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Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan wished a very happy birthday to his “jiggerypoo” John Abraham, who turned 38, and Riteish Deshmukh, who turned 31, Friday. “Here’s wishing my jiggerypoo John and my little brother Riteish the happiest birthday,” Abhishek posted on his Twitter page. He calls John by the name ever since the duo shared a crackling chemistry when they posed as gay in the hit film “Dostana”.

Actor is certain that it’s difficult to match the performance of his father Amitabh Bachchan in “Agneepath”, but he has high hopes from Hrithik Roshan who is playing the iconic Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the cult film’s remake. The 1990 film fetched Amitabh his first National Award. “I wish him good luck. I think it’s a very brave thing to do. If you think of top 10 characters of Hindi cinema, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is up there. It’s difficult but I have immense respect for Duggu (Hrithik) as an actor,” Abhishek said. “He knows his job very well. So, obviously, he will sort it out. He’s not going to take on anything on whim or fancy. I am pretty sure they have a different interpretation of the entire story altogether,” he added. Yash Johar produced the original “Agneepath” and the remake would be produced and directed by his son Karan Johar. Abhishek feels that Big B’s film shouldn’t be remade frame by frame, as it would put huge pressure on the ...

With Golmaal 3 having swept the country by storm, Rohit Shetty is on a roll. Besides remaking the Tamil flick Singam, Rohit is also contemplating a comedy with Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan as protagonists. Sources have it that Shetty wants to rope in his lucky mascot, Kareena Kapoor ,to play the female lead. “Both, Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3 had Kareena Kapoor in the lead. Rohit and Kareena share an excellent working relationship. The director is keen that she be a part of this comedy film too.” But, with Abhishek in the film, will the Kapoor gal grab this opportunity to work once again with the big director? Sources close to Shetty however, maintained that the director has not approached anybody and is yet to finalise on the female lead.

Sometimes, repeating a winning formula makes sense. R Balki, the man who made Paa, at least believes in this statement. Apparently, the director is all set to make another film with Abhishek Bachchan. But, the winning formula will be tweaked a bit. There will be no Amitabh Bachchan and no Vidya Balan in his next venture. The film touches upon a new genre which is why the others have been excluded. Our source said, “Balki was to start a film with Amitabh Bachchan but he has a script which suits the image of Abhishek perfectly. So he has dropped the idea of making the film with Sr. Bachchan for now and will start his film with Abhishek next year. Balki is not willing to reveal the subject of the film right now and the project is being kept hush-hush.” The source added, “This film will also exclude Vidya Balan and she will not be starring opposite Abhishek. Balki will be looking at other leading actresses for the role.”

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t mind experimenting with any kind of roles, but he finds walking the ramp as the toughest thing to do and wonders how models manage to walk with “those high heels”. The actor and his wife, Jaya, went to attend fashion designer Nachiket Barve’s show on the third day of the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) in Mumbai Sunday. “It’s the first time for me to be at one of these events and indeed how delightful it was. Felt I was live on FTV, sitting in the gallery among many enthusiasts as the slender and pretty models displaying the wares of the designer walked past on the ramp. “I had done the same - walked the ramp - for our dear friends Abu (Jani) and Sandeep (Khosla) on two occasions and had felt it to be the most difficult of tasks,” Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com . The 67-year-old, who recently won the National Film Award for best actor for his role in “Paa”, says he wonders how models remain expressionless on the ramp. “It is...

While Priyanka Chopra is busy with her Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi act, her acting prowess seems to have impressed a lot of directors in Bollywood. The latest to be impressed by her work is director Abhishek Kapoor who saw the rushes of Priyanka Chopra’s Anjaana Anjaani, directed by Siddharth Anand. Abhishek was quite surprised by Priyanka Chopra’s histrionics on screen. The director is so taken in by her performance that he has decided to cast her as the leading lady in his forthcoming sequel to 2008 super hit Rock On!. Buzz is that Kapoor has been planning to make the sequel of Rock On! and has been working on the script as of now. The filmmaker is waiting for the reality show to end to start the work on his film. Meanwhile, after completing the shooting of Fear Factor, Priyanka will start work on Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2, then there’s Karan Johar’s remake of Agneepath.. The actress has completed shooting for Vishal Bharad-waj’s Saat Khoon Maaf. Her film, Anjaana Anjaani is due to re...

Tired of seeing Katrina Kaif on screen time and again with Ranbir Kapoor, and Abhishek Bachchan with Aishwarya Rai? Well, a new Bollywood jodi is in the works. Katrina and Abhishek have lately been green-lighting one film after another, and as things stand today the duo now has three films in their kitty. Which means they are going to be busy shooting together for many months this year and early in 2011. Knowing how secure Ash is in her marriage with Abhi, we’re sure she won’t be jealous of her hubby’s budding working relationship with the most beautiful woman in the industry, apart from herself, that is. Abhishek and Katrina will first team up for the sequel of Dostana. The film’s shoot will begin in August when Katrina returns to Mumbai after completing the shoot of Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara in Spain. Kat and Abhi would also get together for Abbas-Mustan’s Hindi remake of the Hollywood crime thriller Italian Job. The hat-trick would com...