30 and thriving
Kareena Kapoor is the latest to join the crowded bandwagon of 30-plus heroines. The Kapoor girl turned 30 on September 21, 2010. But unlike several heroines whose career graphs dropped drastically after 30, Kareena is achieving a new high at 30.
Kareena is the only heroine today who has forthcoming films with all the Khans. Apart from working on Ra.One with Shah Rukh Khan, she is part of Bodyguard starring Salman. After the major success of 3 Idiots , the lady has inked another film with Aamir Khan in Reema Katgi's next. She is also part of her boyfriend, Saif Ali Khan's home production, Agent Vinod . Moreover, Kareena will be romancing the youngest Khan on the block, Imran in Dharma's Short Term Shaadi . Thirty definitely seems to be the new 20 for Kareena.
Why Saif joined movies
Saif Ali Khan is excited about working with Prakash Jha's Aarakshan for many reasons apart from the fact that it has a gripping storyline on the reservation issue. It co-stars his Love Aaj Kal heroine Deepika Padukone and is produced by the Nadiadwalas, with whom Saif started his career way back in 1993 ( Parampara ).
What perhaps excites Saif the most is the chance to work with the Big B again after their first collaboration in Eklavya . He reasons, “This film gives me the chance to work with Amitji, which is an honour as always and something I am looking forward to. I pretty much joined movies because of Mr Amitabh Bachchan sir.”
All praise for Prateik
Aamir Khan and Prateik Babbar have a longstanding relationship — after Prateik made his debut as Genelia's brother in the Aamir Khan produced Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na , the youngster plays the pivotal role of Munna in Dhobi Ghat , which is an Aamir production and his wife Kiran's directorial debut.
The normally reticent Aamir is all praise for the newcomer. “Kiran and I are really happy to be working with Prateik because he is a dream actor for a producer. Not only is Prateik very talented, he is also very dedicated and works hard on his dialogues. To get into the skin of his character in Dhobi Ghat , he spent a long time at a dhobi ghat.”
Alibi for Madhur
Madhur Bhandarkar has a sense of humour and loves pulling other people's leg but it is very rare when he gets to taste his own medicine.
Recently, while discussing his latest film Dil To Baccha Hai Ji , the conversation turned to its music director Pritam's predilection for working at night; and how this necessitates midnight meetings for those filmmakers who are collaborating with him. Suddenly, Madhur's latest hero Emraan Hashmi walked in and quipped: “No no … Pritam ke naam pe raat ko ghar se bahar nikalne ka reason milta hai.”
Is Madhur taking his film's tagline ‘Love grows … men don't' seriously?
SRK's choice
There's news of the growing rift between Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan ever since she cast Akshay Kumar in her new film, Tees Maar Khan . Here's more grist to the mill. Buzz is that Shah Rukh Khan will not be employing Farah's services as a choreographer for the all-important promotional song of his new film Ra.One and Ganesh Hegde is taking over her place.
Shah Rukh states: “Yes, I am shooting a promotional song for Ra.One which will be choreographed by Ganesh Hegde.” And though Shah Rukh puts to rest rumours about him appearing shirtless in the song — “For now there aren't any shirtless scenes of mine in the song” — he had been working on his body. The actor has lost weight, is back in tip-top shape and jokingly says, “I have already made four packs; now I am looking out for two more.”
Taking a break?
After collaborating on several films — Dil Kya Kare, Apaharan, Gangaajal, Raajneeti — the Prakash Jha-Ajay Devgn team is taking a break from each other in Jha's next, Aarakshan.
But Jha has a new twist to this story. He maintains: “Ajay is there in Aarakshan . Woh adrishya hai . Without Ajay, I don't make a film. Ajay will always be there for me.”
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