Sunday, January 20, 2008

Bani to quit Kasamh Se !

Prachi Desai aka ‘Bani’ in daily soap ‘Kasamh Se’ will no longer be seen as a ‘Bani’. She will move to act in bollywood. Though she is not quitting television but as of now has signed a movie. She became a household name after playing Bani, in the hit soap of Balaji, Kasamh Se. After winning the dance show ‘Zhalak Dikhla Jaa 2’ her professional life took a leap and since then she film offers. She finally has agreed and will be staring in a movie with director Farhan Akhtar. Prachi has signed movie ‘Rock On’ and as per the media reports on the movie contract, she is not allowed to be seen on TV serials during the promotion of the movie. So she has decided to quit from serial ‘Kasamh se’ .

Prachi will finish her shooting for last episode of Kasamh Se by the end of January and then move on to shoot for her debut movie ‘Rock On’ from February onwards. She plays character of a teenager in the film. After Roshni Chopra (who played Pia in Kasamh Se) walked out of the show, Prachi’s exit is bound to affect the show’s popularity.

Bachchans in Bhopal !


Amitabh Bachchan along with his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh visited Bhopal on Saturday to attend a marriage ceremony in the family. Bachchan family reached airport here from Mumbai in a special aircraft at 1100 hours to take part in the marriage of film actor Rajeev Verma's son and drove straight to the wedding spot. They returned the same day after attending the wedding. Abhishek was busy with the film shooting in Jaipur, hence could not join them in the wedding. Shweta Nanda, Amitabh's daughter was already present at Bhopal for the wedding.

Arnold to act in Akshay - Kareena starrer ‘Kambakth Ishq’

Kambakth Ishq starring Akhsay Kumar and Kareena kapoor has also signed in the famous holloywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger also the California Governor. Akshay plays a Hollywood stuntman in the film. It is expected that the film may rope in stunts experts from Hollywood for Akshay’s stunt scenes in the film. Adding more to the entertainment, pop diva Beyonce Knowles will also feature in a track in the film. According to sources, the production work on Kambakth Ishq has already begun in LA. It is reported in media that talks are on with Sylvester Stallone and was confirmed by Sajid Nadiadwala the producer as per the media reports. Kambakth Ishq is slated to go on the floors towards the end of the month. Reportedly, the film will star a total of nine Hollywood actors and will be shot in the exotic locales of Los Angeles.

Saturday, January 19, 2008

'Umeed' - Young Aditya’s maiden album

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan along with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray have released the debut music album ‘UMMEED’ of Thackeray’s grandson Aditya on January 18, 2008. Aditya, who is studying in class twelve, started writing poems initially at the age of fourteen on his grandfather.

Amitabh Bachchan while releasing the album had all praise for Aditya. Aditya’s younger brother Tejas has also contributed to the album. The album features noted singers like Suresh Wadkar, Devki Pandit, Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhaan, Kunal Ganjawala, Jolly Mukharjee, Vaishali Samant and Swapnil Bandodkar.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Deepika may pair with Rajnikant in Robot?

Rajnikant will be coming in Director Shankar’s new sci-fci thriller mega budget film ‘Robot’. A.R Rahman will be composing music for ‘Robot’. The trio Rajnikanth, Shankar, and A. R. Rahman, after success of ‘Svaji’ will be once again together to create the same magic. The film will be produced in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Ayngaran International and Eros International will jointly be producing this film. It is rumored in media that Deeepika Padukone who made a superb debut with Shahrukh Khan in film Om Shanti Om may now be pairing with Rajnikant in Robot. Interestingly Deepika who is 22 years old had paired with Shahrukh of 40 plus and will now be with the Rajnikant who is of 57 years! But for superstar Rajinikanth who has acted earlier opposite to Shreya in ‘Sivaji the Boss’ who was almost Deepika’s age. As of now Deepika is filming for Yash Raj Film's Chandni Chowk to China which is expected to hit the floors in February. Robot’s budget may exceed 100 crore probably may be the most expensive in Indian film history. It will be worth a wait and watch for Deepika if she finalizes the deal and off course for Robot.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Media speculates that 'Yuvraj and Deepika' may tie a knot !

The ‘Times of India’ newspaper dated January 5, 2008 while referring sources close to the family had a report that ‘two are dating and are close to each other’. The media report in print had said that ‘if things go well, in two years time marriage could be on the cards. But right now, both of them are focused on their respective professions’.

Many in media had reported that Deepika and Yuvraj Singh were spotted recently at a popular Sydney restaurant. Zee news website quoting grapevine sources had said that ‘Om Shanti Om’ girl had gone to Sydney on after Yuvraj had sent out a special invite for his latest love interest to catch him in action during the ongoing India-Australia test series. But Yuvi’s family had denied the same to media and had said that she was there on a film shoot.

Speculations about Yuvraj and Deepika started a month back when couple had met at a Mumbai-based nightclub and since then media had rounds of speculations. It was also said that Deepika had played host to Yuvraj’s birthday party in December, which was an indication of their growing intimacy.

Friday, January 4, 2008

‘Jodha Akbar’ – the awaited one

‘Jodha Akbar’, a Bollywood movie which many were waiting and were being thought to be ‘the big one’ in this year’s start will be on theatres in April. Media reports point out that Gowarikar, Director of the film has been advised three weeks bed rest.

The movie is based on a 16th century story between the Mughal emperor Akbar, played by Hrithik Roshan and Hindu princess Jodha Bai, played by Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai. The film has been directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and has musical score from A.R. Rahman. Hrithik Roshan who had several blockbuster successes earlier like "Krrish," and "Dhoom 2", will like to take his path of success forward in this year with this movie. Hrithik as Akbar in the film will be seen wearing a lot of heavy jewelry and armour to showcase the royalty of the 16th century.

Kiran Deohans, the ad maker and with ‘Quayamat Se Quayamat Tak’ and ‘Kabhi Khushi…’ fame is the lensman of the movie. In fact after shooting QSQT in 1988, Kiran took a ten year break before shooting another film- Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and now will be showcasing his talent in this movie. Though the official date of the release was February 15 but may be now slipping down to April.

Film has been produced by UTV and rushes of the highly anticipated film have already generated interest among the movie-goers across the country. Media speculates that the production cost of this mega blockbuster is 50 Crores. With its delay ‘Welcome’ the super-success and ‘Taare Zameen Par’ will gain more at the box office.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

'Sunday' and 'Halla Bol'- new releases of January 2008

January in hindi film industry will see more of Actor Ajay Devgan. His release of the month would be Rajkumar Santoshi’s 'Halla Bol', a social film. Another of Devgan release would be 'Sunday, a comedy starring a host of talented actors like Ajay Devgan, Irfan Khan and Ayesha Takia. By the way Devgan will also make his directorial debut in ‘U me aur hum’ this year and would be seen Kajol in the same. Sunday and Halla Bol will be the major who will trying their luck this January, then always lies the surprise from the other ones coming in.

A new comer Nikhil Dwivedi will be testing waters in 'My name is Antony Gonsalves this January. Promos of the same are already on air. Another comedy 'Rama Rama Kya hai Drama' with Rajpal Yadav and Amrita Arora will also be there in January along with romantic thriller 'Bombay to Bangkok'.

In February the big one 'Jodhaa Akbar' , starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai. Though it was planned to be in theaters on January 26 but now has been postponed to February.