Friday, July 11, 2008
Will Aishwarya play a sex worker?
According to a source plans are afoot to bring Ash and the ethereal Meryl Streep together in an American production of Chaos.
Says a source, "They ran the concept with Meryl and Ash and they were game .They need to Americanize the theme because Chaos was a very French movie. But yes, in principle Ash is on for this film."
Another international project that Aishwarya has given the nod to is Roland Joffe's Singularity with Brendan Fraser.
Speaking on Singularity Ash says, "I've asked them for the final draft of the script. Now the time factor has to be worked out. The time they want is devoted to Mani Sir (Ratnam)'s project.
New dates have to be worked out. There're so many projects that I want to do but because of the dates or a delay I can't. There're only that number of assignments I can take on. I've never done more work that I can do. I never can."
In the meanwhile Aishwarya gets ready to shoot for Shankar's Robot and Mani Ratnam's film with Abhishek.
Informs the actress, "There has been a little delay in Shankar's Robot because of his writer Sujata's death. That has delayed Robot a bit. All kinds of rumours have been floated about the project.
The dates situation does get tighter for me because I was supposed to shoot Robot now and Mani Sir's film a little later during the year. We just have to work under a tighter schedule now."
Mallika Sherawat's that one special Kiss
Guess what's turning out to be the USP of Mallika Sherawat's upcoming release Ugly Aur Pagli? Those 99 slaps that she has in the offering for Ranvir Shorey.
Believe it or not but in this upcoming riotous comedy from the house of Pritish Nandy Communications, Mallika slaps Ranvir a staggering 99 times
. And all this happens even as the two are shown to be love birds in the film. One wonders if Ranvir was a real sport to this treatment mainly because at the end there was also 1 kiss reserved for him, as indicated by the film's tagline - 99 SLAPS 1 KISS!
Ugly Aur Pagli is the story of Kabir (Ranvir), a carefree guy who has been studying engineering for ten years now.
However, his life goes through a spin when he meets the quirky and kinky Kuhu (Mallika Sherawat). Though Kabir always wanted a girl to love, never in his wildest dreams had he imagined to come across someone like Kuhu who would make him do crazy things.
And what were these crazy things? Well, nothing less than dancing around circles, run semi naked, ride cycles without seats or wear high heeled ladies shoes! Well, 99 slaps were just a few more add-ons!
A desperate Kabir tries hard to escape Kuhu's clutches, but in the process only ends up falling in love with her even more! Will he survive all her insane demands and tantrums?
Ugly Aur Pagli brings together Mallika and Ranvir for the second time after Pyaar Ke Side Effects. In fact it is quite a jump for Ranvir who has graduated from being Rahul Bose's sidekick in Pyaar Ke Side Effects to being the leading man in Ugly Aur Pagli.
So what if his role required him to be a receipient of 99 slaps!
As per the makers of the film, Ugly Aur Pagli is touted to be 'This Summer's Craziest Comedy'. Ugly Aur Pagli is directed by debutant film maker Sachin Khot and has music by Anu Malik with lyrics by Amitabh Varma. - Joginder Tuteja
Amisha Patel flaunts skin and her new boyfriend
t's a all new Amisha Patel one sees in tinsle town these days. Her weight loss and ensuing sexy avatar will be exposed in latest Yash Raj flick Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic. And all those who have seen rushes are going gaga over her hot performance.
We hear that with TPTM, Amu is planning to revamp her onscreen image from a girl next door to a sexy siren.
Amisha also started shooting recently for director Ajay Chandok's 'Chatur Singh Two Star' also starring Sanjay Dutt. The first day of shoot coincided with her birthday. She couldn't have asked for a better start for her project, where the unit members celebrated her big day.
The gujju lass is simply glowing and why not she has a very loving new boyfriend, Kanav Puri, in her life as well.
In her own words, it was love at first sight and Kaanav is the perfect man for her.
Since he is based in London, Amisha wasn’t expecting him on her birthday. But he did the unexpected. Without Amisha noticing it, he filched her passport and made arrangements for a three-day vacation to a special destination, Maldives, the place she loves
In Maldives, Kaanav had reportedly booked a villa by seaside. Amisha says she was left speechless by this sweet surprise from Kaanav.
No wonder Amisha is floating in love.
People simply love Vidya when Wet
Believe it or not, Vidya Balan’s kismet is tightly connected to monsoon. How? Very simple, see most of Vidya's hit films, be it Parineeta, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa or Heyy Babyy, all were released during monsoon and enjoyed sprinkle of cash at the box office.
You may not look that much satisfied with the reasoning though, but you have to think and believe that Guru was a hit and among few of her screen presences in Guru, Vidya had a drenched-in-rain scene which was obviously the reason behind Guru flaunting a hit.
Unfortunately, people spent time talking about Abhi-Aish and others in the flick. Thus, though the film was not released in monsoon, the film had a monsoon scene to boost Vidya kismet.
I know you must be thinking about the other side of the coin. Thus I have the list of her other films like Salaam-E-Ishq, Bhalo Theko (Bengali) and Halla Bol which domed at the box office for a simple and single reason of not releasing at the monsoon.
Guess what! Vidya’s Kismat Konnection is getting released during monsoon and thus leaving no room to think of its failure at the box office. What else, Vidya has nothing but to wish re-releasing Halla Bol and Salaam-E-Ishq during this monsoon to click hit.
Jokes apart, guess what Vidya will be singing all these days… "Rain rain, come again, make my releases worth and bless me with gains".
Riya Sen - Once a leading lady now just an item
She was last seen as a leading lady way back in 2006 when she appeared opposite Shreyas Talpade in Apna Sapna Money Money. The film was a success but Riya Sen was in mood to get into a signing spree.
Waiting patiently for the right roles to come her way, the pretty young girl who has also been seen in successful films like Shaadi No. 1, Plan, Qayamat, Jhankaar Beats and last but not the least Style, has been keeping herself busy by being a part of item songs.
Her mini appearance amongst a horde of girls was definitely noticed as she burnt the dance floor in the sizzling title song from the film Heyy Babyy (2007).
The song turned out to be a chartbuster and Riya was noticed once again in spite of presence of a dozen odd sexy sirens like Celina Jaitley, Koena Mitra and Amisha Patel alongst others.
Now she has got a platform set for herself to make a further impression with the film Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein where she has got an entire item song shot exclusively on her.
Titled 'Sajan Mera', a number where Riya is seen in yet another sizzling avtar of hers, it also features the film's lead Sarwar Ahuja who appears to be all pensive and troubled as per the demand of the situation in the song.
Along with Sarwar, who had debuted with Khanna & Iyer last year, the film also stars Tabassum's grand daughter Khushi who would be making her debut as a leading lady. The film is produced by Rajesh Gupta and directed by Manish Goel.
Incidentally Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein was recently in news since the makers had gone on record to state that Riya wasn't cooperating with them for the promotion of the film.
Apparently Riya, who has a cameo role in Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein, felt that the makers only wanted to cash in on her name and popularity to promote the film. This is why she was demanding close to Rs 3 lakh just to promote the film.
Though there hasn't been an official word on this from Riya, the makers have made it clear that they won't bow down to her demands since the film's promotion was planned with an extremely tight budget due to Hum Phirr Milein Na Milein being a small-budget film. -Joginder Tuteja
Mallika threatens to expose Himesh in front of the people
Watch out for the sexy siren Mallika Sherawat who made her presence felt on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009.
The cast and the crew had a jolly good time witnessing the cheeky comments passed between Mallika and Himesh since both of them had done a movie together.
A unit member from the sets of the shownarrates the incident, “None of the mentors – Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam, Shankar and Aadesh Srivastava – wanted to sit with Mallika. They couldn’t ask her to sit next to Asha Bhosle who is the mahaguru in the show.
Eventually, they had to make the feisty actress sit with the participants. While all the mentors chose to behave formally with her, Himesh Reshammiya passed a lot of comments against the actress.”
But Mallika Sherawat being her in-your-face self, walked to the sets and the first thing she told Himesh was, ‘Should I expose you in front of the people?’
According to our source, Himesh looked nervous and was silent for some time after Mallika’s comment. The two have worked together in the song Mehbooba in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.
But Himesh eventually took revenge by stopping a participant of his gharana from singing one of Mallika Sherawat’s songs. The insider said, “But Sukhvinder refused to listen to Himesh and sang the song.
Sukhvinder also told Mallika, ‘My parents were against my singing Bheege Honth Tere. Now, after meeting you I know why they did not want me to sing the song.’ Mallika burst out laughing.”
Mallika praised all the performers and was specially touched by Sunvinder Singh’s performance who dedicated the song “ Bheege hont tere” to her.
Lara Dutta shooting blues
Actors are traveling to exotic locales all over the globe to shoot for their films and give their audiences a richer visual experience.
Like our sensuous Lara Dutta who is shooting for her movie Blue, in one of the most beautiful locations - The Bahamas.
Speaking to us from there she says, "The experience of shooting in Bahamas is quite magnificent and the place is like heaven on earth. The sea is just so serene and pure.
Each day is like a new experience and the vista never feels jaded. We have caught the most marvelous shots on camera and our audiences will be amazed as it won't be like anything that they have seen before."
Albeit actors are always expected to add their own colour to their explanations, hopefully, Blue doesn't come out something else than what the diva describes!
Apun Ka Paisa Vapis Karo Mallika
Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat, currently riding on the crest of glory, has been delivered a piece of bad news by the industry's oldest body of producers, the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA).
Not that it bothers her at all -- but it definitely pierced her ballooning ego.
Following a complaint by Studio 18 against her 'starry tantrums', IMPPA early this week asked her to return Rs.2.5 million the banner had paid her early this year as signing amount for a movie, tentatively titled 'Masquerade', according to industry sources.
Studio 18 had lodged the complaint because before the ink was dry on the agreement, the actress allegedly asked the production house to replace the movie's director, Kundan Shah.
When Studio 18 refused to oblige, she demanded the cinematographer be replaced with one of her choice, Madhu Ambat, who demanded Rs.4 million for the assignment, said the sources.
The production banner turned down her demand, saying the choice of the cinematographer was always the director's prerogative.
Not being able to have her way, Mallika Sherawat, as had reported earlier, felt so affronted that she walked out of the movie, throwing the project topsy-turvy.
IMPPA has now ordered her to return the signing amount of Rs. 2.5 million within one month or else face the consequences, the sources said.
Mallika Sherawat was not available for a comment. Her business manager Vikram Lamba feigned ignorance about the IMPPA notice.
Sajjad Chunawala, of Studio 18, said the actress caused the production house a lot of damage. 'We will not rest till she pays, ' he remarked.
Is the movie shelved?
'No, we are re-working it, ' Chunawala informed.
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