Salman to ride a horse at Mahalakshmi racecourse

Salman Khan has adopted an unusual strategy to promote his forthcoming film, ‘Veer’. He will ride a horse at the Mahalakshmi racecourse in a 'mock' race against top jockeys. Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) chairman, Vivek Jain says, "Salman Khan is to do a promotion for his film Veer at the racecourse. The film's producers approached us and we agreed."

An amateur horse has been chosen for Salman as he is not an experienced rider. Jain says, "He would have to choose from the ARC horses, he cannot ride a thoroughbred,'

Vijay Galani, producer of Veer, confirms Salman’s participation. Galani says, "Salman is going to participate in a race at the racecourse." Galani ambitiously says, "He is to ride against A-grade jockeys."

Salman Khan would be dressed in a jockey and the film producer has chosen race course to promote the film as in the film he was mostly shown on horseback. ‘Veer’ is slated to release on January 22. Zarine Khan will play the lead actress opposite Salman.

'Acid Factory is going to be one crazy ride'

The action man of Bollywood, Sanjay Gupta is back with another action flick.

The writer-director known for his dark thrillers and his friendship with Sanjay Dutt [whom he formed a production house White Feather Films with] returns as producer of Acid Factory, a stylish action flick directed by Suparn Verma and starring six cool hunks -- Danny Denzongpa, Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani, Manoj Bajpai, Irrfan Khan, Fardeen Khan -- and a sexy Dia Mirza.

So what to expect from this stylish flick? Nithya Ramani finds out.

Why Acid Factory?

Acid Factory started because of Hansal Mehta [director]. He introduced me to mad man Suparn Verma. I heard the script and our journey began from there. The cast of the film were also people I have worked with in the past. The best part was all of them came on board primarily on the merit of the script. Nobody agreed to do the film because of their relationship with me or the banner.

What do you think of Suparn Verma?

Many people ask me what do I look for when I sign on directors. Do I look at their past or their body of work.

For me the most important aspect is the passion the man has to make his movie. In Suparn's case it overflows. My job most of the time is to retain it. He is always ready to take off. That is a big boon for a producer.