Katrina ties with Salman

There can't be smoke without fire. So, you have a reason to listen to rumours too. And here is the latest gossip in Bollywood. Lovebirds Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan managed to keep their relationship intact in spite of the rumours that they were splitting. However, the true colour is slowly but surely coming out.

The news is spreading like wild fire that Katrina is disappointed with boyfriend Salman. She is said to have severed ties with him following his spat with Shahrukh Khan on her birthday. She is blaming Salman for the controversy, as she thinks he should have behaved well as the host of the party. What hurt the actress even more was that he didn't listen to her request to offer an apology o Shahrukh.
t is said that the spark between the lovers is missing. Sources said that they rarely talk to each other on the sets of their film Yuvraaj by Subhash Ghai. The other wise jolly couple retreated to their respective make up vans after the shooting of every scene.

Something must have gone wrong with the couple if the rumours are to be believed. Or who knows if this is just a publicity stunt for their film Yuvraaj!

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Sachin Tendulkar's movie, by God

Sachin Tendulkar (TOI Photo) More Pics The film on Siddhivinayak in which cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will play a cameo is almost as starry an affair as the list of the temple’s devotees. “There are so many Bollywood stars who are devotees of Siddhivinayak,” says Rajiv Sanghvi, the producer of the movie titled Vighnaharta Shri Siddhivinayak. “Hence, when we decided to make the movie, we thought of roping in all the people who are devotees of the deity.” He also clarifies that the master blaster is not acting in the movie. “He and his wife Anjali will be shown performing an aarti in the Siddhivinayak temple,” says Sanghvi. “Obviously, Sachin was our main focus in the movie as he is a famous cricketer and an inspiration for the country’s young people. Just before Sachin left for the Sri Lanka tour, we proposed the idea of making the movie with him. He readily agreed. We will start shooting from today. The shoot should be over by September 5. We haven’t scheduled the movie for release during Ganesh Chaturthi as we feel that many people won’t have the time to watch the movie then. So we’ve decided to release the movie during Diwali. The lead actors are Parmeet Sethi and Divya Dutta, and we’re also planning to rope in other prominent actors like Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. Rajiv Johri has written the lyrics and the music has been composed by Anil Mohile. The soundtrack will feature Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan. Ganesh Acharya has agreed to do the choreography of the film. All the actors are doing the project free of cost,” he adds. To add to the star factor, Amitabh Bachchan is doing the narration, says director Yashwant Ingavale. “It’s certainly not going to be a regular Bollywood film. It’s not a devotional film either, but will convey a strong message to the audience. It’s about the miraculous experience of the devotees,” he says. It was Madhur ‘Page 3’ Bhandarkar who gave him the idea for the film, he adds. “This is my debut Hindi movie. I have assisted Madhur, and when he asked me to make this movie, I couldn’t help being excited,” he says. Trustees from the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai say that the idea for a film on the deity has been floating about for a while now. “There were many devotees who actually suggested that there should be a movie made on Lord Ganesha,” says Subhash Mayekar, chairman of the Siddhivinayak Temple Trust. “It was then that one of our regular visitors, Rajiv Sanghvi, decided to make a film which would feature Sachin in a cameo. As Sachin is also one of the regular visitors to the temple, he couldn’t say no and readily agreed. We’ve taken permission from the temple authorities and will shoot some part of the movie in the temple premises.” While Tendulkar wasn’t available for comment, his personal assistant said, “The temple wanted an earlier date for shooting, probably before the Sri Lanka tour. But due to Sachin’s busy schedule, he couldn’t get to shoot earlier. He has agreed to shoot for the film after coming back from the tour.”

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Ranbir, Katrina Kaif Together In Prakash Jha’s ‘Rajniti’

After setting box office afire with Welcome, Namastey London & Race, ace Bollywood hottie Katrina Kaif is ready to star opposite the ‘yummy boy’ Ranbir Kapoor in Prakash Jha’s political thriller ‘Rajniti.’

Katz will play the character of a modern, cultured and clever girl in the movie, which is said to be a modern rendering to the Mahabharat with Indian political affairs forming the backdrop.

Prakash Jha said, “Katrina fit the bill perfectly.”

“She also looks perfectly matched with Ranbir. Not too many top leading ladies are compatible with Kapoor. Katrina is versatile enough to look perfectly matched with Salman, Akshay and now Ranbir,” he added.

The flick also features Bollywood biggies including Ajay Devgan and Manoj Bajpai.

Moreover, Vivek Oberoi was to play a character too but decided to opt out only to be replaced by Arjun Rampal.

Since Jha’s movies are quite persuasive and influential, it will definitely be a fresh experience for both Katz and Ranbir, who have only cut their teeth on the run of mill commercial Hindi cinema until now.

Rajniti is said to be the second film of this hot pair together.

Earlier Ranbir and Katz signed Raj Kumar Santoshi's ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’, and they have already started shooting for it.

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'Money Hai To Honey Hai': Painful to watch!

The way recent comedies have been falling at the box-office like nine pins, proves (if proof were needed) that it is very tough to make audiences laugh.

Movie Review by Deepa Gahlot

After making the solemn 'Swami', choreographer-turned-director Ganesh Acharya tries his hand at comedy with 'Money Hai To Honey Hai' and fails again.

The film in Rat Race mould is about a bunch of disparate people being forced to come together at one place. Six losers— runaway rich guy (Govinda), failed businessman Lala (Manoj Bajpai), small time model (Upen Patel), sacked copywriter (Aftab Shivdasani), out of work actress (Hansika) and jobless designer (Celina Jaitley)— are randomly chosen by eccentric industrialist Jaiswal (Prem Chopra) to inherit his wealth. But when they get to the resort where they have been summoned, they find that they have to actually pay back a huge sum of money to the bank, and deal with Jaiswal's villainous manager Batra (Ravi Kissen).

Acharya has gathered a fairly big cast, and even managed a few funny scenes (the spoof on Ekta Kapoor and her serials) but seems to have cobbled pieces of three different films. The first half is taken up with introductions of the characters and their problems.

Then there is a trace of a thriller in the shenanigans of the manager, and finally a piece of some old 50s 'Workers of the World Unite' drama. The audience can't figure out whether to laugh, cry or applaud the belated nod to socialism from an unlikely source.

Acharya had peppered the film with a lot of lavishly picturised dances (including one where he jiggles his ample flesh), which is his area of expertise. Maybe he should leave direction to someone more equipped to handle it.

To be fair, except for the track of Upen Patel and the 'casting couch' with Archana Puran Singh, and a few Govinda lines, the film does not resort to vulgarity. But then, there's very little to relieve the tedium of so many flat gags—Manoj Bajpai's laboured attempts to be funny (in a red suit in one scene) are painful to watch.

An overage Govinda (why so much English dialogue?) leads the cast of actors picnicking in Mauritius. If only the audience could enjoy the holiday too.

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Mission Istaanbul

More stills from Mission Istaanbul

Mission Istaanbul (action)
Cast: Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Shreya Saran
Direction: Apoorva Lakhia
Critics rating:

APOORVA Lakhia simply got carried away by the bang-bang of Shootout at Lokhandwala . But whilst the earlier film was a high testosterone action flick which clicked simply because it didn't compromise on its emotional quotient, Mission Istaanbul sees Lakhia concentrating on action alone. End result? A cold, clinical drama, spilling over with gun fights, fist fights, car chases and stunts that have no emotional bedrock. The characters fail to connect with each other and the audience and the good versus evil war against terrorism remains thanda at the core. Once again, it's the lack of a story that sorely lets down the actors who try hard to get the adrenalin pumping with their guys-and-guns lore.

The director chooses a topical theme: terrorism, but loses the plot midway and blames a media channel for creating most of the terror in the world. Osama has been conveniently bumped off in his bunker by Turkish commando, Rizwan Khan (Vivek Oberoi), yet his tapes keep appearing on the popular Al Johara (Al Jazeera, did you say?) television network. The doctored tapes have been created by the media mogul (Niketan Dheer) who is in league with the terrorists and is spearheading mayhem, the world over, only to raise the TRPs.

This time, the target is India, but for the brave Indian television anchor, Zayed Khan and his Turkish comrade-in-arms, Vivek Oberoi. Of course, they manage to find a third partner too in the desi Lara Croft (Shweta Bhardwaj) who has the uncanny knack of jumping in whenever the stakes are low. Quite a distraction, actually, especially since Hunk No. 1 (Zayed) is newly divorced from wife Shreya and Hunk No. 2 (Vivek) has lost his wife to the terrorists.

The film has been shot well in the exotic locales of Istanbul, but there isn't much that Vivek's long hair and Zayed's serious be-spectacled look can do to save the film from ending up as a thriller that doesn't actually thrill. Even Abhishek Bachchan's item number fails to garner applause this time. The only time the film perks up is with the Bush humour. The American President wonders what's the problem with Turkey? Are the birds in short supply? he asks. And if that's not enough, he warns his aides to `leave those Indians alone with their pen drives' since all the call centres are in India and he must learn how to pronounce Man-mo-han, before he visits India. Ha!

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Nayantara's fake MMS clip

South India's most sensational actress Nayantara, who has reportedly performed a steamy number with Vishal in Satyam, is said to have filed a police complaint alleging that her rivals are circulating a fake MMS clip reportedly showing her in a compromising pose with a young Tamil actor.

Earlier, actresses Trisha, Jyotika and Namitha have been victims of such fake MMS clips. Reports say that the allegedly morphed clip originated in Tiruchirappalli Sunday and has been widely circulated since then. However, no arrests have been made so far.

"This is the work of rivals jealous of my fame and they want to spoil the August release of Kuselan and Satyam, both big budget ventures," the actress was quoted as saying.

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"I refused international projects to do more Hindi films": Shilpa Shetty

IANS | Friday, 25 July , 2008, 10:53

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty says she has turned down a lot of international projects as she wants to focus more on Hindi films. "I have left a lot of international projects to come back to Hindi films. Someone told me I was already out of sight and I did not want to be out of mind too. I want a good end product - a good Hindi film made in India," said Shilpa. Shilpa also said she has not completely dropped the idea of working in the West. "If the prospects are lucrative enough in the West, I'll definitely go there. I have an international project, but it is still in the process of scripting," informed the actress. Recollecting her win on Britain's reality show Celebrity Big Brother, she said, "I think Big Brother has been a boon in disguise for not only me but many Asians living abroad. I'm happy with whatever happened on the show. At least, it has changed the perception for Indians living abroad." Shilpa refrained from making any comments on the rumours of her hosting the second season of Big Boss, the Indian version of British Big Brother. "When any such thing happens, the media will be informed." Shilpa's next project includes The Man with Sunny Deol in which she will be seen playing the violin for the first time on-screen. Shilpa, who took violin lessons for her role, quipped, "Violin is the single most difficult instrument to play. I am still nursing a bad neck and I do bhujangasan (yoga) everyday to get rid of the pain." Apart from working in films, she will concentrate on her company S2 Global Productions. She has roped in Manish Jha of Matrubhoomi fame to direct her first home production. She will also be seen sharing the stage with the Bachchan's at their ongoing Unforgettable tour in London August 23-24 at the prestigious 02 Arena, earlier known as the Millennium Dome.

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Trailer of 'Singh is King'

Trailer of 'Singh is Kinng' is simply great

Spectacular that's the right word to describe the two-and-a-half minute theatrical trailer of SINGH IS KINNG, which will be out in theatres in a couple of days from now. Believe me, we haven't seen something like this in a long, long time. Any promo should give the viewer a feel of the film and that's what this trailer does. It's not a mindless comedy, with a few comic thrown in for effect, you realize this at the very outset. SINGH IS KINNG is the keenly awaited movie of the season and the promo more than justifies the hype surrounding the movie. The trailer opens with Sonu Sood's character taking court of his kingdom in Australia, then breaks into a Hollywood style action sequence, followed by Punjab da puttar Akshay Kumar staging an entry. He's on a quest to bring Sonu Sood back home and ends up in a detour to Egypt's exotic locations where he encounters Katrina Kaif. And from there he moves on to his journey in Australia. There's more to follow: Breath-taking action scenes [in fact, never seen before] picturized over the Australian skyline and also in the sea. The action is at par with any Hollywood film and the locales are jaw-dropping. Interspersed with great music and colourful costumes, this promo packs in so much in those couple of minutes. Note the funny one-liner by Akki in the end, it leaves you with a smile on your face. If the trailer is an indicator of things to follow, expect a hurricane called SINGH IS KINNG to arrive on August 8.

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Sylvester Stallone shoots for Kambakht Ishq

Sajid Nadiadwala has always been known to be a generous producer who doesn't believe in any kind of compromise when it comes to his films. His latest production Kambakht Ishq, directed by debutante director Sabir Khan has been in the news right from the day when the film was announced. After all, the film stars two of the hottest actors in the industry- Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. Add to it, news that Sajid was even planning to rope in some Hollywood biggies such as Sylvester Stallone etc. for this film and expectations from this film only got bigger and bigger.

Recently, Sajid fulfilled his much cherished dream and got none other than Sylvester Stallone (the legendary actor of films like Rocky and Rambo) shoot for his film Kambakht Ishq. Sly, (as he is known) arrived bang on time at 9 a.m. on the sets at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Bollywood's very own Khiladi, Akshay Kumar was present and the duo shot for an 'award ceremony' scene at the very place where the prestigious Academy Awards are held. Surely, there couldn't have been a better place for Nadiadwala to shoot this scene for his film which is set against the backdrop of Hollywood. Holly Vance, the sensuous and pretty actress (of Entourage fame) was also present on the sets along with Stallone.

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Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Rock On’ Released!

The music launch ceremony of the film ‘Rock On’ was marked by some mind-blowing performances by the multi-talented musical trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and debut singer Farhan Akhtar, at an event held at the Mall in Mumbai on Monday.

Directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Akhtar, the film ‘Rock On’ also marks the entry of Akhtar and Prachi Desai as actors and singers.

Starring Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Shahana Goswami and Luke Kenny, ‘Rock On’ is the first movie to release under the six film co-production contract between Excel Entertainment and Reliance Big Pictures.

Kicking off the evening, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio’s power-packed performance left everyone hollering and asking for more.

And soon the viewers got crazy when Farhan himself set the stage afire two foot-tapping numbers from the film, in his wonderful rock star look.

Farhan’s father Javed Akhtar, formally released the album at the live concert. The well-known lyricist has also written the songs for son’s movie.

‘Rock On’ is about four members of a band who reunite after going their separate ways. Rock star Farhan plays the lead singer and sings a whopping five out of nine songs in the film.

With the film all set to hit theatres this August, Farhan’s buffs don't have to wait long.

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Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt have narrow escape

While shooting for mega movie, Blue, in the Bahamas, Akshay Kumar and Sunjay Dutt barely escaped with their lives while doing a stunt scene.

The Scene required the blasting of a ship while Akshay Kumar and Sunjay Dutt accompanied by cameraman Peter Zuccarni were nearby about 50 meters under water.

While the crew took utmost care to ensure that all precautions were taken, they didn’t expect the impact of the blast, especially underwater, to be as powerful as it turned out to be.

It was a harrowing moment for the entire team, but luckily the cameraman used his presence of mind and got Sanjay Dutt, Akki and himself out of trouble quickly.

Back on shore, while the actors thanked their stars for being alive, they also thanked the cameraman for his bravado.

Blue is said to be one of the most expensive movies of 2008 and is being shot on the sunny beaches and blue waters of the Bahamas.

With an impressive star-cast comprising of Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan along with some spectacular stunts and breathtaking underwater sequences, Blue is surely one film to look forward to.

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Kuselan release on August 1

Superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming movie Kuselan, which was delayed due to post production work, will be released on August 1. Pyramid Saimira, worldwide distributors of the film, confirmed that the movie, being directed by P. Vasu, would grace theatres on August 1st.

This bilingual movie, a remake of the Malayalam movie Kadha Parayumpol, will be released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu as Kuselan and Kathanayukudu respectively. Pyramid Saimira is going for a 1000 plus screens release of the film worldwide. The movie is produced by prominent director K. Balachandar for the Tamil version and Ashwini Dutt for its Telugu version.

The movie will feature Rajinikanth in 20 costumes, including an Egyptian Pharaoh. Pyramid Saimira is expecting the film to take the best-ever opening of 2008, as the release will be gigantic. Director P. Vasu has said that the film will be marketed like any other Rajinikanth film, and the superstar appears from the third reel onwards.

Meanwhile, recently released audio CDs and cassettes of Kuselan have opened to record sales, with reports that more than 2 lakh CDs have been sold within just 2 days all over the world. Apart from CDs, 50000 cassettes were reportedly sold in rural areas, breaking Shivaji's audio sales record.

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