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. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have left for Switzerland for a ten-day holiday to celebrate the New Year. The lovers leave for Swiss Alps every year as it happens to be their favourite holiday destination. Saif loves to ski and Bebo loves the natural beauty of the place. Moreover, the couple would check in at an eco-friendly, 300-year-old chalet that runs on solar energy, we hear. Apart from the spectacular view of the scenery, the chalet also provides privacy and basic comforts for any couple. We wish a Happy New Year to Saif and Bebo.

Even though Saif Ali Khan is veteran actress Sharmila Tagore’s son, the actor says he joined the Indian film industry chiefly because of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The 40-year-old actor is all set to work with Amitabh in Prakash Jha’s next Aarakshan. This is the second time that both the actors will share screen space after the 2007 film ’Eklavya: The Royal Guard’ ’I joined films pretty much because of Amitji so it’s always an absolute honour to work with him and I’m glad I got another opportunity to get associated with him,’ said Saif . Big B too was elated to know about Saif’s thoughts and revealed that he felt honoured after hearing what Saif had to say. ’I have worked with Saif in Eklavya, that was my first association with him. I am really honoured and privileged to know that he feels that I was in someway responsible for his entry into this film industry. I’m delighted to work with him again,’ said t...

Saif Ali Khan is all set to play his first biographical character in Siddharth Anand’s “2 States”, a film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s book, based on his own real-life experience, of a Punjabi boy who wants to marry his Tamil sweetheart but only with the consent of both their parents. Saif is expected to spend time with Chetan Bhagat to understand his character, Krish, and get into Krish’s mind. In real life too, Saif is all set to get into a cross-cultural marriage and “2 States” will be quite a learning curve for him. Bhagat would like to exercise a more close vigil over the casting of the protagonists than he did in his novels’ other movie adaptations like “Hello” (”One Night At The Call Centre”) and “3 Idiots” (”5 Point Someone”). In both these cases Bhagat had no say. And he liked it that way.

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan says he has no plans to uproot himself to go and work in Hollywood movies. “Not really. I think they are very serious about how they make movies. You have to go and set up a base, start from the scratch about how to speak, how to act. You have to struggle and start all over again,” Saif said when he was here for an event. “I am quite happy where I am today and not try to uproot myself by working in Hollywood. I would rather concentrate more and more on being successful in my own field,” he added. The 40-year-old was here to participate in the celebrations of Taj Enlighten Film Society, which has been validated as India’s largest film society by the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI). Saif is currently busy producing his home production “Agent Vinod” and wishes to make international style movies in future. “I’d like to make films like ‘Omkara’, ‘Parineeta’. We are actually meeting up people in Mumbai to bring in new talent an...

Actor Saif Ali Khan says he is not in competition with the three other Khans of Bollywood - Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman. He is happy with the position he has in the industry and adds that he has “a long way to go”. “They have worked in iconic and more successful films. Aamir’s debut movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ was a superhit, Salman’s ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ was also a superhit, Shah Rukh’s done equally good. I am really happy with the position where I am,” Saif told reporters here Friday. “I look forward to doing better films and rising up to that position, but they are senior to me and have worked in great films. They completely deserve the position they are in. I have a lot of respect for them,” he said. The actor was speaking at the Epicentre Auditorium in Apparel House, Gurgaon to join celebrations with the Taj Enlighten Film Society, which has been validated as India’s Largest Film Society by the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI). Althou...