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Arbaaz Khan is making his first film as a producer with his brother Salman, but naturally. He believes that when an actor plays a role that has a part of him it, it becomes easier for him to play the role well and make an impact. Arbaaz says, “When I heard the script of Dabangg, I saw Salman slipping into the character very easily. The film is about a man who doesn’t go down the beaten track, he lives by his convictions, no matter what the opposition is.” Arbaaz’s first film as a producer, Dabangg, means fearlessness. Ask him whether Salman’s fearless image influenced the choice of the title and he says, “He is made of many personalities; being fearless is one of his many traits. But he is not reckless. He feels, ‘I will do what I believe in, I have faith in my ability and I will do that’.” Salman has faced several adverse situations and Arbaaz thinks what keeps Salman going is “his own personality. He manages to pull himself out of situations thanks to his own m...

Ever since Arjun Rampal has completed shooting for Karan Johar’s We Are Family, the actor has not stopped gushing about his co-stars Kajol and Kareena. “I had a great time shooting with them. Kajol likes it when you don’t invade her space and respect it. But otherwise she is a lot of fun. She is a brilliant actress and a personal favourite among all my female co-stars. She is so good that your eyes well up with tears when she is emoting on screen. She is phenomenal and so is Kareena,” says Arjun. Despite being sandwiched between two phenomenal actresses, Arjun has managed to hold his own in the movie. “It’s not easy but then I have managed to stand apart amongst five talented actors in Rajneeti. However, yes I have to work hard to be noticed in any film, not just this one. These days there are very few solo hero films. The film is the star today. Even if you put in individual efforts, if the film is not right, it is bound to fail. No one comes to see me as an individua...

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor says he is tired of his link to Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" and wants to move on. The 50-year-old star played game show host Prem Kumar in Danny Boyle’s 2008 movie. In an interview to Britain’s GMTV, Anil urged his fans and friends to stop asking him about his "Slumdog..." success, reports contactmusic.com. "It was such a long time (ago). Very nostalgic, but I want to get over it. I want to forget about it but people won’t let me forget about it. I just want to move on. Please, let’s move on. I’d been in 100, more than 100 films, (before Slumdog)," he said.

Music composer A.R. Rahman’s international career which has taken off in a biggish way after "Slumdog Millionaire" keeps encountering snags, thanks to long-pending assignments back home. According to sources, Rahman has to keep interrupting his international plans to be home for various pending assignments. The harried composer is now seriously thinking of putting all home-made assignments on hold to concentrate on building his career abroad, or else he feels he would lose the international advantage he obtained after "Slumdog Millionaire". Says a friend of Rahman: "The Indian assignments after ’Slumdog Millioniare’ have been very time-consuming, especially ’Raavan’ where Rahman not only had to do two versions of the music in Hindi and Tamil, but director Mani Ratnam also asked him to give three to four tunes for every lyric before one was selected. The music of ’Raavan’ took more time than Rahman could afford, with the...