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Asin, who was recently shooting in Panchgani for Rohit Shetty’s upcoming flick Bol Bachchan, indulged herself in some adventure sports.
When the south Indian actress learnt in regards to the paragliding facility in Panchgani, she decided to head for the game herself when she got an afternoon off between shooting schedules.
The film is anticipated to release on July 6, 2012.
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Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor will attend the premiere in their film Agent Vinod on the seventh edition of the Muscat International Film Festival (MIFF) on March 25. Gulf News quoted the organisers, as saying in a statement that the Bollywood spy thriller is being premiered for the primary time on the festival.
The film was directed by Sriram Raghavan under the banner of Saif Ali Khan's home production, Illuminati Films.
"A little bit of Tintin, a little Bond, slightly Alistair McLean and well, just a little of fun and frolic and many adventure…that is what Agent Vinod, the much awaited Bollywood flick is all about," said Saif Ali Khan in a press release issued here.
The movie was shot in Morocco, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Latvia, besides other countries.
MIFF Chairman, Dr Khalid Al Zadjali, who has the consideration of constructing Oman''s first ever feature film Boom, was quoted, as saying: "This movie''s entry is ground-breaking so far as the nascent cinema industry in Oman is concerned."
He said that it might be great to have movie stars like Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor visiting Muscat for the MIFF.
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After Jalebi Bai and Razia, Mallika Sherawat is back as an item girl within the film Tezz and this time, she is Laila. The bombshell flaunts her body in a skimpy copper and brown outfit.
While neither Mallika nor the name Laila are new to item numbers, it's still worth trying out the girl in her latest sexy avatar.
It is rumoured that Sherawat agreed to do the article number in a brief span of a time to take care of the great relationship with producer Ratan Jain. The song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan have been choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.
The song, which features Ajay Devgn and Zayed Khan, would be the fourth Laila song, after Zeenat Aman, Yana Gupta and Lucy Bartholomew's versions.
The song also got into trouble when Shiv Sainiks stormed into the sets of the film for permitting foreign actors in it.
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To date, Karan Johar’s upcoming directorial outing, Student Of The Year (SOTY) remains a top secret. Apart from a clutch of debutant actors, including Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter Alia and David Dhawan’s son Varun, the director has managed to maintain everything under wraps. But now, Karan is able to open up about his forthcoming “youth” flick.
“It’s a tender film. In a primary for Dharma Productions, we're launching three new faces. After a very long time (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998), I'M revisiting the joys and frolic zone,” he says, adding, “I feel SOTY is lots like a Nasir Hussain film. It has numerous ‘jawani’ (youth) and ‘deewani’ (craziness), with a number of entertainment and songs.”
Although Karan refuses to divulge more, his next, like Nasir Hussain’s youth-centric films, could also be believed to be a romantic comedy, featuring Alia, Varun and another newcomer Siddharth Malhotra.
Recently, Karan have been busy shooting a love song — choreographed by friend Farah Khan — with the 3 main leads in Kashmir. Or even as he wraps up the work in picturesque locations, talks are rife that Kareena Kapoor has beaten Katrina Kaif to bag the feminine lead part in his and Ekta Kapoor’s co-production. “Nothing is confirmed at this time. Actually, I’m heading back (to Mumbai) on March 5. After I reach, I CAN meet Ekta and finalise the lead female actor,” clarifies Karan.
Nasir hussain, who? Late filmmaker Nasir Hussain, also famous as Aamir Khan’s uncle, was renowned for his musical entertainers. He directed several hits like Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961), Teesri Manzil (1966), Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977). Later, he went directly to produce cult films like Aamir’s debut, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992).
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Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif were spotted shooting for Yash Chopra's comeback film in London. While SRK looked old and exhausted within the leaked snaps from the film sets, Katrina wasn't clearly visible. However, the wonder is anticipated to appear stunning as ever.
Shah Rukh Khan is romancing arch rival Salman Khan's ex-flame for the primary time. His Rab Ne Banadi Jodi lady Anushka Sharma may also feature within the film.
"Katrina puts in a large number of effort to make her character look and sound believable. I'm working with Yashji after a very long time and it has been a breeze," said the RA.One star.
SRK shoots for Yash Chopra's next in London.
Yash Chopra is returning to direction after an opening of 7 years. He has directed Shah Rukh earlier in Darr (1993), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and Veer-Zaara (2004). These also are his last three directorial ventures.
The romantic film went at the floors on January 9. Details including the film's storyline and music are being kept under wraps as of now.
The much-awaited fim is ready for a Diwali 2012 release. After RA.One, it is going to be SRK's second Diwali release in continuity.
SRK-Kat's chemistry
SRK gave a glimpse of his chemistry with Katrina at an award show where he raised eyeballs when he kissed the actor on her left cheek.
"We haven't become best friends but she's a pleasing girl to work with. And we never dig into the past (the preferred Salman-SRK squabble)," he said.
Katrina is operating with SRK and Salman (Ek Tha Tiger) within the same calendar year.
"I don't take work from one set to the opposite. Shah Rukh and Salman are my co-stars and that i respect them equally and immensely," she said.
Shilpa Shetty has already played plenty of diverse roles successfully from being a ramp scorcher to a successful actress, a wise business woman to a dedicated home maker. Her new venture into motherhood has not dampened her spirit whatsoever for she has multiple projects in her hand on the minute.
While Shilpa’s hubby Raj Kundra along is launching a mixed martial arts fighting league within the country along side Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa has come forward to take in the job of choosing and styling the cheer girls for the tournament.
Says Shilpa, “I can’t be actively concerned about running around daily but auditioning the hoop girls is something which I THINK is terribly important and that i will help in that,” adding, “I am within the technique of shortlisting the hoop girls. They're such the most important a part of the tourney because they get equally noticed as the contestants. As it is a new project for us, we're leaving no stone unturned to make the development enjoyable coupled with the glam factor.”
Apart from the choice of the ladies she is going to also style them for the development with help of her designer buddies Shantanu and Nikhil.
She says, “I’m grateful to Shantanu and Nikhil for being helping us. They're super designers and we will be able to be sure that we will be able to raise the oomph factor to dizzying heights.”
Well, it were said quite sometime back but it surely still holds true in our tinsel town – “Only SEX and SRK sell in Bollywood”. So when Vikram Bhatt made his thriller ‘Hate Story’ featuring Nikhil Diwedi and Bengali starlet Paoli Dam only to seek out it difficult to search out buyers for his project, he resorted to the tried and tested formula of a revealing and shocking poster to generate curiosity and draw attention to the project.
Once the primary look poster of the film with Paoli revealing her bare back was released, the film fetched over Rs 10 crore for all India theatrical rights. Distributor Ajay Bagbai of Rajvi Entertainment Pvt Ltd has acquired the India theatrical rights for this Bhatt production. Let alone here that director Agnihotri is all smiles due to the response. He says, “Within eight to ten hours, we got 22 lakh views on one site alone. Besides, it has generated numerous curiosity within the interiors and small towns too. Vikram has written the script. Or even while discussing the poster, he came up with this idea.”
The movie is an erotic thriller story of a girl, her love and the Revenge she takes for being betrayed. It's been made under the banner of BVG Films, music was given by Harshit Saxena and cinematography have been done by Attar Singh Saini.