Did Kareena Kapoor oust Priyanka Chopra from ‘Agent Vinod’ song?
Though the makers of the film and the actors in it are tight-lipped about the story, the fact remains that Priyanka Chopra was originally invited to do a traditional mujra in Agent Vinod. Apparently it was Kareena who put her foot down and insisted on doing the ‘item number’ herself instead of letting her long time rival steal any of the thunder
Agent Vinod is Saif Ali Khan’s baby. The Nawab of Pataudi turned producer because he always wanted to do a film of this scale. This is Saif’s second film as a producer after Love Aaj Kal and the 41-year-old will be romancing real-life love Kareena Kapoor in the film. It’s an open secret that if you produce a movie, it gives you the power to select a star cast of your choice. At least that’s how it works in Bollywood. We heard that the director of the film Sriram Raghavan was keen to have a classical mujra in Agent Vinod and his first choice to do the number was Priyanka Chopra. But when Kareena found out about it – a little birdie told us with much wicked chortling – she was not particularly happy about the director’s choice and influenced producer-beau Saif to picturise the song on hers rather than letting arch-rival PC steal the limelight with her sexy moves. Click here to read moreRaaz 3: Steamy, steamier or steamiest?
Yogen Shah
Shooting for the third part of the franchise has begun and it seems that the makers will indeed make it even more…err…hot than before!
The Bhatts seem to be very confident of the latest installment in the Raaz franchise, one that stars Emraan Hashmi and Bipasha Basu. Though the shoot has just begun, the makers have been heard saying that Raaz 3 will be their biggest money-spinner yet. Going by the shooting stills that our buddy the birdie sent us, it is quite obvious that, if nothing else, the hotness quotient of the film has been upped, thanks to the smoking Bips getting jiggy with the buff Emraan. Click here to read moreArbaaz Khan: I’m trying to create a new ‘Dabangg’
Yogen Shah
Arbaaz Khan, who will be directing the sequel to the National Award-winning Dabangg, speaks about his new film
Actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan, whose debut production Dabangg rocked the box office in 2010, says he is attempting to make its sequel diametrically different from the original. There is going to be no competition between the two, says Arbaaz. “When I did the first one, my intention was to tell a story which I believed in…and was excited about. That is exactly why I am going to take it forward. I have a story to tell but I am not worried about the past,” he said. “With that sincerity and honesty, if I take care of the script I am sure everything will fall in place. I am not competing with the original Dabangg, but I am trying to create another Dabangg,” he added. Click here to read moreRucha Gujarati: Non-fiction shows are easy money and less hard work
She is cute, bubbly and forever smiling. Rucha Gujarati, who took a year-long-sabbatical post her wedding, recently made a comeback with a grey character in Sony Television’s Saas Bina Sasural. But she asserts that the real Rucha doesn’t have a mean bone in her entire body and firmly believes in the policy of live and let live…
Here’s getting candid with the daily soap actor who talks wholeheartedly about her professional life, but carefully evades questions on her personal life… Click here to read moreFilmfare Awards 2011: Ranbir Kapoor, Vidya Balan win Best Actor Awards
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Delhi Belly, The Dirty Picture and Rockstar garnered multiple awards
The 57th Filmfare Awards were announced yesterday (January 29) at Film City with Ranbir Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan as hosts. Ranbir’s film Rockstar went on to win five trophies – including Best Music for AR Rahman, and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) and Critics’ Award for Best Actor for the Kapoor lad. Vidya Balan didn’t have the same luck. Click here to read moreRafeeq Ellias: Chandan Roy Sanyal is a mix of Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin
Photographer Rafeeq Ellias dons the director’s hat and enters the world of feature films this week with the release of his first movie, Love You To Death
An addition to the new crop of directors, Ellias insists that there’s nothing called a ‘mindless film’, which is why we think he’s had no qualms in coming up with a Hinglish comedy flick that’s nothing less than a roller-coaster ride between Chandan Roy Sanyal and Yuki Ellias- the protagonists. A tête-à-tête with the calm and composed Rafeeq takes us through the creative journey he has embarked on and helps us get a fresh insight into the cluttered place we call Bollywood… Click here to read moreIs Rajesh Khanna ogling at Ameesha Patel?
Veteran Rajesh Khanna has been accused of having a roving eye in the past. And this picture, taken at a recent event, isn’t good news for the yesteryear star’s degenerating image
There was a time when Babu moshai (Rajesh Khanna) would croon a Ye shyam mastani or a Zindagi ek safar and all the girls would go weak in their knees. Things have changed over the years and the yesteryear star is sinking into oblivion with every passing day. We get to see him only occasionally when makes an appearance or two in award functions and events. Click here to read moreAGNEEPATH Movie Review: See it for Hrithik Roshan’s heartfelt performance
Hrithik convincingly plays superman with an everyman core, but the film disappoints!
There are moments of great power in Agneepath. Debutant director Karan Malhotra, clearly a connoisseur of over-the-top Bollywood drama, piles on thunderous confrontations and punchy dialogues. So when Vijay Dinanath Chauhan gives his full introduction, which includes the name of his village Mandwa, as he knifes a hated adversary, you have no choice but to applaud. There is also some fine acting in Agneepath, notably Hrithik Roshan’s heartfelt performance as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. Stepping away from the long shadow cast by Amitabh Bachchan’s stylised take in the 1990 original, Hrithik convincingly plays superman with an everyman core. So he isn’t obviously larger-than-life. His eyes have an ache and when he breaks down and weeps, the anguish is palpable. Rishi Kapoor as Vijay’s mentor Rauf Lala also goes bad with panache. Click here to read more
