Akshay Kumar: OUATIM 2 is an incredible sequel

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Much has been said and written about Akshay Kumar's huge line up of films this year which kick-starts with the release of HOUSEFULL 2 in April. While each of his four upcoming films this year (including ROWDY RATHORE, JOKER and KHILADI 786 - MADE IN PUNJAB) is either on floors or set to release, soon Akshay would also begin shoot for ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI - 2. Guess this is one film which has already created quite some positive vibes in the industry and Akshay must be aware of the audience's expectations.

"I know," acknowledges Akshay, "Well, it's an incredible sequel to be a part of and the positive feedback that I've received already has been extremely encouraging. I only hope I can live up to the hype really and the rest is already written."
Well, audience for sure are rooting for his ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI 2, more so since it is not just a brand that is being nourished but because they wish to know 'what happens next' in this story.

Akshay nods in agreement here, "I have to live up to the hype, the brand name, the sequel and the fact that the story has to be even more interesting than the already brilliant story that has been portrayed in 2010. Well, as you can see, nerves never get the better of me. I am extremely excited about this film and I know for a fact that Milan Luthria will do a fantastic job. He is a great director and we saw that all over again in THE DIRTY PICTURE."

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SHOCKING: Shahrukh hits Farah's husband Shirish Kunder!

Shahrukh Khan has always been referred as being a gentle person, but it seems that even people with a gentle behaviour lose their cool at times. According to reports, Shahrukh Khan has hit Farah Khan's husband director Shirish Kunder atSanjay Dutt's party for AGNEEPATH success.

Reportedly, the trouble stirred up when Kunder passed some sleazy comments on SRK's film RA.ONE. The duo then engaged in a war of words when SRK pulled the director down to the floor.

	SHAHRUKH KHAN and SHIRISH KUNDER

It is also reported that Kunder made provocative remarks on the recent news of Priyanka Chopra and Shahrukh Khan's relationship. Shahrukh was in an inebriated state.

Sanjay Dutt had to intervene and stop the dispute when the situation went out of hands, media reports said.

Photographer Dabboo Ratnani tweeted on this incident saying, "I was present at Sanj's party & Without Any Bias I Fully Support Shah Rukh."

Rumours about Shirish Kunder filing a FIR with police were also doing the rounds, but Shirish tweeted, "Thanks for all your concern & wishes. We are very grateful. Contrary to rumours, we have no intention of filing a FIR or police complaint."

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I won't mind if Saif gets intimate with Deepika too: Kareena

Kareena Kapoor doesn't get jealous easily. The actress says she is happy and content in her relationship with beau Saif Ali Khan.

Kareena shared her sentiments in a casual tete-a-tete with her friend and "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu" producer Karan Johar for "A date with Ek Main aur Ekk Tu" - a show to be simulcast Feb 4 on ETC, Zee TV, Zing, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zee Trendz and Zee Khana Khazana.

Johar asked Kareena - "How do you feel when you see Saif in an intimate scene with another hot actress? Say in 'Race 2', Saif has a bare-body scene with a Deepika in bikini, what would be your first thought?"

To which, Kareena replied: "I'd be like 'Wow! How hot Saif looks', " and added: "I know how he looks bare bodied!"

On a serious note, she said: "I am quite secure in my relationship with Saif and though I don't want to say too much too soon, I am quite content!"

Recently Saif admitted how he thinks Kareena looks best only with him, and not with any of the other Khans of Bollywood that she has worked with.

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57th Filmfare Awards: A fine show of glitz and glamour

The 57th Filmfare Awards night saw all the B-town celebs flaunting their glamorous and enchanting looks. While a few actresses sported sari, few were spotted in attractive gowns and other fashionable attires. Let's have a sneak peek at the event.

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When many may have guessed the B-town hotties to don attractive western outfits, interestingly, sari remained the dominating attire for ladies at the red carpet of 57th Filmfare Awards 2011 night. Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Kapoor sisters - Kareena and Karisma and Dia Mirza looked stunning in beautiful saris.

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Madhuri Dixit, clad in a white and purple sari, with husband Shriram Nene left all eyes rolling.

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Rekha looked gorgeous in her traditional look complimented by Kanjeevaram.

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While some went traditional, glamorous gowns were also at display at the event with Priyanka Chopra, Asin, Neha Dhupia and Asin dressed in sophisticated designer gowns.

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Bipasha Basu and Shazahn Padamsee flaunted sparkly dresses.

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Abhishek Bachchan sported a dazzling black blazer.

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Among the couples, Sri Devi turned up with Boney Kapoor and Kalki Koechlin with hubby Anurag Kashyap.

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Farhan Akhtar, Veer Das and Karan Johar looked smart in black tuxedos.

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Urmila Matondkar made us drool in a floor-grazing gown. Manish Malhotra accompanied the lady.

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Shahrukh Ranbir's spoof on Chikni Chameli

	SHAHRUKH KHAN and RANBIR KAPOOR at 57TH IDEA FILMFARE AWARDS 2011

The undoubtedly smart and spontaneous actors Shahrukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoorhosted the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011. Both the actors seem to have regaled all with their whacky humour. Interestingly, the superstars performed a spoof on the hottest item song Chikni Chameli at the award function.

Both Shahrukh and Ranbir sported the typical fisherwoman outfit and grooved to the tunes of the song. The song was called Chiffon Chameli.

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Stars party at Sanjay Dutt's mega bash

Sanjay Dutt looked delighted and in high spirits as his good friend Baba Dewan hosted a grand party at Aurus, Juhu, to celebrate the glorious response that Dutt's character Kancha Cheena received and the overall success of AGNEEPATH. Bollywood's who's who attended and had a gala time at the mega bash. Dutt and wife Manyata personally welcomed all the guests.

	AJAY DEVGN, TANISHA MUKHERJI, PRIYA DUTT, OWEN RONCON and NAMRATA DUTT

Friend Ajay Devgn and his sister in law Tanisha Mukherji were among the first ones to enter. Sisters Priya Dutt with husband Owen Roncon and Namrata Dutt with husband Kumar Gaurav were also present.

	SHAH RUKH KHAN, PRIYANKA CHOPRA and CHUNKEY PANDEY

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan also graced the bash. Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Karisma Kapoor, Chunkey Pandey and Jackky Bhagnani also joined the party.

	SANJAY DUTT, NEETU SINGH and RISHI KAPOOR

Rishi Kapoor was seen sharing a light moment with wife Neetu Singh.

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Prominent Bollywood film directors Milan Luthria, David Dhawan, Shirish Kunder and Inder Kumar also attended the bash to congratulate Dutt.

	MALLIKA SHERAWAT and AMISHA PATEL

Others seen enjoying the party included Arbaaz Khan, Sanjay Kapoor with wife Maheep, Vivek Oberoi and wife Priyanka Alva, Dj Akeel and wife Farah Khan Ali,Mallika Sherawat and brother Vikram Lamba, Arshad Warsi, Amisha Patel with brother Ashmit Patel and everyone seemed to be talking about just one thing -Sanjay Dutt and Rishi Kapoor's mind blowing performances in AGNEEPATH!

	ZARINE KHAN, ANJANA SUKHANI, VIDYA MALVADE, MINISHA LAMBA and ANUPAMA VERMA

Zarine Khan, Masaba Gupta, Dino Morea, Nandita Mahtani, Rohit Roy, Minisha Lamba, Anupama Verma, Vidya Malvade, Anjana Sukhani and Bappa Lahiri were also seen enjoying the lavish food and wine till the wee hours.

	DINO MOREA and EKTA KAPOOR

The party also saw a host of producers including Dharam Oberoi (CEO of Sanjay Dutt Productions) Krishika and Sunil Lulla of Eros Entertainment, Dhaval Jatania and Rupen Amlani of Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision ltd., Kumar Mangat of Big Screen Entertainment, Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Motion Pictures and Krishen Kumar of T-Series.

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Big B spellbinds Gujarat

	AMITABH BACHCHAN IN JUNAGADH, GUJARAT

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is the Brand Ambassador of Gujarat tourism, recently, visited Junagadh in Gujarat to shoot an advertisement campaign to promote tourism in the state.
Big B tweeted, "Junagadh, Gujarat .. visit to shot promo for Tourism."

	AMITABH BACHCHAN AT THE CAVES OF GUJARAT

Big B headed to the famous caves of Junagadh.
"More at the caves of Junagadh."

	AMITABH BACHCHAN FLYING KITES

As a part of the Ad campaign, Big B also shot a kite flying sequence.
"Kite flying ... on the roof, chanting and screaming of those around, bells, thali sound and the kite.

	AMITABH BACHCHAN ACKNOWLEDGING FANS AND WELL WISHERS

After the shoot Big B wave hands to fans and well-wishers.
"Acknowledging the fans and well wishers after shoot of kite flying."

	PICTURE FROM YESTERDAYS JUNAGADH VISIT

Big B paid visit to heritage sites.
"Some shots and pictures from yesterday's Junagadh visit to heritage sites."

	AMITABH BACHCHAN IN JUNAGADH, GUJARAT

Big B's car mobbed by fans in Junagadh.
"People of Gujarat you show me so much affection... what I see from my car after shoot for kite flying.

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Mahesh Bhatt's second daughter enters Bollywood

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Ace Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's second daughter, Shaheen Bhatt entered the tinsel town as she is busy assisting director Vikram Bhatt on his upcoming filmRAAZ 3.

Mahesh announced about the debut of his daughter in the world of Bollywood on micro-blogging site.

''My daughter Shaheen begins her journey as an assistant with Vikram Bhatt who was once my assistant!'' Mahesh tweeted to his fans.

The horror-flick RAAZ 3 features Emraan Hashmi and Bipasha Basu.

''Reporting live from RAAZ 3 set. Today is the first day of our shooting. Bipasha & Emraan are on the sets. Vikram Bhatt is directing the film,'' Mahesh added.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Shakespearean journey

The ace filmmaker is set to adapt ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for the big screen

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s last attempt at translating literature on screen with ‘Saawariya’ might have bombed (the film was an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story ‘White Nights’) but that doesn’t stop the filmmaker from trying again. And this time he takes the Vishal Bharadwaj path of adapting Shakespeare for the silver screen.

Sources say the 48-year-old’s latest desire is to adapt the evergreen ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for Bollywood. Though it was assumed that Sanjay’s next project would be the long-awaited ‘Bajirao Mastani’ or ‘Heera Mandi’ or ‘Padmavati’, a source close to the filmmaker revealed that these days Bhansali is obsessed with remaking ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

The story apparently has been set in Gujarat and might feature B’wood’s ‘Chammak Challo’ Kareena Kapoor and the ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’ actor Ranveer Singh. It is also believed that Bhansali has already discussed the project with Bebo and is presently awaiting her reply. But Ranveer hasn’t been approached just as yet.

The source also added that Bhansali had already assembled his team and wants to start work on the project soon especially since his friend-turned-foe Ismail Darbar is also considering adapting the same play by Shakespeare.

In an earlier interview, Bhansali himself had stated that after ‘Saawariya’ and ‘Guzaarish’ he wanted to make a fun, colourful film. Now ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a passionate love story that ends on a tragic note so we don’t understand how Bhansali thinks it’ll be a fun subject to handle!

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Vidya considered ‘unlucky’

Why she never worked in South Indian films

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is certainly in the best phase of her career right now after the roaring success of ‘The Dirty Picture’. In fact, she has had a great run in Bollywood ever since her debut ‘Parineeta’ with several hits to her credit. However, the actress who is now among the top five heroines in T’town was once considered ‘unlucky’ in the Malayalam film industry which is why her south career was nipped even before it could take off!

Apparently, before ‘Parineeta’, Vidya was offered scores of Malayalam films with top stars like Mohanlal and Mammotty. And given her south Indian lineage, she was only too happy to work in them. But the projects never took off for some reason or the other prompting superstitious filmmakers down south to label her a ‘jinx’.

However, her astounding success in Bollywood seems to have woken the southern directors to her talent and now, nearly eight years after her debut, she is being wooed again to sign Malayalam films. Sources say she is being sent scripts and offers from Mollywood almost daily.

On her part, Vidya doesn’t hold any grudge against anyone for the ‘bad luck’ tag. At a recent award function hosted by Asianet, she said she was keen to feature in movies with the veterans of the industry and that acting in a Malayalam film would be the best gift she could give to her parents.

So ready to do an ‘ooh la la’ with Mohanlal, Vidya?

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