Salman Khan’s Veer in trouble

February 17th, 2009

Salman Khan’s might have a big heart but he’s always ends up as a part of controversies.

Now his film ‘Veer’ is in the midst of a controversy but strangely this time around this time it’s with no fault of his. Much like how during the casting of the film, a starlet accused Anil Sharma of harassment.

The buzz is that the Anil Sharma directed film was being shot at the historical Amber Fort in Jaipur but recently had to face a spat of trouble as a complaint was lodged that the film crew was cheating the administration by paying for just the five days, when in reality they were present on the location for almost a month while setting up the set.

Strangely the film was shot down by the district court on grounds that the Amber fort did not fall under their jurisdiction. Then an accident happened on the sets of ‘Veer’ yesterday when a 20 foot long wall collapsed injuring fifteen people.

The Rajasthan High Court has now issued a stay order on the filming of ‘Veer’ in the fort. The Jaipur bench of the court has issued notice to the state government to explain why the norms relating to protected historical monuments were not followed and asked for a reply by March 3.

An initial complaint that was lodged and the stay order came.

The tourism business at the fort was also badly hit as most of the sections in the fort had been sealed off due to the shoot and this proved to be one of the causes too.

Ten injured during 'Veer' shooting

February 12th, 2009

Jaipur: Ten people were critically injured during the shooting of Salman Khan next venture 'Veer'.

According to the sources, the incident took place during the shoot of a war scene, when the artificial wall collapsed.

All the injured people were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.

After the incident the shooting was stopped by the producer.

Salman Khan Loses 50 Crore

February 9th, 2009

The impact of global financial crunch is starting to tell on one of world's largest entertainment industry, Bollywood. And the fallout of the impact is none other than Bollywood's biggest hunk, Salman Khan.

Salman Khan has reportedly walked out a T-Series production after refusing to cut his acting fees. Salman was first offered a whopping sum of Rs 50 crores for a film to be produced by T-Series and directed by Anees Bazmee.

Feeling the pinch of the economy slowdown, Bhushan Kumar, head of T-Series, approached Salman Khan, asking him for a reduction in his fees. Salman Khan agreed to take a pay cut of Rs 10 crores, which made his fee at Rs 40 Crore. However, when Bhushan Kumar requested Salman for a further price cut, Salman flatly refused to do so. Bhushan Kumar had to ultimately take the cruel decision of replacing Salman Khan with another actor, who would be ready to work at a much cheaper rate.

Salman Khan: The Forgotten Khan

February 6th, 2009

There once was a time when Salman Khan was the top actor in Bollywood. His dance moves, handsome good looks and acting skills sent girls all over the world into a frenzy. In fact, he was once even voted the seventh most handsome man in the world! But alas, times have drastically changed! His boy next door looks have faded into baggy eyes and artificial hair that is painfully visible when the camera pans close up. Okay, so that shouldn’t keep him up at night because his peers – Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan have both aged as well. Hey, they’re in their forties! It’s only natural. At least they’re not out getting Botox and trying to look like they’re 20 years old again. The main issue here is that Salman’s career has recently taken a nose dive.

All four of Salman’s releases in 2008– ‘God Tussi Great Ho,’ ‘Hello,’ ‘Heros,’ and the over hyped ‘Yuvvraaj,’ tanked at the box office. Not even the help of Bollywood beauty and his real life girlfriend Katrina Kaif could save ‘Yuvvraaj’! Meanwhile, Aamir Khan’s one and only release of the year ‘Ghajini’ shattered box office records and his eight pack abs drove audiences wild across the nation. Plus, he has proved to be a stupendous producer, first with ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and then ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.’ Shahrukh’s lone release of the year, ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi,’ did very well at the box office and had people falling for the sweet simple character. His home production, ‘Billu Barber’ is also expected to at least make a decent amount of moolah. Aamir and Shahrukh’s status as top level actors and moneymakers are definitely a stark contrast to Salman’s.

It doesn’t seem like things are going to get any better for Salman anytime soon, as the teasers for his film, ‘Veer,’ aren’t sparking any interest from fans and the media alike. So we want to ask you: what can Salman do to salvage his career? Drop us a comment with your thoughts!

Katrina will not act with Salman

February 5th, 2009

Katrina Kaif will leave the opportunity to act with Salman Khan. The film in question is Ajay Devgan next home production to be directed by Rohit Shetty, the man behind the comedies Golmaal, Sunday and Golmaal Returns. Katrina has cited dates problem for not accepting the offer. If Kat accepts the offer then she will get to act alongside beau Salman. But after the fallout of Yuvraaj and most importantly due to dates problem, she is bound to say no.

Her spokesperson clarifies, "it is unfortunate but Katrina will not be able to do the project, she's tied up with her other commitments and dates were a big hassle. Hence she will not be doing Rohit Shetty's film". Ajay will also share screen space with Salman in his untitled film. It is known that both developed a good relationship on the set of London Dreams and it was during this time that Ajay Devgan had expressed his wish to Salman Khan to cast Katrina in his next home production.

Salman and Ajay were last seen together in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. In that flick, they did not get much scope to share the same screen but came to know each other better and developed a good rapport during London Dreams.

Salman Khan to romance two hot women

February 4th, 2009

The latest hot actress is Lisa Lazarus. Lisa is a Miss UK who has represented her country in the 2008 Miss Universe pageant. She is all set to make her movie debut opposite Salman Khan in his next project, Veer.

Lisa is currently studying radiography Hertford Shire University. This very British beauty has come to Mumbai to romance Bollywood hunk Salman Khan.

Veer is a period drama set in British India. Lisa is to play a British Beauty who comes to India with her officer father and falls in love with Salman Khan's character.

Newcomer Zarine Khan is also part of the film, playing the second love interest of Salman Khan.

The two beauties might be giving Katrina Kaif sleepless nights currently.

Salman Khan shoots costliest song ever

February 4th, 2009

Salman Khan who is facing a low in his personal life, has hit a high note in his career starring in the costliest Hindi song ever to be picturised.

Salman Khan's costly song is for his new movie Veer shot apparently for a cost of about $3.5 crores. This has brought a cheer in his life, which has been marred by controversies like a spat with Shahrukh Khan, rumored split with girl friend Katrina Kaif etc.

Salman Khan was actively involved in the conception and execution of the song. He is in fact the movie’s scriptwriter along with lead actor.'Veer' stars a newcomer actress whose name has been kept a secret by the makers of the film. The flick also stars the very talented Mithun, along with actor Sohail Khan.

According to a source, “Salman, Sohail, Mithun and the new actress chipped in for shooting an 11 day long schedule for this particular song in a Mumbai studio earlier this month. The song has around 600 junior artists dancing along with the main stars.”

Salman Khan was so involved that he was present at its shooting for all 11 days in which the song was picturized. He was pretty excited about the song and wanted it to be the highlight of the movie.

The song from 'Veer' has set the record to be the costliest ever, leaving behind the previous record holder, ‘Shehenshah’ from Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, which was shot with a budget crossing Rs 3 crore.

Salman Khan to do an extended guest appearance in MAMK!

February 3rd, 2009

Mumbai : Salman Khan presents yet another shocker to all the movie buffs and fans waiting for the release of his much-anticipated and controversial flick, ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’. News has it that Salman is not the lead actor of the flick and is only doing a guest appearance for his brother’s home production.

‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’ which was earlier titled ‘Mr And Mrs Khanna’ has been in news for long. To start off - there was the famous Khan spat between Shah Rukh and Salman at Katrina Kaif’s birthday bash because Shah Rukh refused a cameo role in the movie. Since then, cast of the movie has been altered and Salman is rumoured to be just doing a cameo role. Much ado about nothing!

It was reported that Kareena had agreed to the offer because of her amity with Salman, and Preity too had agreed for a cameo for good friend and debutante director Prem Soni. And, Salman agreed to the role for his brother – Sohail Khan.

The Sohail Khan’s production flick might not be in for big bucks but certainly promises to be one helluva entertainer!

Sallu’s the wind beneath Bebo’s wings

February 1st, 2009

That Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan have kissed and made up, is now known.

Lucky for Bebo, because Sallu immediately proved why he makes one of the nicest friends in Bollywood. The actress, who was in Panchgani, would have failed to reach Karabi in Thailand where she had to shoot a song for Sohail Khan’s Main aur Mrs. Khanna. Enter generous Salman. He organised a chartered flight for Bebo. The actress, stressed with hectic schedules, could catch a much needed shut-eye on the flight and when she reached her location was able to shoot the whole night and complete the song. Incidentally, Bebo and Sallu play a couple in the film… and she has an extra-marital affair with Sohail.

Katrina to spend Valentine’s Day with Ranbir; Salman chooses Asin!

January 31st, 2009

Mumbai : According to the latest B-town revelation, leggy beauty Katrina Kaif and her beau Salman Khan are not going to celebrate Valentine`s Day together but with two different people. Reports suggest that while Katrina would be spending the V-Day with none other than Ranbir Kapoor, Salman, on the other hand, would have Asin for company.

Before you let your imagination run wild, let’s clarify that Katrina and Ranbir are not planning a special Valentine’s Day celebration together. It’s just that the actors who are presently working for their upcoming venture, ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’ in Turkey, would be shooting for the same on the V-Day as well.

However, grapevine has it that Ranbir does have plans to surprise co-star Katrina by arranging an intimate dinner.

On the other hand, possessive beau Salman seems to be proving to Kat that he’s equally busy on the special occasion, for the actor would reportedly be shooting for his upcoming venture ‘London Dreams’ with much appreciated co-star Asin.

Well, it seems that Salman and Katrina have no issues with each other’s V-Day plans. But we wonder if Deepika has planned a surprise for beau Ranbir!

New Buddies in B-Town

January 31st, 2009

There is a buzz in B-Town that Katrina Kaif has signed a film opposite Ajay Devgan. The rumour also suggests that the film will be Ajay's home production and will be directed by Rohit Shetty. We will need to wait and see if the information turns out to be true.

If the news be true, then we can assume that this new development came through due to the new found friendship of Ajay and Salman Khan. According to reports, both the leading men were having a great time in each other's company during the shoot of Vipul Shah's 'London Dreams'.

It is said that Ajay and Salman came to know about each other more during the shoot of this eagerly awaited flick and used to hang out a lot. Ajay is known to play pranks during the shoot.

Salman seems to have joined Ajay in having fun, have a smoke between the shots and share drinks after the day's work. Ajay is said to have got completely surprised after knowing that in spite of the cold weather Salman is totally avoiding alcohol during the Chandigarh schedule.

If the intended film becomes a reality, it will be Ajay's and Kat's first time onscreen pairing which is going to be the curiosity factor.

January 30th, 2009

King Khan and the so called bad boy of Bollywood Salman Khan will again compete with each other. Both are coming back to television with their individual programs. If SRK is leaving no stone unturned to launch his shows like First Ladies on NDTV Good Times, Knights and Angels and Ghar Ki Baat Hai on NDTV Imagine then Sallu Miya is also gearing up for the second season of Dus Ka Dum.

Knights and Angels is a reality show and King Khan will be the judge. The show will judge the right candidate who could take forward his IPL team the Kolkata Knighter Riders to a new level and induce in them the spirit to perform better. Ghar Ki Baat Hai will be a traditional sit-com, a story of a day to day life of Yagnik family and their neighbors.

Both Khans have taken their battle front from big to small screen. It's a story of few months when Salman hit at Shahrukh at Katrina’s birthday bash, insulting him in public for showing attitude and not appearing in his show Dus Ka Dum. Salman also insulted Shahrukh for the failure of the game show Kya Aap Panchvi Paas Se Tez Hain? After the serious spat, Shahrukh and Salman are no longer in talking terms.

Since both the Khans are venturing into the same arena, lets see what ugly turn their spat takes.

Pokkiri remake to outdo Ghajini

January 28th, 2009

Director Prabhu Deva is now trying to complete the post production work of his Salman Khan-Ayesha Takia starrer Wanted, a remake of his Tamil film Pokkiri.

The Hindi version has Vinod Khanna playing Salman's father. Prabhu Deva, who has reportedly decided to take a break from Tamil films, has also announced that he is not interested in playing hero again.

This means that he will not be doing Thankar Bachchan's new film. Prabhu and Salman are planning to promote their film aggressively by appearing on all television channels this summer. Prabhu Deva vows to make this film even bigger than Ghajini, the remake of the Tamil super hit movie by the name same.

Salman-Kareena bury old hatchet; kiss and make-up

January 27th, 2009

Mumbai, Jan 27: Salman Khan is in a mood to forgive and forget. The actor, who is infamous for his bad boy rage, wacky antics and unforgiving attitude, seems to be in a mood to chalk out a few names of his big enemies list. After leaving us all stunned with his ‘beg forgiveness acts’ from his ex-flame Aishwarya and the Bachchan family, Sallu has now kissed and patched with the no-more-size-zero lass Kareena Kapoor.

Apparently, the gorgeous twosome had been engaged in a long cold war with each trying to snub the other.

It all started when Kareena was dating her old lover-boy Shahid Kapur. Story goes that Kareena was miffed with Salman ever since he had a war of words with Shahid on their ‘Rockstar’ tour.

However with Saif’s entry in her life, Bebo has decided not to sulk over her ex-beau’s enemies and has mended ways with Salman. The two were reportedly spotted having a jolly time on the sets of their forthcoming movie ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’.

Joined by Kareena’s almost better half Saif, the trio shared jokes and seemed much too comfortable. A news daily even quoted a source as saying, “When they started shooting for ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’, Kareena and Salman only behaved like professionals. Anybody who saw them share icy vibes would never have been able to tell that the two were thick friends once upon a time. Even as their on-screen chemistry sizzled in ‘Main Aur Mrs Khanna’, they refused to interact off-screen.

In fact, things were so bad that director Prem Soni would have to discuss scenes separately with both the stars. But during the Panchgani schedule, Kareena and Salman hit it off instantly.”

The source also stated that it was the newly humble Kareena who made the first move by going up to Salman to discuss a scene sequence with him.

Well, with Kareena turned from foe to friend, that’s one less person for Salman to shoe off.

Salman Khan - Better Late than Never

January 23rd, 2009

Salman Khan received some good news yesterday when the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act judge YD Shinde ordered 25 lakhs to be released to him from the proceeds of the 2001 film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. The money had been held up in litigation after the financier and producer were arrested for alleged links to the underworld. "My client had fulfilled his contractual obligations,” said Salman’s lawyer, “While Rs1.25 crore has been paid to him, balance of Rs25 lakh was due."

Salman has been praising Aamir Khan’s grasp of marketing strategy for Ghajini and will be seeking to emulate him for his upcoming movie Wanted: Dead or Alive which also stars Ayesha Takia, the Facebook page is already visited frequently by fans. The movie is a remake of the hugely successful Kollywood film Pokkiri that starred Vijay and Asin.

This could be the year that Salman reclaims his position in the top five of Bollywood actors with other releases expected to be London Dreams with Ajay Devgan and Asin, Main Aur Mrs Khanna with Kareena Kapoor and the period drama Veer which will see the debut of British actress Lisa Lazarus. After the huge disappointment of Yuvraaj and God Tussi Great Ho, Salman needs a couple of hits.

Salman Khan’s whole new agenda

January 22nd, 2009

Ghajini’s marketing strategy has started a whole new trend in Bollywood and inspired many.

Yes, it was praised by the Bollywood fraternity and this includes Salman Khan, who wants to do it like Aamir to promote his upcoming film ‘Wanted Dead And Alive’.

For the uninitiated ‘Wanted Dead And Alive’ is a Hindi remake of the hit Tamil film ‘Pokkiri’ that starred Vijay and Asin. The Hindi version stars Salman and Ayesha Takia as the lead pair and is directed by Prabhu Deva

The publicity gimmick of ‘Ghajini’ when the multiplex staffers sported the ‘Ghajini’ hair-cut, Aamir’s interaction with the media, him chopping hair and shaving people’s heads has impressed Salman no end.

He told Boney Kapoor to promote ‘Wanted Dead And Alive’ in a similar unique way and he’s doing the needful.

‘Pokkiri’ was a huge Tamil box office hit and they want the Hindi version to do very well too.

Apparently Aamir was inspired by Salman to get the beefed-up look for Ghajini. And hence he’s following Aamir happily now.

And that’s not the only new thing happening in Sallu bhai’s life. He’s all set to endorse beach fashion in his forthcoming film ‘Wanted Dead & Alive’ too.

Ashley Rebello, who has styled Salman in the film has said, “Salman will be seen wearing neck pieces made from beads, sea shells and everything that is hippie and Goan in the film. The film has been mostly shot in Bangkok… He will wear folded knee length pants and white shirts in the movie. He will also wear a lot of checked shirts and leather jackets which give him that hippie look.”

This casual ‘beach-boy’ look can be an instant hit and could do as well as John’s hot yellow trunk in ‘Dostana’. Let’s wait and watch.

Court orders Maharashtra to release Salman Khan's dues

January 21st, 2009

A Mumbai court Wednesday ordered the Maharashtra government to clear Bollywood actor Salman Khan's dues of Rs. 2.50 million that have been outstanding for long.

Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) judge Y.D. Shinde gave his ruling on an application filed by Salman to clear his dues for acting in the movie 'Chori Chori, Chupke Chupke' that shortly before its release had became controversial with several government departments investigating the sources of its finances from questionable quarters and the suspected mafia links of the people associated with it.

As per Salman's agreement, he was entitled to a payment of Rs.15 million from the movie's producers Bharat Shah.

While Shah and filmmaker Nazim Rizvi were among those arrested, the court appointed a receiver to handle all the financial aspects of the movie post-release, Special Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian told reporters this evening.

Later, the court receiver deposited the income generated by the movie and the payment due to be made to Salman in the state government treasury, she added.

Shinde has ordered that Salman's dues must be cleared by the state government, but the judge did not indicate any time-frame.

Meanwhile, Shah was convicted under sections of the Indian Penal Code but not under MCOCA, while Rizvi is out on bail.

The film, a musical family drama that did above-average business, featured Salman, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee.

Quality Time for Katrina - Salman Khan

January 20th, 2009

Usually we hear stories about girlfriends and wives visiting film sets to spend time with their busy partners. However, this time it was heartwarming to see Salman Khan deciding to shower attention on girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

Yesterday, Salman shot for the Katrina-Ranbir Kapoor starrer Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani in which he is playing a special role. The film is produced by Ramesh Taurani.

Even after Salman completed shooting for his portions yesterday, he chose to hand around on the film's sets at Film City, Goregaon so that he could spend quality time with Katrina.

Our source from the sets said, “Salman and Katrina looked comfortable and quite happy in each other's company. They even had a few snacks together. Salman has an important role in Ajab Prem… and he is enjoying it.”

When contacted, Katrina said, “It would be better if you speak to Raj Kumar Santoshi (director) about this. I am very busy right now.”

We tried contacting Santoshi but he was unavailable for comment.

Now that's what we call a classic case of mixing business with pleasure. Also one good deed deserves another. Right, Salman-Katrina?

Salman’s big Valentines Day plan for Katrina Kaif

January 12th, 2009

Valentines Day is a month away but Salman Khan is already getting ready to shower an expensive gift on girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

Though there are rumors of a rift, things still don’t seem to be over for the two.

The buzz is that Salman has painted her many times while she’s been visiting the sets of his films and accompanying him on some of his mid-night adventures and has even rode an auto rickshaw with him.

Now Sallu’s big plan is to surprise her with a lavish Valentine’s Day gift.

He has chosen a plush apartment in Bandra and plans to gift it to her on Feb 14.

The flat’s location and its architecture go with Salman’s taste. He’s thinking of roping in Suzanne Roshan, Hrithik’s wife, to do the interiors.

The flat has a spacious living room space for paintings and portraits. It has two balconies overlooking the city in different directions. Apparently Salman wants to decorate the flat with some of his paintings before handing over the keys to Katrina next month.

Well, keeping in mind things like that, it seems all’s well in Sal-Kat’s paradise. So should we say, all the talks about Sallu being laid astray by Asin and the like are just rumors?

Salman Khan’s dream house plans for Katrina now on hold?

January 12th, 2009

All plans of Salman Khan to build a lavish bungalow were shattered when the construction rules forced him to change his plans. According to sources, Salman was interested in buying the plot where Starlet building stands on Carter Road. So he bought most of the flats by offering all the people staying there a very good price. But amongst them all those staying on the ground floor were not ready to move creating problems for quite a few months now.

It is said that Salman also had plans to gift a flat to Katrina in the new building which he was going to construct.

Currently Salman has to build a five storied building there because the sea facing area comes under the jurisdiction of the Coastal Regulation Zone and Environment Notification Act of 1996. According to this act, no construction activities should harm the environment or upset oceanographic Eco-systems.

But according to Salman’s spokesperson who denied all such rumors of Salman constructing a building he also said that Salman’s family already has flats there and they are going to get back the flats once the building is renovated.