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SRK - Salman Khan to clash?

If all goes well, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will come face to face on July 3. The clash is purely professional, what with their respective films - SRK's DULHA MIL GAYA and Salman's WANTED - hitting the screens on that Friday.DULHA MIL GAYA producer Viveck Vaswani is eyeing 3rd July because "July 4 is Independence Day in America and Shah Rukh enjoys a massive following there. I would like to capitalize on the Independence Day weekend, " Viveck tells me.Which means DULHA MIL GAYA will clash with Salman Khan's WANTED. "If Boney Kapoor says he's committed for 3rd July and requests me to shift my film to another week, I will do so. But so far there haven't been any talks, " Viveck clarifies. DULHA MIL GAYA is far from complete. Reportedly, SRK's portions remain to be filmed."The talkie is complete. Just one qawwali remains to be shot, which can be included at the last minute too, " Viveck reveals. He also rubbishes rumours that SRK

Anushka Sharma loses golden chance due to YRF contract

It’s touted as the biggest hit in the history of Telugu cinema. And now Arundhati is all set to be remade into Hindi.Many producers including Ghajini’s Madhu Mantena were vying for the Hindi remake rights.But the producer of the Telugu producer M. Shyam Prasad Reddy has decided to remake the film in Hindi.Sonu Sood who played the main antagonist in the Telugu film and is all set to encore the same part in Hindi, confirms these developments.Confirming these developments Sood says, “I’m excited because we all worked very hard on making the Telugu original something special. Lots of producers wanted to remake it in Hindi. But now the original producer has decided to go for it. The Hindi Arundhati will be far more expensive and polished. We start shooting in June. ”Sood has already started preparing for the part. “The Hindi version will have to be severely revised.”The remakes expert Priyadarshan was approached to direct Arundhati in Hindi. Apparently Priyan has no time at such short notic

Aishwarya and SRK: Not meant to be together

Shah Rukh and Ash sizzled on screen as a twin brother-sister jodi in ‘Josh’.Then their pairing was accepted in Aditya Chopra’s ‘Mohabbatein’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’ too. They really had good chemistry.But that was that. They were not supposed to act together after that.It all started when Ash’s ex boyfriend barged into the sets of ‘Chalte Chalte’ and Ash ended up being chucked out in favor of Rani Mukerji.Ash never warmed up to SRK and Rani after that. Things soured badly between Sallu and her too.She moved on happily with the Bachchans, some international films and let her chemistry work better with Hrithik Roshan. Recently Mani Ratnam wanted to cast Shahrukh in the lead role opposite Ash in his latest bilingual film ‘Ravana’ which he’s working on currently.Now after things didn’t work out for him in Raju Hirani’s ‘3 Idiots’ and Shankar’s ‘Robot’, he seemed to have some free time.Mani had then spoken to him about ‘Ravana’ and the superstar expressed interest in the projec

Katrina Kaif ’s loss is Asin’s gain

A girl from down south Tamil Nadu stepped into the glam-world of Bollywood alongside Mr. perfectionist Amir Khan in Ghajini. It seems now the gorgeous lady is planning to hit all the biggies of Bollywood starting with the top three Khan’s of the tinsel town. Where she is starring opposite Bollywood’s bad boy Salman Khan in London Dreams, we have heard that she would also be seen opposite Badshah Shahrukh Khan, that too under the dream banner of Yash Raj Films. Initially it was Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif, who was going to don this role but Salman’s dushmani with Shahrukh, earned Asin this flick. It’s not the first time and first girl friend of Sallu that our Badshah didn’t wanted to work with. Previously SRK was not even interested in working with Ashwariya Rai in Chalte Chalte and it was Rani Mukherjee who benefited from this.Well, all we can say is that the stars are shining bright for Asin and she should make the most of it as it’s said, “Make hay while the sun shines.”

Asin & Salman Khan -Ajay shoot at 'blue' Eiffel Tower

Vipul Shah is taking every effort to make his film London Dreams as grand as possible. While he had hired a Hollywood cinematographer to shoot his last film Namastey London to capture London like never seen before on Indian screen, this time he is going beyond the British lands to add new glitz and glimmer to London Dreams .Vipul Shah took special permission to shoot at the Blue Eiffel Tower. London Dreams would be the only film to have the Blue Eiffel Tower featured in the world. That makes Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin, the only celebrities in world to shoot at the Blue Eiffel Tower. This will be the same scene where Salman Khan kneels and proposes to Asin in the film that made news some months back. Ajay Devgan too shot before the Blue Eiffel Tower in a separate sequence. For those wondering why did Eiffel Tower go blue, France had marked the start of its six-month presidency of the European Union by lighting up the Eiffel Tower in blue with yellow stars in spirit with th

Minissha Lamba's floored by the Men in Uniform

The very pretty Minissha Lamba was recently invited by the Navy to attend their awards ceremony which was held at the Navy Nagar in Colaba.We hear that the actress was fascinated by the men in uniforms! Sources say that Minissha really enjoyed herself, made a lot of friends and was in awe of the heroes of the sea.Apparently this was the first time ever she interacted with the naval force and was completely blown away! The actress has a lot of respect for the officers and was in high spirits throughout the night.When we asked the actress about her naval experience she said, “Suddenly what we do pales insignificance compared to how the heroes of our nation protect us. I salute their bravery; it’s an absolute honour to be here”.Well, that not all! On being extended an invitation, Minissha also promised to visit the navy ships over the weekend! Aftab Shivdasani and Jackie Shroff too were among the celebrities who were present there.Well, now that’s what we call a Navy Connection! .

Kambakkht Ishq is a Kamal Haasan remake

Akshay Kumar’s next release, Kambakkht Ishq is the remake of a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan titled, Pammal K. Sambandam (2002). The Tamil film was a big hit down South.In that film, Kamal Haasan had played the title role and it also starred Simran, Abbas and Sneha. Their roles have been substituted with Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani and Sneha respectively.It was directed by Mouli. In the Tamil original, Kamal enacted the role of a film stuntman while Simran was a doctor in the making. In the Hindi version, Akshay Kumar is a renowned stunt artiste while Kareena Kapoor plays a super model.Pammal K. Sambandam was to have been remade in Hindi by Anees Bazmee for South producer GV Films which had acquired the remaking rights for Rs. 5 lakh. However, Sajid paid Rs. 75 lakh for the same remaking rights. Reportedly, Sajid Nadiadwala has spared neither efforts nor money in remaking the South hit.Although it is directed by a new name (Saabir Khan), it is said to have cost ov

Shah Rukh Khan Now apologises to Gavaskar

After apologizing to the Indian barbers for incorporating the word 'Barber' in the title of his home production, sharukh-khan-2Billu Barber and subsequently removing it, Shah Rukh Khan has now apologized to Indian cricket's living legend Sunil Gavaskar for a taunt that he buys his own team if he wanted to run one.The King Khan before departing for South Africa as the IPL season 2 begins there, said, “I have not said anything against Gavaskar. I just wanted to have breathing space to try something new. I have sent him an apology letter because he was in America that time, ”“Due to the wonderful methodology that television applies, that comment was for people who don’t understand cricket and who are still telling me how to run the team. If Gavaskar asks me to walk on my head and run the team, I would. Anything that Gavaskar says that has to do with cricket, if he mentions, should be followed, ” SRK said.One can recall that delivering the taunt, Shah Rukh at a press conference