Mehra. The buzz is that Ranbir Kapoor will be playing the young lead that was once offered to Aamir Khan. "Nothing has been confirmed yet. I'll let you know as soon as things fall into place", promises Shekhar. Source: Indiafm.com News | 29 Jan 2008 | 10:43 am
