Asin follows Katrina Kaif’s footsteps

January 10th, 2009

‘Ghajini’ is a big hit and now Asin, the southern star is looking forward to ‘London Dreams’.

‘London Dreams’ is about a rock band in England. Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, play childhood friends in the movie who are rock musicians.

Asin’s chemistry with her co-star Salman Khan has also developed excellently.

The buzz is that Salman and Asin have gotten so close that it has made Katrina a little insecure.

So much so that she landed up on the sets of ‘London Dreams’ in Chandigarh.

Now Katrina played a musician ‘Yuvvraj’ and Asin is doing the same in ‘London Dreams’. While Katrina played the cello in ‘Yuvvraaj’, Asin will play the guitar in this film.

Ummm… seems the newbie is giving the wooden faced Kat a lot of competition.

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.

Kismat Konnection goes for Oscar library

January 10th, 2009

The library of motion picture of arts and sciences(oscars library) has expressed interested in acquiring a copy of the screen play of Kismat Konnection for the permanent core collection. The scripts in their collection are made accessible for research purposes only; students, film makers, writers and actors are among their regular patrons.

Says Mr. Ramesh Taurani, owner of Tips, “I am very pleased with the inclusion of the screenplay of Kismat Konnection to the Oscar Library. TIPS FILMS has always endeavored to give the audiences great stories backed with great entertainment value. Its always a pleasure to be recognized for your craft by one of the most respectable film bodies of our times.”

Speaking on this a close friend of Shahid said, “Shahid was always proud to be a part of Kismat Konnection. He felt privileged to be working with a director like Aziz Mirza. Now with the Oscar library acquiring the script of the film Shahid feels even more privileged.”

Koel Purie says, ‘I enjoyed playing Farah’s stalker’

January 10th, 2009

Well, that’s quite a statement considering Koel Purie to be an individualistic and street smart person herself. Nonetheless, the talk-a-thon with celebrated Choreographer and Director Farah Khan made for an interesting watch! In a frank chat with Koel, Farah Khan spoke about her mantra for success - establishing herself as the only choreographer to be reckoned with in her twenties, producing triplets and super hits in her forties, teaching matka-jhatka moves to international biggies like Shakira.

One wonders how the busy lady who is known to go only on the shows of friends made it to Koel’s show. It wasn’t easy for Koel who accomplished this mission by stalking her endlessly, until she yielded. In the process Koel had to hold her stomach with bouts of hysterical and became a firm believer of the adage - better late than never.

Catch Farah’s jokes and Koel’s only on Headlines Today.

Brinda Parekh is back to Bollywood

January 10th, 2009

Well, the new girl on the block is the dusky beauty Brinda Parekh.

After giving blockbusters like ‘Pokkiri’ in Tamil and ‘Buddhivanta’ in Kannada the attractive lady is back in B – Town.

After her guest appearance in ‘Corporate’, Brinda is going to play a negative lead in Vipul Shah’s ‘London Dreams’ a Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan starrer.

Well, Brinda has often been compared to our very own Bipasha Basu. When we asked her what she feels about hearing such comparisons she said, “It feels nice because I think Bipasha is extremely talented and very good looking. I consider her as my mentor. It will take me a very long time to get to where she is.”

Well, looks like there are no cat fights going to happen here.

Fox movie gears up for March release

January 9th, 2009

Zee Motion Pictures is ready to roll out with its first Hindi production, “Fox” directed by Deepak Tijori, starring Arjun Rampal, Sunny Deol, Sagarika Ghatge and Udita Goswami.

“Fox” is a modern sleek thriller shot in the exotic locales of Goa and Mumbai. It is a story about a cat and mouse chase between a young successful criminal lawyer (Arjun Rampal) and a mysterious stranger who is controlling and threatening his life. Now the lawyer must seek the help of a reluctant cop (Sunny Deol) in solving the mystery.

Sanjeev Lamba, Zee Motion Pictures says- “‘Fox’ is our first offering as independent producers in the Hindi film market, and we are all eagerly looking forward to its release. This stylish and suspenseful thriller has Arjun Rampal and Sunny Deol together for the first time, a very powerful combination on the screen”

“Fox” is slated for a March 27th 2009 release.

What’s Your Raashee being shot on 65 locations in Mumbai

January 9th, 2009

Ashutosh Gowariker’s next romantic comedy ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ staring Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja is in its second schedule which is happening in Mumbai. The interesting part is that the movie will be shot at around 65 locations in Mumbai.

Speaking about the commencement of the second schedule, director Ashutosh Gowariker says, “Shooting for ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ has been far more challenging than that of Jodhaa Akbar, this is because with ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ we are not shooting in one location like we were for Jodhaa Akbar, we are always on the move. This is more time consuming and challenging but it’s an exciting experience.”

Parts of the second schedule of ‘What’s Your Raashee?’ will also be shot in Chicago and Baroda and the film will be wrapped up by April.

‘What’s Your Raashee?’ is based on a Gujrati novel Kimball Ravenswood by Shri Madhu Rye, and is a story revolving around a young Gujarati man in pursuit of his dream girl with the catch to find her within 10 days in order to save his family from an unforeseen ordeal, which leads to an array of confusion, chaos and a hilarious joy ride.

The film is presented by UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and will be jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A.Gowariker.