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Some quick bollywood updates of the day.

1. Aparna Sen’s long in the making Gulel may roll soon. Ranbir Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar have agreed to do the film. Ranbir came on board through Konkona Sen (Wake Up Sid ) and Farhan through Shabana.

2. Dostana’s sequel is on. And this time there is one more gay couple. Ritesh Deshmukh and Shreyas Talpade have been signed for the same. 

3. Richa Chaddha ( Dolly of Oye Lucky Lucky Oye) has finally got a film. She has signed Yunus Sejawal’s new film alongwith with Kay Kay Menon and Rajpal Yadav.

4. Chandrachur Singh is alive! Yes, the Maachis actor will soon be seen in a film titled Maruti Mera Dost. The film is by Chandrachur’s brother Abhimanyu Singh.

5. Nishikant Kamat is going back to his Julie ( he wrote the film) days. This time its not Julie, but John Abraham who will star in his film. UTV will  produce the film. Nishi earlier directed Dombivili Fast and Mumbai Meri Jaan. 

6. Shekhar Kapoor is still making Paani. And when he is not making it, he is going to be a judge on a reality show. India Got Talent, a new show on colours will have Shekhar Kapoor as one of the three judges. Known for his roving eyes, we are sure Shekhar will look out for some special talent.

7. More and more actors are saying no to Kunal Kapoor. Yes, its confirmed now. Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor also said no to him. Will Aditya Chopra save him finally?

8. Nikhil Advani is back from China and planning any African safari as indicated in the film Chandi Chowk to China.  This time he is not planning any big budget ambitious film. He is soon going to start a film titled Tanu Weds Manu starring  R Madhavana and Shahana Goswami. Update 11/05 – Nikhil Advani is not directing the film. It will be directed by Anand Rai (directed Strangers earlier).

9. More troubles for Ravi Chopra. After the plagiarism controversy came out, Big Picturs has made it clear that its not interested in buying Chopra’s Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai any more. They have even asked him to return the advance money.  The film is a copy of hollywood film My Cousin Vinny and the matter is in court. The complete dope on plagiarism story is here.

10. Roshan Abbas is soon going to make his debut as a director. Shah Rukh
Khan will produce his film. Whether he will star in it or not, its not clear yet.

Ramu has released the character posters of his new film Rann. So, here its all….simplified….who plays what….and the first look….

Amitabh Bachchan (Vijay Harshvardhan Malik, Head, India 24/7 )

Sudeep (Jai Malik – Vijay Harshvardhan’s son)

Neetu Chandra (Yasmeen – Jai’s fiancée )

Ritesh Deshmukh (Purab Shastri, Investigating Reporter, India 24/7)

Gul Panag (Nandita – Purab’s girlfriend)

Rajat Kapoor (Naveen Shankalya – Industrialist)

Paresh Rawal (Mohan Pandey – Prime Minister aspirant)

Mohnish Behl( Amrish Kakkar – Head of Headlines 24),

Rajpal Yadav ( Anand Prakash Tiwari – Presenter of Special Shows, India 24 7)

Suchitra Krishnamoorthy (Nalini Kashyap – COO, India 24 /7)

He changed the rules of the game.  Turned the small films into big.  And now UTV Spotboy’s CEO Vikas Bahl has turned director with Chillar Party. The film is already on floor from 3rd of May.

glamsham.com has more details about the film.  And here is a pic from the sets of the film.

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CHILLAR PARTY is the story of a bunch of kids from Chandan Nagar called Encyclopedia, Jhanghia, Akram, Secondhand, Panauti, Silencer, Aflatoon and Shaolin in whose lives enter two strangers Fatka and Bheedu. And together they alter the course of their future by never giving up on what they believe in.

The film is co-directed by Nitesh Tiwari and will have music by Amit Trivedi of Aamir and Dev D fame. We are waiting!

Breaking news – Harman Baweja is still alive! Yes. He made a disastrous debut with Love Story 2050, followed up with more disastrous film Victory and his girlfriend Priyanka Chopra also left him ( For Shahid Kapoor or some Mr Butler ?) Dude, Harman Baweja should get the Best Survivor Award. 

Now Harman’s new film Its My Life is ready for release. Its a remake of a telugu film called Bommarilu and is directed by Anees Bazmee. It has Genelia DeSouza as Harman’s love interest. Here’s the first look of the film…four stills…. 

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Amitabh BachchanEven at 67, Amitabh Bachchan is busy as usual. Here are some new developments about his films..

1. Amitabh Bachchan has signed Vivek Sharma’s new film Buddham Sharanam Gacchami. Vivek has started his own prudction house called Film Zone. He earlier directed Bhoothnath and his next release Kal Kissne Dekha is ready for release.

2. Bachchan recently recorded a song for Ramu’s film Rann. He recorded the song with his good friend and music director Aadesh Srivastava.

3. Bachchan is not playing news editor Prannoy Roy in his new film Rann. Ramu clarified it in an interview recently. Rann is based on the way the news channels operate and manipulate news for better TRP’s. Rumours have been floating around for long time that Bachchan’s character in Rann is based on NDTV Channel head Prannoy Roy.

Abhishek Bachchan in 3D!

Posted: May 4, 2009 by moifightclub in bollywood, cast news, News
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abhishek-bAccording to Buzz18.com, Abhishek Bachchan is all set to star in a 3D film to be directed by Rohan Sippy. The duo had come together last time for Bluffmaster. The film will be going on the floors very soon.

We hope its not one more 3D-rona!

its-a-wonderful-after-lifeThats the name of Gurinder Chadha’s new film.

With Shabana Azmi in the lead, it also stars Sally Hawkins, Zoe Wanamaker, Jimi Mistry and Mark Addy. Shooting now in the U.K., the picture reunites some of Chadha’s “Bend It Like Beckham” cast including Shaheen Khan, Ash Varrez and Adlyn Ross.

Its a Wonderful Afterlife is a comedy, about an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder. Its billed as My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Shaun of the Dead,

Producer-director Chadha’s latest was penned with her writing partner and husband, Paul Mayeda Berges.

 ranbir-kapoor-new-look2Indiafm has a pic of Ranbir Kapoor in his new get look. He was in hiding since last few days. Only because he was strictly told not to reveal his new look to the press. The order came straight from Aditya Chopra and when Aditya demands, nobody says no.

Ranbir Kapoor’s bearded look is for Shimit Amin’s new film Salesman Rocket Singh in which Ranbir plays the lead role. The film is produced by Yashraj Films.

On the voting day in Mumbai (thursday), Ranbir came out to cast his vote and all that hiding went into toss. Have a look.

The film is written by Jaideep Sahni. And we are agerly looking forward to it. Shimit and Jaideep will surely make Rocket Kumar rock!!

We have been waiting to get the breaking news! Even Neil Nitin Mukesh has done one. When will our actresses learn ?

kanganaAccording to Mid-day, Kangana Ranaut has agreed to shoot a nude scene for a Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannath. And as expected, she has been paid a whopping amount for it. The film is currently on floors in Hyderabad.

We always believed that she is the bold one. We love  Kangana for just one reason, the way she says Bastard, oops, its Baasteerd! Check out any film of hers, Gangster, Metro, Woh Lamhe, Raaz2. Nobody says it better than her. Now, we got one more reason to love her!

pic courtesy : Mid-day/ Daboo Ratnani

karan joharMumbai Mirror has published details about Karan Johar’s next production. Its K3 G, oops only K3 – Karan, Kajol and Kareena. Again. Last time they came together for the blockbuster Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham ( K3G).

The yet-to-be-titled film will be directed by debutante Siddharth Malhotra, who is production house Cinevistaa’s chairman Prem Kishen’s son and grandson of the late Prem Nath. Siddharth was the creative producer of the hit TV serial Sanjivani and was responsible for conceptualising and shaping it.

And according to gossipmongers, the film is loosley based on Hollywood film Stepmom which had Susan Sarandon and Juila Robers in lead roles.