John, Katrina To Share A Screen

February 16th, 2009

John Abraham and Katrina Kaif

The latest buzz in Bollywood is that actor John Abraham and Katrina Kaif will appear together in a film called Jewel of India. The film will be directed by Hollywood director Rob Cohen, while will be produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. It will also star Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and some Hollywood actors as well. The Hollywood actors which are supposed to be casted in the film include Robert De Niro, Eva Mendes, Al Pacino and Monica Belluci.

The film demands a high budget of Rs 275 crore. One source from the production house revealed, “The film required a lead actor from India and the role has gone to John Abraham. Though John has agreed in principle, the other details are still being worked out.”

“John met Rob at a suburban five star hotel along with Katrina. They had a quiet dinner. Later even, Hrithik Roshan joined them,” added the source.

Jewel of India tells a story of a student who finds some document, which says that the Kohinoor diamond in the tower of London is not real. However, the real diamond lies somewhere in India.

Kartina confirmed the meeting but refused to give more details regarding it. If all things goes well, John and Katrina will seen sharing a screen space. But, what about Sallu? Will he be OK with such casting? Because there is much talked friction between John and him.

Priyanka 'sexiest woman alive': John Abraham

February 1st, 2009

New Delhi: Bollywood actor John Abraham, recently voted as the sexiest Asian man of year by the British paper Eastern Eye, has surprised many with his choice for the sexiest Indian woman. In an interview to the men's magazine GQ, John called Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, "the sexiest woman in India by eons and light years".

The actor, who is in a seven-year relationship with Bipasha Basu, believes that Priyanka is "going to be the real power centre in the future".

And if that wasn't enough, Abraham went ahead and told GQ that he would "love her to death".

The model-turned actor, who was recently in the news for showing his trunks in Karan Johar's Dostana, slammed people who call models 'dumb blondes'.

"I started out as a model at a time when male models were reputed to be cerebrally challenged. I'd done my MBA, and I kept shouting it from the rooftops. But no one was listening," the actor told GQ. "I love to discuss politics, communalism, and democracy. I watched all the American presidential debates. I know what's happening around me."

Vijay’s ‘Sachin’ in Telugu

January 23rd, 2009

Sachin, the Tamil hit featuring Vijay, Genelia and Bollywood sex siren Bipasha Basu, has been dubbed into Telugu with the same title. Said to be a campus love story akin to Pawan Kalyan’s Khushi, the film has been directed by John. Bipasha Basu appears as a lecturer in the film. A Sampat Kumar is producing the film under Chakri Entertainments banner in Telugu.Sri Hari and Kotha Bangaru Lokam director Srikant Addala unveiled the audio of the film at a function at Prasad Labs in the city on Thursday evening. “Like Sachin’s batting Vijay appears in a powerful role in the film,’’ said C Rajesh who presents the film. The film has music scored by Devi Sri Prasad. Vanamali, Bhuvanachandra and Sahithi have penned the lyrics. Rajasekhar penned the dialogues.Rasi Movies Narasimha Rao, Sakthi Films Ramesh, producer Sampat Kumar and DSP Ravi were among those present on the occasion.

John-Katrina: Trouble in New York

January 19th, 2009

Katrina Kaif and John Abraham might be big stars in India. But they are nobodies in New York. This they realized only a while ago.

Interestingly these two are acting in a movie called ‘New York’. Such is the irony of the situation.

The two were denied entry to a nightclub in New York when they were trying to join a party for a crew member on their movie ‘New York’.

A source says, “When they were stopped at the nightclub, they tried to reason with the bouncers that they were well known and respected people from India. John and Katrina told them that they were film stars from India but the bouncers only stared at them. The bouncers had no clue what John and Katrina were talking about.”

But the experience hasn’t stopped Katrina to encourage her sister to study in New York.

The buzz is that she has been encouraging her sister, Isabelle Kaif who wishes to join the industry in a year or two, to sign up at the Lee Strasberg Theatre School in New York.

And despite her wooden acting in all her films, things in India have been going great. She’s been nominated for a Best Indian Award along with others such as Manmohan Singh and Aamir Khan. She thinks it’s a great honour to be considered to be in the same league as great achievers.

Well, in spite of everything, Kat sure has lots of reasons to smile about!

Identity Crunch

January 17th, 2009

The bouncers working in the different nightclubs in the United States need to be given a crash course in Bollywood films if these kinds of incidents should not happen again.

You know what? Two guys guarding a swanky night club in New York did not allow our beloved stars John Abraham and Katrina Kaif inside. What happened was that John and the flawless beauty went to the night club after a crewmember of the flick 'New York' invited them there to celebrate his birthday.

Kabir Khan, the director, Katrina and John went together and when they were about to enter the club, the guys stopped them. All explanations by the two stars regarding their status in India and they being famous film stars did not reach anywhere.

And what did the two stars receive back after trying to teach the bouncers their history?

Only a brief gaze followed by the need to see the Identity cards.

Now the problem was that the two actors and the director had their ID cards back in their hotel rooms. That fact did not deter the three who badly wanted to wash off their stress after a tiresome day. But by the time our victims reached back to the night club, the party had almost reached its finishing line.

May be once in a while these kinds of shock treatments are good to keep our over loved and hyped film stars to stay grounded.

What do you say?

John Abraham turns cricket buff

January 15th, 2009

After Harman Baweja mingled with cricketers for ‘Victory’ it’s the turn of John Abraham to get involved with cricket in a big way.

He is busy preparing for his role in an upcoming film.

John has been quite comfy playing football but now he’s all set to hone his cricketing skills for David Dhawan’s film ‘Hook Ya Crook’. The movie is not exactly a sports film like Harman’s ‘Victory’ but a thriller with a sprinkling of comedy and cricket.

John is working very hard as he has to share screen space with the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and other well known international cricketers in the film. He wants to look perfect too while playing the game with these masters.

Dinesh Lad, Indian batsman Rohit Sharma’s coach is teaching him the fine points of cricket from. Johhny Boy has learnt batting techniques and has already grasped many of them.

Though it takes years to master the techniques, John wants to learn them enough to look convincing playing the game with professional cricketers.

Well, John sure is strong willed enough to achieve that. Remember the kind of physique he made for K Jo’s ‘Dostana’?