Emraan is Ekta’s blue eyed boy

It’s learnt that Ekta Kapoor has a new favourite in town. According to close sources, Ekta Kapoor is highly impressed with Emraan Hashmi, so much so that she is meting out some special treatment to the actor these days.

Emraan and Ekta became thick friends during their last film ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI, in which Emraan played a powerful role. The film which was a huge hit also made Emraan the blue eyed boy of Ekta.
Now, for her upcoming film DIRTY PICTURE, which stars Emraan and Vidya in the lead, the maverick producer is leaving no stone unturned to pamper her actors, especially Emraan.

Our sources add, “Ekta seems to be mighty impressed with Emraan these days. Not only is she kicked about the casting coup of sorts that she has successfully pulled off by bringing Emraan and Vidya together, but she is also highly impressed with Emraan’s acting talent. That is why she chose to cast him in her next movie as well. And if reports are to be believed, Ekta has some more scripts with Emraan in mind. So obviously her blue eyed boy has finally got exposed.”

Emraan and Ekta’s next coming together; DIRTY PICTURE is set to hit the floors next month.

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Mallika wanted to adopt a different strategy

Months before ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ and ‘Sheila Ki Jawaani’ became household talks, there was immense buzz created around how Malaika Arora Khan and Katrina Kaif would be creating something extra special for their respective item numbers. On her part though the usually media savvy Mallika Sherawat chose to keep quiet for most of the time period even though she was having her own ‘Razia’ (for THANK YOU) up her sleeves.

“This time around Mallika wanted to adopt a different strategy. Rather than tom-tomming about the item number that she has done for the Akshay Kumar starrer, she chose her work to speak for itself”, says a close associate, “Hence, even though the makers did give a hint about a song called ‘Razia Gundon Mein Phas Gayi’ in the making, Mallika didn’t paint the town red with what she had actually done with the song.”
The results are there to be seen as Mallika has taken a route which is an ideal mix of mass as well as class appeal. The song is on the air and Mallika has made people stand up and notice her act all over again.

“In one stroke, Mallika would make people move on from Malaika and Katrina”, continues the source, “Frankly, everyone was looking forward to something new and with ‘Razia’, Mallika is throwing an open challenge to Malaika as well as Katrina and announcing it loud and clear that she still has the best X factor between them all.”

Is that the case? Well, a few more days and the buzz would clearly indicate which way the wind is blowing eventually.

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Abhishek wanted gap between two films

There are as many as 20 films scheduled to release in April and Abhishek Bachchan will star in two of them – GAME (April 1st) and DUM MAARO DUM (April 22). The promotions of both films are on in full swing.

When asked if it was a good thing to have two films releasing one after the other, Abhsishek said, “The audience will decide if it’s a good move to have two releases back-to-back. When my films release, is not in my hand. I just act.”
Abhishek further said that he would have preferred to have a gap decent gap between his two films.
“In an ideal world, I would have not liked my films to come so close to each other. Ritesh (Sidhwani) and Farhan (Akhtar) have decided when GAME should release and Rohan (Sippy) has decided when DUM MAARO DUM should release. Whether it’s good or bad, we’ll come to know when the films release,” said the actor at the Videocon d2h HD and 3D launch.

He further added, “If your film is good, people will watch it. If it’s bad, it can be releasing alone for the next six months and it won’t work. So you have to make a good product to entertain the audience.”

Well, we hope GAME and DUM MAARO DUM are high on entertainment value and not duds like RAAVAN and KHELEIN HUM JEE JAAN SEY.

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Ranvir shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma

Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma are ecstatic after the birth of their first child. Konkona delivered a baby boy on Tuesday morning.

Actor Rahul Bose posted on a social networking site, “Massive congratulations to Konkona and Ranvir! A boy it is. With those genes, the dynasty is secure.”
Vivek Oberoi and Ken Ghosh also congratulated the couple saying,

Ranvir and Konkona tied the knot last year in Mumbai.

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Sarah Jane Dias in awe of Abhishek Bachchan

Though Sarah Jane Dias has a Miss India title to her name, she confesses that the world of modelling and being a beauty queen is totally different from the challenge of facing the camera for a film. And even though she may have met many a celebrity in her way up the ladder, Sarah admits that she had cold feet when it came to sharing screen space with established Bollywood stars.

This is the reason why even though during her initial years on television she had closely interacted with the likes of Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor and John Abraham amongst others, when it came to her stint with the big screen, Sarah Jane Dias was truly star struck.
“I couldn’t pretend not to be enamoured by the presence of Abhishek and Kangna. They have been around for so long”, smiles Sarah, “I was of course very star struck. Abhishek especially is such a down to earth and a giving person. He just made my life a lot easier on the sets as on some days we had to shoot for 14-16 hours. For someone who is just starting off, it was good to have him around.”

Fondly looking back at the entire experience of doing her first film (GAME) with Abhishek, Sarah says, “He would laugh and joke about everything which made me very-very comfortable with him. Also, I guess being jovial comes naturally to him as he wasn’t even going out of his way to make me feel special.”

Well lady, hope the sentiments stay on when you move to your next co-star.

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Akshay and Salman are so much busy

Anees Bazmee has vowed that he would never make two films together again. Back in India after shooting a major schedule of Salman Khan starrer READY in Bangkok, the film maker is fighting with time. Not just is he required to ready his READY by June this year, he also has to supervise and then participate in the promotion of his Akshay Kumar starrer THANK YOU which is all set to early April release.

Says a close associate of Bazmee, “He is going through some hectic times as both THANK YOU as well as READY are huge films. They also come with massive expectations as they boast of huge cast and budget. Naturally Anees has to work round the clock to meet the demand of the situation.”
This is not all as THANK YOU and READY are also the biggest releases till mid of this year as the dozen odd other films in the pipeline are all small/medium budget affairs. With crores invested on these quintessential family entertainers and expected money spinners, both Akshay and Salman want Bazmee to give his best.

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After attending Oscar festivities;Udita back

Udita Goswami is back in Mumbai after two months stay in Los Angles. Her International Manager Simone Sheffield who co-incidentally is also Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s agent says, “Udita was in Los Angeles for exclusive meetings with Hollywood executives and A-list talent, who are eagerly interested in meeting and working with the Indian beauty. Udita is willing to dedicate the time needed to become familiar with the entertainment community and that’s important for building a strong foundation.”
Udita met Danny Boyle, Natalie Portman and Gillian Jacobs at week long Oscar festivities and also attended screening of the Warner Brothers film HALL PASS starring Owen Wilson followed by the annual Art of Elysium charity benefit mingling with such actors as Ginnifer Goodwin, Nicky Hilton and David Arquette and also Oscar-nominated actors like Natalie Portman, Claire Danes, Mila Kunis, Helen Mirren, Kristin Davis, Amy Adams, Mark Ruffalo and Gerard Butler. She even bumped into A. R. Rehman and his wife who are there to attend Oscars.

Udita also attended Sundance Film Festival in Utah where Aamir Khan had gone last year and people spoke very highly about Aamir Khan. She also attended sit down dinner hosted by Eddie Bauer for exclusive people. She also went to the Twitter house on special invitation.

Designer Kevan Hall dressed Udita exclusively (8 looks to be exact) for her first Academy Awards week.

Udita says, “It was fantastic meeting Hollywood folks as well as attending week long Oscar festivities. It feels nice to be in back in Mumbai. I have to finish shooting for my film DIARY OF A BUTTER FLY.

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Ekta’s upcoming film RAGINI MMS

After ruling the small screen for long, Ekta Kapoor seems to have shifted her loyalties in favour of the big screen.

These days, the erstwhile soap-queen is more concerned about her film plots than the next saas-bahu marathon. And rightly so, after all this diva has scripted some of the envious success stories in Bollywood in recent times.
After tasting success with films like ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI, SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA and LOVE SEX AUR DHOKHA, Ekta seems set to conquer Bollywood too. Now, with her latest film RAGINI MMS, Ekta is taking this success to another level.

And the irony in her filmmaking and TV content cannot be overlooked. While her TV soaps strengthened the stereotype, her films on the other hand touch taboo subjects. So, when Ekta was recently quizzed about the difference in her subjects, the maverick producer was quick to reply, “We have always strived to give audiences something new. As far as my films are concerned, what I couldn’t do on TV I want to do in films. Our films are mostly youth oriented and the subject matter is always contemporary.”

Ekta’s upcoming film RAGINI MMS will explore the contemporary subject of mobile scandals and is being looked up to with high expectations. The film will be directed by Pawan Kripalani and will star Raj Kumar Yadav and Kainaz Motiwala.

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TANU WEDS MANU success

TANU WEDS MANU has turned out to be a surprise success of the season and its leading lady Kangna Ranaut is ever so willing to attribute its success to the script which made it all possible for this Aanand L Rai directed film to find an audience across all segments of the audience.

“That’s what matters most; a story that you think people will enjoy watching. I believed in what TANU WEDS MANU would say and could see that it would have a connect with the audience,” says Kangna who would next be seen in GAME, “This has always been my criteria. I would give any script great consideration but eventually end up picking the one which I believe would entertain audience.”"See, I have had a lot of performance oriented films right at the beginning of my career. Almost all my films were like that, whether it was GANGSTER, WOH LAMHE, LIFE IN A METRO, FASHION or RAAZ – THE MYSTERY CONTINUES. I was lucky that people liked my performances and I got the awards for these as well. Due to that today I don’t feel any pressure for intense roles,” she says with a straight face.

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Shahid defends Priyanka

Shahid Kapoor has had enough of nonsense. Now, no more. The actor is in no mood to pay heed to what is written about his equation with Priyanka Chopra.

Recently, Shahid celebrated his birthdays sans Priyanka’s presence; various sections of the press have gone out to announce the cracks in Priyanka-Shahid love affair, which according to the actor bears no truth.Talking about the recent media reports, Shahid says, “Whatever is written about me in the press lately bears no relation with fact. I know, as a public figure one cannot escape such stories, but it has crossed all limits now. I wonder how to deal with this. Now, I have decided to just ignore such reporting and take it with a pinch of salt.”

Shahid Kapoor has also comes clean on Priyanka’s absence from his birthday bash. He adds, “I don’t know why the media is making such a crisis out of this fact. Everyone knows that Priyanka is out of the country so obviously her coming was not expected.”

At the moment Shahid is gung ho about his upcoming film MAUSAM, which to him is one of his best films till date.

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