Tusshar Kapoor and Esha Deol will perform at the finale of Dancing Queen

February 19th, 2009

The finale of Dancing Queen to be aired on March 8 has an interesting line-up of performances. The finale will not only have performances by the judges Hema Malini and Jeetendra but also Hema's daughter Esha Deol and Jeetendra's son Tusshar Kapoor.

Our source said, "It is a smart strategy to get Tusshar and Esha to perform in the same show that their parents are judging. Tusshar was quite excited about the fact that he will be dancing with Esha. They will only be dancing to Jeetendra-Hema songs."

Although Tusshar was reluctant to talk about the grand finale, on being probed further he said, "Yes they have asked me to perform. It will be akin to competing with my dad since I will be dancing to his songs. I was told that Esha too will be performing at the grand finale.

What makes it even more special is that dad and Hemaji will be performing on the same stage as us. I really don't know if we are going to be directly competing with our parents but it will be nice if dad will judge my performance. Although I am looking forward to it, I know that I will have to do my homework really well."

Considering how well Jeetendra and Hema dance, Tusshar and Esha sure have tough competition.

There's always a first time

February 9th, 2009

Tusshar Kapoor’s never thrown a bash, but this time he felt he should celebrate the success of his film with his close friends.

So he hosted a grand bash at his house and it sure was buzzing with a lot of actors from the film industry. From Fardeen and Natasha Khan to Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor to Ameesha Patel and her businesman beau Kanav Puri to Karan Johar to Celina Jaitley to ... Bollywood made its presence felt here indeed.

Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Rao, Shreyas Talpade, Aarti Chhabria, Sameera Reddy, directors Apoorva Lakhia and Satish Kaushik and society’s Sheetal Mafatlal (what was she doing here we wonder) were also responsible for making this night buzz.

Arshad Warsi and Maria Goretti walked in arm-in-arm (there seemed to be no problem in their marriage).

Amrita Arora who’s all set to tie the knot in a few weeks, was talking about her big day.

Yes, Ekta Kapoor was there too although we have reports that she will be keeping a low-profile for the next few months. However, here, she shook a leg with dear friend KJo.

Tusshar to concentrate on comedies!

January 29th, 2009

Tusshar Kapoor's New Year started on a bright note as he won two awards, Best Actor in a Comic Role at the Screen Awards and Favourite Actor in a Comic Role at the Lions Gold Awards, (simultaneously) for his role in GOLMAAL RETURNS. And looks like these awards have inspired Tusshar so much that he has now decided to concentrate only on comedies for a while.

As may be recalled, Tusshar started his career with a romantic film, MUJHE KUCH KEHNA HAI, opposite Kareena Kapoor and the film was a good hit. He then went on to do serious films like KHAKEE, where he held his own against the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan and Akshay Kumar, and walked away with a lot of critical acclaim in SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA, but it appears that destiny had other plans. His tryst with comedy began with his sister's Balaji Telefilms venture, KYA KOOL HAIN HUM, the success of which established his comic image. It was followed by the path-breaking role of a partially mute but extremely lovable character in Rohit Shetty's GOLMAAL. And of course his character in the award winning GOLMAAL RETURNS was an extension of the same character that he played in GOLMAAL.

His next two films, which are under production, Rumi Jaffri's LIFE PARTNER (where he sports a moustache!) and Shree Ashtavinayak's DO LUCKY (earlier RUN BHOLA RUN) are both comic fares and coincidently both star ex-comedy king, Govinda. Tusshar confirms that the Neeraj Vora directed RUN BHOLA RUN is complete and is likely to see a February/March release.

Well, it appears that just like last year, audience are in for a real comic treat this year too from Tusshar Kapoor!

Tushar Kapoor sports a moustache for Life Partner

January 10th, 2009

Post the success of ‘Golmaal Returns’, Tusshar Kapoor has gone in for a totally new look for his role in ‘Life Partner’.

Tusshar plays a Gujrati from South Africa. In the film he plays a married man and is cast opposite Prachi Desai.

Says the actor, “I am playing a married man for the first time. My character of a Gujrati NRI requires me to sport a mustache”

“Ive been paired opposite Prachi Desai who too is a Gujrathi and she was a huge help in terms of learning the acts and behavior required for my character. She also helped me a lot in speaking the language with the proper accent at all.”

The film is Abbas Mustan’s first production directed by Rumi Jaffery.