David Dhawan Wraps up Shooting of Hook Ya Crook

This one is a strange case. It seems that director David dhawan has managed to wrap up the shooting of his forthcoming film, Hook Ya Crook much ahead of schedule, leaving everyone surprised.

According to reports, the director finished shooting his film, 27 days ahead of schedule, which is quite a feat. The cast and crew of Hook Ya Crook were parked at Hyderabad's Ramoji Rao Film City for the film's shooting for a while now. In fact, one had heard reports about how the males in the cast, which included John Abraham and Kay Kay Menon, had all bonded very well and spent their free time working out together or playing cricket. Guess the bonhomie on the sets seems to have worked wonders on the productivity of the cast and crew. Kudos to the director for managing to work so efficiently and complete his film in record time. As for lead actor, John Abraham, he is believed to be quite shocked at how Dhawan managed the impossible. He is now planning to use this time to get into shape, physically and mentally for his next movie, which is Abbas Tyrewala's 1 800 Love. The director has even organized a workshop for John ahead of the film's shooting. The film will see Tyrewala's wife, Pakhi, making her acting debut alongside John.

Akshay backed out of 'Life Partner' over fee: Rumi Jafry

Writer-turned-director Rumi Jafry had finalised Akshay Kumar for his second film 'Life Partner', but says the star, who is known to charge exorbitant fees, backed out of the project on monetary issues.

'Akshay had a huge role in 'Life Partner'. He had already said yes to the role and all dates were fixed. He was equally excited but due to price issues between him and the producers Abbas-Mustan he backed out of the project,' Jafry told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

'I also discussed the matter with Abbas-bhai but he said 'to let him go' as they could not settle on a price. We then roped in Govinda and luckily the role has come out very well,' the director added.

The film marks director duo Abbas-Mustan's entry as producers for filmmakers other than themselves.

'Life Partner' is a comedy and Jafry, who as a writer has been associated with comedies throughout his career, says audiences expect him to deliver funny films as a director too.

'Taking my previous record into account, audiences expect comedies from me and I deliver that. But I always try to and will keep a Hrishi-da (Mukherjee) touch in my movies with a message infused with laughter in all of them,' said Jafry, who has scripted hit romantic comedies like 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' (2004), 'Hero No.1' (1997) and 'Coolie No.1' (1995).

Set in Cape Town, South Africa, the film deals with the theme of 'marriage' and stars Tusshar Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Fardeen Khan, Genelia D'Souza and Govinda in pivotal roles.

Tusshar plays a Gujarati guy who believes in arranged marriage and Prachi plays his wife, while Fardeen's character believes in love marriage and is paired with Genelia.

Govinda plays a divorce lawyer, who doesn't believe in the convention of marriage at all. The film also has a surprise element - the actress opposite Govinda.

'The film is about relationships and is an out-and-out comedy. Like all my films, even this one has a message - marriage is an essential part of life. As the world is progressing, relationships are crumbling and are not that deep any more. I'm sure it will leave the audiences thinking without compromising on their laughter,' Jafry said.

What is interesting is that he zeroed in on the story after it was given a 'sensible' nod by superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

'I came out with the idea for the movie while I was writing 'Chalte Chalte' (2003) in Greece. I was discussing it with Shah Rukh (Khan) and Rani (Mukerji) and Shah Rukh asked me to make a film on it. He gave such a positive reaction to it and considering his sensibility and understanding of scripts, I realised I should go for it,' he said.

Told that the storyline sounds similar to the 1982 film 'Shriman Shrimati', Jafry said: 'I haven't even heard of any such movie. Now that you've said it, I'll have to watch it. There's no other inspiration behind 'Life Partner' than the crumbling of relationships.'

The movie was completed very quickly. 'It took me five years to complete my first project, so I made sure to wrap up the second in only five months,' quipped Jafry.

'Life Partner' was slated to release May 1, but has been pushed forward due to the ongoing revenue-sharing tussle between producers and multiplexes.

Karan Johar does not plagiarize

Karan Johar does not plagiarize
Karan Johar is known to make over the top movies with huge star casts and sets, he’s done it all but there is one thing that the superstar has not done and he doesn’t intend to either, plagiarize! Whenever Karan puts his name on to a film or a movie he makes sure its completely authentic.

So what about his next film with Kareena and Kajol in the lead which is said to be based on the Hollywood film Stepmom? He just went about and bought the rights to the film from the producers. Karan does not want to get into any type of allegations and so has made a smart move by doing this.

Hollywood is getting wiser to the tactics of Bollywood filmmakers who use their ideas to spin movies off in India and put their trademark on it. the makers of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had even placed a warning in the papers to all those who try and copy the film.

So Karan has saved himself from all the allegations and even embarrassment this way.

Dil Chahta Hai team has a fallout

Dil Chahta Hai team has a fallout
Shahrukh Khan may not be the reigning best anymore with all the new superstars and the khans getting better with every film, but he still knows how to play the game! The cold war between him and Aamir has been going on for a long time but he is still determined to play the game.

Aamir who was slated to play the lead in Reema Kagti’s next film was adding huge star value to the already existing cast, so naturally the smart khan was bound to ask for a whopper. So when Ritesh Sidhwani, the producer of the film, approached Aamir to discuss the sensitive matters of pay and finances, he was shocked to find Aamir making big demands and asking for a sizeable percentage of the profits.

The source mentions that “Ritesh had gone to meet Aamir on the sets of 3 Idiots to finalise the deal, but was seen storming out of the sets after what apparently was a misunderstanding over term and conditions.”

Farhan and Ritesh were like family and after making cult films like Dil Chahta Hai they never worked together again. But now looks like the fall out could have some effect on their relationships as well.

Ritesh Sidhwani confirmed the happenings saying “Yes it is true that we were working on the film with Aamir and were supposed to start it but now it is not happening.”

Abhishek Bachchan playing Amitabh's father in 'Pa'?

Abhishek Bachchan playing Amitabh's father in 'Pa'?
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan is said to be playing his megastar father Amitabh's father in the upcoming movie "Pa", reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Those working on the production are not permitted to speak about the film as per contractual rules. However, a source from the production house has revealed that "Amitabh plays an alienated and slightly retarded son of Abhishek" in the film.

Helmed by adman-turned-director R. Balakrishnan, popularly known as Balki, the film has its sets shrouded in secrecy and especially Big B's look in the film.

The 66-year-old spends around five hours a day in make-up prosthetics specially created by make-up men flown in from London and the whole project is being kept under wraps at present, with no-one from outside the unit being allowed on set.

Kareena works for 36 hours without a break

Kareena works for 36 hours without a break
The fans usually just look at the fame and interesting lifestyle that the film stars have and tend to overlook the hard work put in by them.

Recently Kareena Kapoor, one of the most successful actresses in filmdom, had to shoot for 36 hours without a break.

The actress has a chock-a-block schedule thanks to films like "Kambakkht Ishq", "3 Idiots", "Agent Vinod", "Mr. and Mrs. Khanna" and an untitled movie by Rensil D'silva in her kitty. She just went rushing from one set to another.

Kareena shot continuously without complaining about tiredness or any lack of sleep. Onlookers said that this is what stars are made of and it was a really good gesture from the actress to shoot without any complaints.

Stunning pics of Soha Ali Khan

Soha Ali Khan will not any more be introduced in Bollywood as “the cute li’l sis of Saif”. Post ‘Rang De’ and ‘Khoya Khoya Chand’, Soha has been looked upon as an actress par excellence. The Nawabzaadi is getting ready for her new release, ‘99’, which is supposed to be “an unpredictable and hilarious ride spread over two cities with colorful characters, unbelievable circumstances, small-time crooks, big-time conspiracies, fateful car crashes, loads of coffee, a briefcase full of money, a budding romance…and a historical controversy brewing in the background!”
In spite of being the critics’ favourite, Soha has not really been on the books of the B.O. gods of Bollywood. ‘99’, which is slated for a May 7 release, is expected to break the jinx.
Click on for the Soha Ali Khan gallery!

Salman's Image Makeover

Earlier we had informed about Salman Khan graciously allowing his producer Boney Kapoor to use a special track in his voice for the promotion oh his forthcoming film WANTED.
Now, We hear Salman Khan has joined the cause for the hit-and-run victims. Remember Salman Khan was earlier booked in a hit-and-run case in 2002 for which he had go through a long drawn legal battle. Now, ironical it may sound, but the fact is that apna Sallu Bhai has shot a 90 sec ad film highlighting the need for responsible driving.

Well, sounds like Salman has turned into a new leaf altogether. Going by all the news this Khan is making, looks like Salman's image is getting a fast paced makeover.

Genelia acts pricey

Instant stardom is a great way of developing unnecessary tantrums. This is what has happened to dear Genelia D'Souza. We hear that a well known designer who wanted Genelia to try his outfits for a shoot was subjected to starry tantrums by the beauty, so much so that he felt harassed. We also hear Genelia's mum, who was accompanying her preferred her daughter to stay in the car than go inside the store to try the outfits.
Well, must say it surely takes some guts to behave this way. But, we wonder how long can Genelia carry on with such tantrums given the fact that she has delivered only a single big hit in Bollywood so far.

John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif were also chosen to participate in filmmaker Karan Johar's vote campaign video. But at the last moment, th

John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif were also chosen to participate in filmmaker Karan Johar's vote campaign video. But at the last moment, the trio couldn't be a part of it for various reasons.

'That's true. Earlier on, John and Bipasha were all set to be a part of this video that has been created to spread awareness around voting this election season. Even Katrina was finalised but in the final scheme of things, we had to shoot the video without them. Such a pity,' said director Tarun Mansukhani.

The 'Vote Aapke Haath Mein Hai' video finally starred Abhishek Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapur, Imran Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Asin, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and Karan himself.

So what really went wrong?

'If you are searching for any controversies, then there aren't any. In fact, it wasn't even the matter of anyone opting out. All three were quite sweet and were game to shoot for the video. But then on the day of the shoot, John and Katrina were not in town due to which we had to go ahead without them,' said Mansukhani.

How about Bipasha?

'Well, her 'Aa Dekhen Zara' was being released on the same day when we had to shoot for the video,' the director said.

Dia Mirza hopes to make it big with 'Acid Factory'

After having done bit roles in not-so-successful films like 'Cash' and 'Krazzy 4', actress Dia Mirza now pins her hopes on forthcoming multi-starrer 'Acid Factory' in which she has performed several stunts on her own.

''Acid Factory' is one of my biggest films. I really worked hard for the film and can't wait to see the promos on air,' Dia, who made her Bollywood debut in 2001 with 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein', said in a press statement.

In the film, Dia is the only female character and has performed several stunts on her own alongside actors Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Dino Morea and Aftab Shivdasani.

Directed by Suparn Varma, the film is produced by Sanjay Gupta. There were reports that Dia had developed differences with the makers of 'Acid Factory' due to the delay in releasing the film, but the beauty queen-turned-actress denies it.

She said: 'The film is releasing as scheduled - winter 2009. It's a big release and they (the filmmakers) have a grand plan for the marketing of the film. The shooting of the film is complete and it is in the post production stage now.'

Sneak Peak: Ram Gopal Varma’s media based thriller ‘Rann’

Sneak Peak: Ram Gopal Varma’s media based thriller ‘Rann’
Ram Gopal Varma has always been living on the edge. His style of making niche movies with over the top storylines and actors has made him one of the best directors in Bollywood today. check out his next upbringing that is sure to convince you of his directorial skill. Curious? Read on…

RGV’s next is titled Rann and is a film based on the modern day media industry and its exploitations for monetary purposes. How the head of all media controls what is displayed to the public and how corruption resides in their hearts that ultimately leads to disaster for the public.
News channels, industry czars and political parties are the principal characters in the film and so this one is definitely sure to stir up a soup.

Check out Ram Gopal Varma’s star cast that comprises Rann.

Amitabh Bachchan is ‘Harshvardhan Malik’
Founder of the first ever private news channel in our country, proudly named India 24X7, ‘Harshvardhan Malik’ is one of the most respected media personalities and follows hardcore journalistic ethics. So in this world where corruption prevails and money speaks, seems like honest India 24X7 is loosing out.

Sudeep is ‘Jay Malik’
Harshvardhan Malik’s son who has absolutely one intention with his fathers empire, a profit making machine. He hates that the corrupt competition is doing better that his own blood and will go to any extent to make it the other way round

Riteish Deshmukh is Purab Shastri
Armed with a degree in journalism he is honest and believes in the true function of a media channel, that it should only report news and the people of a country should have to bank on this as a checkpoint for information. A news channel should report news and not manufacture news.

Mohnish Behl is Amrish Kakkar
The first person to make news into entertainment and profit dearly out of it, so he is probably the sole person responsible for taking the television news industry to the dogs. His channel is no less than a shady brothel, the content that is NEWS is no less than a cheap hooker, and Amrish Kakkar – the most powerful pimp around.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthy as Nalini Kashyap
She is the programming head of India 24X7 and works directly under Harshvardhan. She has worked for long enough in the industry and knows exactly what she is doing, also her views are in direct conflict with what her boss thinks.

Ram Gopal Varma to re-launch Vivek Oberoi

Ram Gopal Varma to re-launch Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi is going through the longest dry spell of his career and with no movies in sight it seemed that this actor was not going to get the limelight for a long time! But until now. Ram Gopal Varma has once again donned the hat of the saviour by stepping in and giving Vivek Oberoi the lead role in his explosive new movie.

Vivek has been offered the role of a rebel turned politician named Paritala Ravi in the new film ‘Rakta Charitra’ and deals with the story of a rebel from the jungles rising to the position of a minister in NT Rama Rao’s Cabinet. Ravi was a rebel, a killer of hundreds and yet a saviour of the thousands who still come to pay homage at his grave. After surviving several assassination attempts, Ravi was gunned down by a death squad allegedly put together by his arch rival Suri who wanted to avenge his father's and brother's deaths.

Ramu feels that Vivek will bring justice to his role and his remarkable intensity, commanding voice and arrogance will do justice to the role.

Ramu is surprised with the way Vivek has prepared for the role “In just three days, he was ready with his research and look tests. I was sold on the look. I was absolutely convinced that my search had ended.”

Parvin Dabas has a role in ‘My Name is Khan’

Parvin Dabas has a role in ‘My Name is Khan’
Parvin Dabas who was last seen in films like Monsoon Wedding and Khosla Ka Ghosla has finally landed a role in the much hyped My Name is Khan and he’s not revealing anything about it. the actor has already shot for the film in the US.

Says he, “Yes, I am part of the project. But I can't reveal about my character. All I can say is that when you are approached for a Karan Johar film you don't say 'what' but 'where'.”

Parvin is not any special friend of Karan Johar or anything, in fact he states that he only me him casually once before so it was really nice when he got a call for the role. "When I sign a film, I don't think what the role will do for me. It is important that I enjoy the role.” Says the actor who usually opts for cult films.

Not many know that the actor is also an avid photographer and is in fact passionate about underwater photography.

He says, "Underwater photography is a passion but I don't indulge in it when I am shooting or in the course of doing a film. I don't want it to be distracting. It is reserved for my free days."

Rajkumar Hirani will begin his next shooting schedule.

Rajkumar Hirani will begin his next shooting schedule.
Aamir Khan fans have to know this, if you are in Ladakh and want to grab a glimpse of your fav star then look no further because he will be there this June. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's next production 3 Idiots directed by Rajkumar Hirani will begin its next shooting schedule there from June onwards.

The cast and crew of the film will head to the north of India where the next leg of the shooting will commence.

As of now Aamir is on vacation with his kids in America and as soon as he is back, he will begin shooting for the same.

3 Idiots is an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel 5 Point Someone and is a feel good family entertainer promising to tickle your funny bone too. The movie is slated for a December release.

Salman Khan’s Prem for younger brother Arbaaz

Salman Khan’s Prem for younger brother Arbaaz
Bollywood star Salman Khan has found a new way to pass on his luck to younger brother Arbaaz Khan - by passing on his lucky screen name Prem.

The actor suggested that Arbaaz name his character Prem in his upcoming film “Prem The Game”, where he plays the lead.
“Earlier, Arbaaz’s character was called by a different name. But Salman suggested that he call his character Prem. So, Arbaaz changed his name to ‘Prem’,” said a source close to the actor.

Salman’s character in 1989 hit “Maine Pyar Kiya” was called Prem and the actor never looked back since then. He later went on to do many films with the same character name as he considered the name lucky. Some of these movies were “Hum Saath-Saath Hain”, “Biwi No.1? and “Chal Mere Bhai”, among others.

Farhan’s Karthik Calling Karthik to finish in June.

Farhan’s Karthik Calling Karthik to finish in June.
Farhan Akthar’s next film ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ is slated for a wrap up in June. Excel Entertainment head Ritesh Sidhwani says the film was planned with a start to finish schedule and the entire cast and crew has been on the move ever since. The entire movie is planned in India. They have started shooting in Mumbai furthered on to Lonavala for a few days and then they shot in Cochin and now the crew is back in Mumbai.

Directed by Vijay Lalwani, the film stars Farhan Akthar, Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani and Shefali Shah.
The film is a thriller and the release date remains unannounced.

Please keep your distance! Says Prachi

Please keep your distance! Says Prachi
Prachi Desai was a little bit uncomfortable with Tusshar Kapoor on the sets of Life Partner. News is that when Tusshar and Prachi had to do an intimate scene for the movie Prachi was really uncomfortable and went into ‘don’t touch me’ mode. Tusshar Kapoor’s ego was a little hurt after this incident and he tried talking to her but failed so he unresistingly told the media.

“She is just a 20-year-old girl yaar and a shy one at that, What could I have done other than wait for the passage of time? I tried talking to her and get into frequent chats. She was a lot into ‘Don’t touch me’ and ‘Don’t get too close to me’ mode,”. Prachi and Tusshar were advised to have dinner and get to be friends off camera because in the film both of them play a married couple. Director Rumi Jaffrey suggested that the two establish an offscreen relationship.

One would think that the two would share a good relationship as Prachi and Ektaa Kapoor are really good friends, but that is not the case “She did come to our house earlier as well but we didn’t interact much. We seldom got into any conversations.” Says Tusshar.

Life Partner is set for a June or July release and so we’ll just have to wait for the movie to see what really happens.

“The film industry is bleeding” – Mukesh Bhatt

“The film industry is bleeding” – Mukesh Bhatt
The ongoing strike between the producers and the multiplexes doesn’t look like its going to get any better soon. Mukesh Bhatt who is spearheading on the producers front considers Bollywood to be bleeding.Bhatt is the chairman of the United Forum for Bollywood Producers and Distributors and says “We (the film industry) are bleeding. This strike is affecting the industry and we are suffering colossal losses,”

The entire industry is facing problems as all movies have been delayed. The multiplexes are suffering huge losses and will go on a complete shutter down policy from the 1st of may if the strike doesn’t end. Producers are stopping all marketing and distribution of their films from the 4th of April. “We are not going to succumb to unreasonable demands,” said Bhatt.

‘Fair Price for Friday Nights’ is the demand the producers are making and the tussle is over 50:50 revenue sharing between producers and multiplexes

Exhausted Priyanka gets discharged.

Exhausted Priyanka gets discharged.
After spending two and a half days in a posh Mumbai hospital, Priyanka Chopra was snapped leaving the place looking completely pale and drained out with her father following behind her.Priyanka had a lot of visitors in the hospital coming in and out including her best friend Shahid and even more interestingly his parents turned upto see how she was doing too. How nice.

Jiah signs up for two UTV deals

Jiah signs up for two UTV deals
Jiah created huge waves when she suddenly walked out of Ken Ghosh’s ‘Yahoo’, a film that was produced by UTV and it looked like she wasn’t coming back. But prodigal Jiah came right back to the huge banner as reports are stating that she has signed up for two more movies with the same banner. UTV Motion Pictures has another side to the story saying that Jaih never stormed out in the first place. Jiah & UTV had a mutual consensus that she was to leave the movie because the original script had been creatively altered.

They maintain that no relationships were stained and they would continue to work together. Says the Ghajini star “With the changes they made on the script and the character, I myself felt that I do not suit the character. However, my relationship with UTV remains the same and they have signed me for two of their future films to be started later this year”

They also maintain that Jiah walking out of the film was a complete rumour.

Bollywood legend Feroz Khan dies at 70

Succumbs to Cancer

Legendary actor and director Feroz Khan died late on Sunday night in his Bangalore farmhouse. He was 70.

The actor had been diagnosed with cancer over a year ago. Feroz Khan directed and produced successful Hindi films such as Dharmaatma, Qurbani and Jaanbaaz.

The last film he starred in was the blockbuster hit Welcome in 2007. He is survived by his son Fardeen and daughter Laila.

Feroz Khan was born and brought up in Bangalore. He made his debut as second lead in Didi (1960). His first big hit was in 1965 with the release of Oonche Log.

He produced, directed and starred in the 1975 -77 film Dharmatma which was the first Indian film to be shot in Afghanistan and was also his first blockbuster hit as producer, director and actor.

Salman, Arbaaz Khan in 'Prem Kaa Game'

Salman, Arbaaz Khan in 'Prem Kaa Game'
The Khan brothers - Salman and Arbaaz - will be teaming up after almost four years in the film 'Prem Kaa Game'.

Salman, who will be seen throughout the narrative of the film, will be advising Arbaaz's character, Prem, how to stray in marriage.

The two were earlier seen together in David Dhawan's romantic comedy 'Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?' in 2005.

Jailbirds of Bollywood: John Abraham and Neil Mukesh

Jailbirds of Bollywood: John Abraham and Neil Mukesh
Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham, who will be seen together in 'New York', are shooting at the same venue in Maharashtra's Karjat town for two different films on life in jail, but they aren't meeting each other.
"To be honest I have hardly had the chance to meet John here, although we're shooting just a hop and skip away from each other. In all this time maybe we've met just once," Neil told us.

The interesting part is that the two adjacent sets at Nitin Desai's studio in Karjat represent huge prison sets. While Madhur Bhandarkar is shooting 'Jail' on one prison set, David Dhawan is shooting scenes in a prison with John Abraham for 'Hook Ya Crook' next door.

Desperate attempts are being made to keep the cast and crew of one film away from the other to ensure there's no creative overlapping or duplication from one to the other.

The fact that gym buddies John and Neil aren't fraternizing although they are shooting a breath away is ample proof that the two units have decided to stay away from each other with their respective prison secrets.

This, after spending all their free time together in Philadelphia when they were shooting for 'New York' and later in Mumbai where they gymed together.

After all, it's about creativity.
Incidentally, Kabir Khan's 'New York' has a prison scene where John is stripped and tortured for being a suspected terrorist. Neil too bares all for 'Jail' and is similarly tortured for crimes he hasn't committed.

With one prison story resembling another without trying, is it any wonder that best buddies John and Neil are staying away from each other and not exchanging notes over their prison stories?

Prakash Jha to make film on poll experience

Prakash Jha to make film on poll experience
He was arrested following reports that he was distributing money to voters in his constituency in Bihar and claims he was harassed by the administration a day before the polls. Filmmaker-turned-politician Prakash Jha is now set to write a film on his election experience as a Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate.

"It's great entertainment. And for me my cinema has always been a mirror of the wider reality. During 'Gangaajal' I took on Sadhu Yadav when he alleged I had used real-life Bihar politics in the film. Now I've taken him on at the elections."

Jha is pitted against Sadhu Yadav, a Congress nominee and brother-in-law of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad who quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal after he was denied a ticket.
He was arrested on Wednesday and subsequently released after the Bihar police recovered Rs.10.25 lakhs (over Rs.1 million) in cash following reports that he was distributing money to voters in the West Champaran constituency. Jha has vehemently denied the allegations and says it was an attempt to discredit him among the people of Bihar a day before the polls.
"First of all, the police did not raid my election base in Champaran. They raided my sugar factory - the Maurya Sugar Factory - not my electoral headquarters. And that money was the salary for the workers of my sugar mill," Jha asserted.
The director, who has made films like 'Gangaajal' and 'Apaharan', claims the local administration has been harassing him.
"I'd like to put it on record that I'm being harassed by the local administration. A day before the elections in Champaran I wasn't allowed to move around freely on the road even on a two-wheeler. But I'm confident all these attempts to malign and obstruct me will only add votes to my name," Jha said.

Maiden Overs: Cricket Gods in love with B'wood babes!!!

Long before IPL came into being, there has always been a connection between Bollywood and Cricket especially because of the many cases of cricketers being linked to Bollywood beauties. While some of these real life stories culminated into marriage, many others died a slow death. Here's a sneak peek at some of the most discussed and talked about love stories between Bollywood actresses and cricketers.

Freida Pinto among FHM's 10 sexiest women!

Freida Pinto among FHM's 10 sexiest women!
It took just six months for Freida Pinto's rags-to-Oscar story to get itself unfolded. To think that this international celebrity was, not so long back, trying her luck at studio auditions....! Freida is now a regular on the "sexiest women" lists, the world over.
Yet another honour has come her way.
She is at No. 10 in FHM's list of 100 Sexiest Women Of 2009; the list includes Cheryl Cole, Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, Britney Spears, Keeley Hazell, Adriana Lima, Elisha Cuthbert, Kristin Kreuk and Anna Friel.
Here is a pictorial tribute to Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog' wonder!

John Abraham goes international with 'American Empire'

John Abraham goes international with 'American Empire'
John Abraham is all set to venture into international cinema with gangster flick, 'American Empire'.
John Abraham, who earlier earned rave reviews in the Deepa Mehta's Oscar nominated film 'Water', is currently reading the script of the film.

"I am pretty excited about the film. Right now I am reading the script and dwelling into the details of my character. I am really glad to be a part of it," Abraham told us. He was in the city to judge Castrol Power-1 passion hunt.
The actor, however, did not disclose much about his role in the film which reportedly revolves around young woman and her hitman boyfriend.
The gangster drama will be directed by Director Andy Armstrong, who last made TV series 'The New Adventures of Robin Hood'. Armstrong will portray a bizarre picture of underworld with eccentric characters, angst and violence.
The 36-year-old actor, who is riding high on the success of gay-comedy 'Dostana', hopes that the sequel of the film will also charm the audiences.
But Abraham did not confirm whether he would be a part of the sequel.

"Dostana-2 is definitely on. I really can't confirm if I am a part of it but I am hoping for the best," the actor said.

Who is Priyanka Chopra's mystery boyfriend?

Who is Priyanka Chopra's mystery boyfriend?
She has been linked with three actors - Hurman S. Baweja, Shahid Kapur and Hollywood star Gerard Butler of '300' fame - all within a span of one year, but the mystery behind Bollywood's svelte actress Priyanka Chopra's actual love interest continues.
The rumour mills started working overtime after Butler, whom she met at the launch of the Atlantis hotel in Dubai last year, was quoted as saying in a leading daily: "I don't mind getting married to an Indian girl. Too bad Priyanka already has a boyfriend".
Now, who that boyfriend is, remains to be known.
Though rumours of a romantic liaison between Shahid and Priyanka have been in the grapevine lately after their joint appearance at filmmaker Tarun Mansukhani's birthday party in Mumbai last week, neither has confirmed the development.
The two will be seen together in Vishal Bharadwaj's 'Kaminay'.

"Priyanka has always maintained silence on her private affairs. Till date, she has never gone public about her personal life and she will continue to do so," a source close to the actress told us.

Even when news of her affair with her 'Love Story 2050' co-star Hurman was doing the rounds, Priyanka remained politically correct. While Hurman was very vocal about their relationship as well as their break-up, the supermodel-turned-actress chose not to speak about it.

Now, the news about the friendship between Priyanka and Butler, who is currently in Jaipur, is raising eyebrows.
But the source clarifies: "He (Butler) is in Jaipur with four of his friends as part of an India tour.
"He came to Jaipur and knew that Priyanka was shooting and staying at Shiv Vilas for her film 'What's Your Rashee?'. So he came to the sets to meet her as they are good friends and to see what an Indian film shoot looks like. He also met all important people on the sets and was also introduced to Ashutosh (Gowariker) and Hurman. Priyanka and him are just friends only," the source said.

Butler, who played the role of King Spartan in '300', has also been linked to former 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston, which he has denied.

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto spotted kissing!

'Slumdog Millionaire' on-screen couple Dev Patel and Freida Pinto could not keep their real romance under wraps for long as they were spotted kissing during a dinner date in Israel.

Patel reportedly jetted to Tel Aviv, Israel to visit Pinto on the set of her new movie 'Miral', and the pair was later caught sharing a kiss during a romantic dinner.\

The couple who played childhood sweethearts in the Oscar-winning movie, have frequently dismissed rumours they are dating for real, even after their co-star Anil Kapoor hinted they were romantically involved.

Who's Who of Ram Gopal Varma's 'Rann'

Who's Who of Ram Gopal Varma's 'Rann'
It seems everyone is talking about 'Rann' these days, positioning it as "the beginning of a new era in realistic cinema" in Bollywood. Click on, for a crash course on the who's who of maverick director Ram Gopal Varma's take on the India media titled 'Rann'.

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The Khans' Fame Spreads Far and Wide

The Khans of Bollywood seem to be have really made a name for themselves outside the shores of India. One is not talking about their popularity with the NRIs only. Even the bigwigs of Hollywood are aware of their existence.

In fact, even a reputed director like Ron Howard is believed to have said that he is aware of the three Khans of Bollywood, Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman. Much of that credit would go to Danny Boyle and his Slumdog Millionaire which has really shifted the focus to India and Indian actors. In fact, Howard is believed to have also said that he would be keen to cast an Indian actor in his forthcoming projects. Without revealing names, the director is believed to have said that he is aware of the beautiful Indian actresses and the three Khans. With Indian suddenly in everyone's face after Boyle's film swept the Oscars, it would be a little difficult to ignore the country and its talented actors. But it is not just the Khans, who have made their presence felt in the West. Actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan, Aishwariya Rai, Tabu along with music maestro AR Rahman, directors of Indian origin like Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta and Gurinder Chaddha have made sure that India has always had a place in world cinema. Today with the world looking at Indian cinema, it would be nice to even remember maestros like the late V Shantaram, Raj Kapoor and Satyajit Ray, and of course, the great Amitabh Bachchan, who pioneered Indian cinema in the West. That day does not seem far off when one of the Khans may be working in a Hollywood film directed by one of the Hollywood greats like Howard.!

Akshay missing as multiplexes re-release JA, CHAK DE, METRO, RDB

Ok, so it is indeed turning out to be horrific times for multiplexes. While producers would still be releasing their films once the stand off is resolved, and at maximum would incur losses of a few lakhs through interest being paid on their finished products, they still have chances of recovering that money if these films turn out to be good successes. However, for multiplexes which thrive on their daily feed of audience, it has been pathetic times indeed with 3/4/5/6 films releasing every weekend and barely running for 3/4/5/6 shows.
With empty chairs staring multiplex owners and some auditoriums screening films for even a single person (I have been a witness to that for at least a couple of movies), multiplexes have been left with no choice but go back to the blockbusters from the past. At least some multiplexes up North have been forced to resort to this measure as movies like JODHAA AKBAR, CHAK DE INDIA, LIFE IN A METRO and RANG DE BASANTI are being readied for a re-release this Friday.

There are expectations of at least 10%-20% auditorium occupancy for such films, which sounds like a luxury at the moment considering majority of films released in the recent past have been registering less than 5% collections. Also, all these four aforementioned films have been money spinner in the past and have found loyal audiences for themselves over the years, both theatrically as well as on home video.

A point to be noted though is that a certain Akshay Kumar is missing in this elite list of movies being re-released. Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan as well as Shilpa Shetty and Co. are being entrusted to bring the audience back but it's surprising not to see an Akshay Kumar starrer being ignored. Though it would have been a good idea to return with a WELCOME or a SINGH IS KINNG, strangely that hasn't been the case.

One just hopes that it wasn't a well thought of decision and just a matter of releasing whatever best the multiplexes were having in hand at the time of picking and choosing a film.

ROCK ON sequel can wait

Abhishek Kapoor has no immediate plans to work on his debut film ROCK ON sequel. The Filmfare Award winner filmmaker has been flooded with many offers post the film's super success but he is preferring to take it easy and not rush in for a sequel to cash on his cult film's success story unlike others.
Kapoor however does admit to be working on something really interesting which he chooses not to reveal so soon. "I shall definitely share it to all when the time is right. It is too early to disclose anything now." he told us.

Ask him about the many live concerts his ROCK ON producer-cum-hero Farhan Akhtar is involved with and why not him, he replies, "Farhan is just giving back to the people what they enjoyed most from the movie ROCK ON. Its main aspect was the music that helped connect people all over the country. He's just trying to keep the magic of the movie alive."

We just wish he comes out with as good film as ROCK ON in his next

Pesticide spray for Kareena's safety!

Strange as our headlines may seem, but they are hundred percent correct. As is known, actress Kareena Kapoor was in Chandigarh last weekend for shooting an ad film, being directed by her favourite, Imtiaz Ali, of JAB WE MET fame.

The shooting location was a wheat field in village Panhudi near Mallapur (Chandigarh). Just to ensure that Bebo dear was not bitten by an insect or a vermin, pesticides were sprayed in abundance on the fully harvested crop! Not only that, the path that Kareena was supposed to take for reaching the exact shooting venue was also fumigated.

Unfortunately, Kareena was not happy with the location and so pack up was announced and she returned to Mumbai, where the rest of the ad film will be shot.

Rohit Shetty Gets Inked!

Well, guess who just joined B Towns bandwagon of tattoo lovers…it's none other than director Rohit Shetty! The director of one of last years biggest hits 'Golmaal Returns' recently got his tattoo done by celebrity stylist Aalim who has designed tattoos for various Bollywood celebs like Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and Sunil Shetty in the past. Incidently even Sanjay Dutt and Soham Shah were present at Aalim's salon when Rohit was getting his tattoo done and were thoroughly impressed!!

Aalim designed Rohit a splendid tattoo which has his son's name 'Ishan' edged on his arm in the Devnagri script.

Well, that's another doting daddy for you guys!

The 'Mallika' Shake!

Mallika Sherawat recently became the First Bollywood star to be honored with her own milkshake at Hollywood hotspot 'Millions of Milkshakes' in West Hollywood, following the footsteps of Hollywood celebs Miley Cyrus, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Heidi and Spencer, Perez Hilton, Tim Allen and others.

The Mallika Shake comes with Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Strawberries with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

Sherawat, known as the "Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood" and one of the most desirable women on the planet according to Ask Men.com, arrived at Millions of Milkshakes after a special event for her new film "Hisss" (directed by renowned Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch & co starring Slumdog Millionaire's Irrfan Khan) at the Fangoria Convention downtown, where she was showing exclusive clips to "Hisss" which just started post-production in Los Angeles after a 6 month shoot in India.

Says Mallika "It's wonderful that Hollywood has welcomed me with open arms, whether its lunch with the Mayor or a milkshake being named after me. I am having a great time in LA. The post production of 'Hissss' is going great. It has become the first Bollywood production to be represented by a top Hollywood agency 'Endeavor' who brokered the deal for Slumdog Millionaire. Besides its cool to have a Mallika shake next to a Leonardo DiCaprio shake!"

Mugdha Godse's the Showstopper of the Season!

Mugdha Godse seems to be the flavour of the season! The supermodel has been seen sizzling ramps across India as a showstopper for several leading designers at the recently concluded fashion weeks! First it was the capital city of Delhi where she was the showstopper for Satya Paul in a beautiful elegant saree, then the leggy lady attended the fashion week in aamchi Mumbai with a trendy ensemble for Narendra Kumar finally wrapping up with a scintillating green gown in Kolkata for a drama added entry for designers Gauri Nainika!

On asking the lady about her appearances, she says, "I feel the designer's creation is the real showstopper. It's a great honour to be chosen by the designer to be the one to bring out the beauty of the ensemble."

Now that's what you call a humble touch!

First Look: Sasikumar's 'Pasanga'

'Pasanga', produced by 'Subrahmanyapuram' Sasikumar, is almost complete and is as unconventional as his first attempt. The film is an action thriller directed by Pandiraj, a former assistant of Cheran; it stars newcomer Vimal and Vega Tamotia (of Saroja fame) in lead roles and a host of children.

A highlight of the movie would be the music set to tune by James Vasanthan.

Kareena-Shahid won't disappoint as pair in 'Milenge Milenge'

were a hit pair in 'Jab We Met' and the actress says they won't disappoint fans as an on-screen couple in their much delayed 'Milenge Milenge' either.

"I know people have expectations from us individually and as a pair. And they won't be disappointed. It's a very sweet film. And not dated at all though it got delayed. I'm as proud of 'Milenge Milenge' as I am of any of my films," said Kareena, who is currently dating actor Saif Ali Khan.

The romantic comedy by director Satish Kaushik has been in the making since 2005.

Defying all talk that she has been sidelining her only pending assignment with Shahid, Kareena said she had been running in and out of the studio to complete the dubbing before she leaves for a shoot in New York.

"We're all professionals here. For me it doesn't matter who the leading man in 'Milenge Milenge' is. For me what is important is that I made a commitment to two of my favourite people in the industry - producer Boney Kapoor and director Satish Kaushik - who've stood by me from the beginning of my career. How can I let them down? Boney wants a summer release for his film. I've to complete my dubbing before I leave," said Kareena.

"I'm running in and out of two dubbing studios. I've already completed most of the dubbing," she added.

'Milenge Milenge' is special because the former couple will be seen together after Imtiaz Ali's lovable 'Jab We Met' in 2007.

Siren of the Week: Mandira Bedi

Mandira Bedi is back, and she is brandishing the willow!

The ebullient Punjabi kudi with twinkling eyes has almost completely abandoned the big screen now (or is it the other way round?), but her fans have nothing to worry about. Mandira seems to have dug out a career in cricket!

A self-confessed cricket addict, Mandira started off her "cricketing career" as anchor to 'Extraa Innings', a TV show during the cricket World Cups of 2003 and 2007.

From a historical perspective, Mandira is the only star from Bollywood to have made a mark in Indian Cricket!!!

Hrithik teams up with Ganesh Hegde again

Hrithik Roshan and ace choreographer Ganesh Hegde created magic with the dance moves in 'Koi Mil Gaya' and the two have teamed up again - but this time for a TV commercial for popular biscuit brand Hide-n-Seek.

'The commercial required a radically different sound concept and what Ganesh conceived, composed and executed was brilliant,' Hrithik said in a statement.

'Working on the commercial with Ganesh was a gift from god. After three agonising years with damaged knees, managing to justify his genius choreography was extremely challenging. I'm happy to say that this one is going to be our best yet and the entire credit goes to Ganesh,' said the actor, who underwent a knee surgery last year.

The TV ad will be aired later this month.

Salman passes on lucky name Prem to Arbaaz

Bollywood star Salman Khan has found a new way to pass on his luck to younger brother Arbaaz Khan - by passing on his lucky screen name Prem.

The actor suggested that Arbaaz name his character Prem in his upcoming film 'Prem The Game', where he plays the lead.

'Earlier, Arbaaz's character was called by a different name. But Salman suggested that he call his character Prem. So, Arbaaz changed his name to 'Prem',' said a source close to the actor.

Salman's character in 1989 hit 'Maine Pyar Kiya' was called Prem and the actor never looked back since then. He later went on to do many films with the same character name as he considered the name lucky. Some of these movies were 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain', 'Biwi No.1' and 'Chal Mere Bhai', among others.

All The Best also Heads for South Africa

Bollywood star Salman Khan has found a new way to pass on his luck to younger brother Arbaaz Khan - by passing on his lucky screen name Prem.

The actor suggested that Arbaaz name his character Prem in his upcoming film 'Prem The Game', where he plays the lead.

'Earlier, Arbaaz's character was called by a different name. But Salman suggested that he call his character Prem. So, Arbaaz changed his name to 'Prem',' said a source close to the actor.

Salman's character in 1989 hit 'Maine Pyar Kiya' was called Prem and the actor never looked back since then. He later went on to do many films with the same character name as he considered the name lucky. Some of these movies were 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain', 'Biwi No.1' and 'Chal Mere Bhai', among others.

All The Best also Heads for South Africa

The crew of the All The Best Fun begins, is currently parked in South Africa. The film's director Rohit Shetty of Golmaal fame and the film's co producer Kumar Mangat (Ajay Devgan Films' is the other producer) are looking out for locations for their film.

The film's cast and entire crew will move to South Africa immediately after their schedule in Goa is over. Shetty, who has already carved a niche for himself with the two Golmaals, is sticking to his tried and tested genre of comedy with this film as well. The film's cast is headed by Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Fardeen Khan and Mugdha Godse. The music of the movie is being composed by Pritam.

Music Release of "99"

Saregama India Ltd, India's flagship music company along with Peoples Pictures released the music of "99" at Tequila Lounge, Andheri last week. The music of "99" is composed Ashu (of Dhruv and Ashutosh fame), Shamir Tandon, Roshan Machado and Mahesh Shanker. The music is reflective of the mood that prevails throughout the film. It is hilarious, colorful and it has a love song that captures the chemistry between Kunal Khemu and Soha Ali Khan. Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Cyrus Broacha, Simone Singh complete the star cast.

Kunal Khemu on the music launch said, "The music of the movie just blends with the situation. Most importantly, we would also be supporting Mumbai Indians teams for IPL and also would be travelling to South Africa to support and watch the game which they would be playing on 25th April. We all, the cast will promote the film and the soundtrack. Apart from interviews during the game, the music will play during the match." Soha Ali Khan added "We are extremely excited on the launch of the music of '99' and are looking forward to the release of the movie. The music is extremely overwhelming. We would also be promoting the music and the movie during the Mumbai Indians match in IPL."

Survival of the Fittest With Nautilus

Nautilus, the world's leading gym equipment manufacturers presented V's Fitness Challenge. The final challenge was held at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra which was judged by Maria Goertti, Deanne Pandey, and Vidisha Roy. Jackky Bhagnani, debutant of the forthcoming film, 'Kal Kissne Dekha' was the chief guest at the challenge and gave away the prizes. The event partner was Suunto Heart Rate Monitors, who provided the monitors for the event and also the prizes.

Jackky on the prize distribution said, "I am a fitness freak myself and it's a great platform to encourage people who believe in fitness as well. Fitness is a great way of leading lives. So if in any way I can support fitness, I will go out of my way to do so."

Jackky's forthcoming film 'Kal Kissne Dekha' releases next month and also introduces Vaishali Desai. The film is produced by Vashu Bhagnani and is directed by Vivek Sharma.

Farhan Akhtar Rocks On at Sadhana

SPJ Sadhana School Flags of their "Lay A Brick, Build A Dream" Project. The high tea hosted at Taj Lands End was a refreshing change from the hustle and bustle of the city life. The occasion commenced with a warm welcome by the representatives of Sadhana School, a well known establishment that empowers people with special needs, followed by an entertaining and energetic performance by their children inspired by the film "Rock On". Inaugurating the event was none other than the most sought after actor director Farhan Akhtar who very composedly laid a brick in the wall and articulated his support for the cause.

Farhan on the occasion said, "Like Obama who collected small amounts for his campaign, Sadhana will reach out to people all over the country and Indians all over the world to participate in this campaign that asks people to but a brick for just Rs. 5000. The thought behind this initiative was to create awareness around the campaign which in turn will generate a steady flow of charitable donations and an army of volunteers."

Anil Kapoor Begins Shoot for American TV Show Next Month

Actor Anil Kapoor, whose film career has received an alltime boost with the success of Slumdog Millionaire, has been milking it for all its worth. Lady Luck also seems to be shining on him. Actor Irrfan Khan, who was also in the movie and is a known face internationally, could not manage to get even half that much attention. In fact, it would not be wrong to say that he was overlooked as Anil suddenly became the new star.

AR Rahman won the Oscar, and it has been Anil who has been giving more interviews than the maestro. Well, Anil does not have another Hollywood film in hand, but what he does have is a TV show in US. The actor has reportedly been signed on for the TV show 24, where he will be playing a Middle Eastern leader. He begins shooting for it next month. The actor will be accompanied by his own makeup guy and has made it a point to include this fact in his contract with the show. Apparently, he has a winner on hands as his children are the ones who have given him the go ahead for the movie. Earlier, it was on his children's insistence that he accepted Danny Boyle's offer for Slumdog Millionaire. Incidentally, 24 is an action packed series, which stars Keifer Sutherland in the lead.

Shahid going Shah Rukh's way!

Fashion fever catches up fast in Bollywood!
From quite sometime we have been observing Bollywood Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan carrying a new style statement - a kaifiyeh scarf wrapped up around his neck. And he seems to be so-much-so obsessed with it that almost at every public appearance he makes, we can see King Khan in a new scarf.

Now it looks like Bollywood's cool dude Shahid Kapur is highly inspired by SRK's style. Recently the young lad Shahid at DOSTANA fame director Tarun Mansukhani's birthday bash, where he came along with his supposed-to-be girlfriend Priyanka Chopra, was spotted wearing a multicoloured scarf. And it was not only Shahid who came in scarf but his girlfriend Priyanka also accompanied him in a garish looking scarf around her neck.

The star-studded Tarun's birthday party also included couple Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder, Ritesh Deshmukh in his INDIA 24/7 look, Bobby Deol - who preferred to stay away from media, Manish Malhotra - who walked in with a friend and DOSTANA producer Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor walked in the last hand-in-hand.

Mallika Sherawat: Mingling with the Best!

Looks like Mallika Sherawat is a favourite in the 'West'!
Last we heard was that the actress was invited as a special guest at a Wine-Tasting Luncheon at the Malibu Family Wines, Malibu, California. Mallika was also 'auctioned' there as part of a fundraiser hosted by IFFLA (Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles).

And now, while the sexy actress is in Los Angeles for the post-production work on her much-talked about project HISSSS with Hollywood Director Jennifer Lynch, she recently attended an elite luncheon hosted by the Mayor of LA.

And though the gorgeous lady has been in the city for only four short weeks, she is already rubbing shoulders with the who's who of the glamorous city.

She will also be attending the weekend's Fangoria Conference at the LA Convention Center to talk about HISSSS and interact with fans there.

Well, seems like Mallika Sherawat is not just a favourite among the Hollywood celebrities but is a regular on the U.S social circuit too!

British House of Commons honours Irrfan Khan

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has worked wonders for Indian Cinema, not only the movie has won awards everywhere but it has put limelight on the Indian Film Industry on a Global note. Even the actors are being recognized globally now.
Irrfan Khan is a well known face in Hollywood with the amount of movie he is done there. The actor who has played important roles in international flicks like THE WARRIOR, THE NAMESAKE, A MIGHTY HEART. Irrfan has been honoured by the British House of Commons for his outstanding contribution to the Indian cinema. The versatile actor received the award from Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP from Birmingham Perry Barr in the House of Commons.

This award adds to his kitty for the amount of work he is been doing. Irrfan expresses his happiness over the film's acknowledgement at British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), where it won seven awards. Irrfan quotes, ''It's really an honor to receive such an award; it was a privilege to be a part of a movie like SLUMDOG. Seriously I don't have any words to express my feelings now.''

Currently Irrfan has around 5 -6 releases this year. So it's quiet sure that with the talent that Irrfan posses the movie would surely be a hit. His forthcoming projects include KAL KISNE DEKHA, PAAN SINGH TOMAR, RIGHT YA WRONG, NEW YORK, ACID FACTORY and lastly HISSS.

ALOO CHAAT makers back with CHASE!

After successfully releasing film ALOO CHAAT, which starred Aftab Shivdasani and Aamna Shariff in the leads, Maverick Productions Pvt. Ltd. is now working on its first independent production called CHASE. Initially BEGUNAH was kept as its working title but later on the crew found title CHASE more apt and they immediately made the changes.
Anuj Saxena is playing the main lead is this out-an-out thriller. The film also stars Udita Goswami, Sameer Kochar, Aditya Raj Kapoor, Tarina Patel, Rajesh Khattar and Shweta Menon. It is being directed by well-Known director Jag Mohan Mundhra who directed Aishwarya starrer PROVOKED. The film is 75% complete and the last schedule of the film will happen in the first week of May.

The feature films Division of Maverick, is fast emerging as one of the fastest growing film production houses. Maverick Productions is also co-presenting film DULHA MIL GAYA, a co-production with Adlabs and Insight Productions. It stars Fardeen Khan, Sushmita Sen, and Shah Rukh Khan.

Apart from this, Maverick is producing three feature films which will go on the floors in 2009 one after the other.

So stay tuned!