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Deepika Padukone replacing Priyanka Chopra

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The latest buzz in industry circles is that Rakesh Roshan has plans to start filming the sequel to his desi super hero flick, Krrish by September 2010. Playing the title role, Hrithik Roshan will however not be romancing Priyanka Chopra in this one, our sources claims.Sources further reveal, “Roshan Sr. who will be directing the film apart from producing it, is considering Deepika Padukone to play the lead, although there has been no confirmation. While the first film in the series Koi Mil Gaya had Preity Zinta in the lead opposite Hrithik, Krrish featured Priyanka Chopra. There are no plans for her to return, so it remains to be seen who would step into the leading lady’s role.”

It is also believed that Roshan Sr. has had early discussions with the SFX team and a big crew of foreign technicians who worked on Krrish. They have been bouncing off ideas on where to take the character and how to develop it.?Letting us in the secret, our source further reveals that Rakesh has zeroed down on a plotline where Krrish battles his evil counterpart in the sequel. Apparently, Rakesh is keen on having Hrithik play a grey character ever since he saw his performance in Dhoom 2. Krrish will be seen saving the 7 wonders of the world, which makes a perfect foil to include extensive shots of diverse foreign locations.

Hrithik will also undergo vigorous physical training for the role. He has completed Kites, which is all set for release next year. He is currently shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish with Aishwarya Bachchan.

Priyanka, Shahid’s cross connection

Actors Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor have a cross connection and there is a third angel too as, post-love, it has become the reason behind someone’s sleepless nights. Actually, the phone number on the name plate in an audition scene used by Priyanka in her movie Fashion and the number scribbled on Shahid’s in Chance Pe Dance were the same.Though it was a cross connection for Priyanka and Shahid, the common factor in the story has been the person the actor duo has been troubling unintentionally.

Ram Mirchandani, whose phone number features on the audition plates used by Priyanka in Fashion and Shahid in Chance Pe Dance, has been getting incessant calls from the fans of the two stars wanting to speak to the cute couple from Kaminey.It is definitely a Kismet Connection of sorts for Shahid and Priyanka who were reportedly seeing each other until recently. Mirchandani has been getting up to about 100 calls in just 20 minutes.

Hope that after seeing this story people will stop troubling Manchandani and for Shahid hopefully Chance Pe Dance would turn out to be a hit like Fashion.

Katrina Kaif down with jaundice

Katrina Kaif had to be rushed to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra immediately after landing in the city late Monday night. The actress was in Udaipur for the promotion of De Dana Dan, which releases this week.She had been feeling under the weather for the past few days. Last week, she had fainted while performing at an event.

The constant travelling due to the promotions of her films has taken a toll on the star.Says Katrina’s business manager, “She was taken to the hospital for some tests as she is down with flu and was feeling weak. We decided to get a complete check-up done. She has been advised complete bed rest for the next week or till the fever goes down.

The biggest fear is that the viral fever is contagious and we don’t want the entire cast and crew coughing and sneezing while promoting the film.”

Salman Skips Dad’s Birthday For The First Time

At the moment Salman is not happy with life at all. For the first time Salman Khan wasn’t able to attend his father’s birthday on November 24.This year Salim Saab turned 64, and the Khan parivar had planned to make it a grand celebration, what with Wanted being a huge money-spinner for Salman. Dad’s birthday and son’s success would’ve made for a grand bash at the Khans’ residence. Unfortunately Salman and Arbaaz are in Wai on the outskirts of Mumbai shooting for their home production Dabangg. And there was absolutely no way Salman could be allowed to return to Mumbai even for a few hours.

That left Salim Saab on his birthday with only son Sohail to keep him company.Says Sohail, “I guess I got lucky. I got Dad all for myself on his birthday. Much as Salman and Arbaaz would’ve liked to be with Dad there was no way they could leave the shooting in Wai and return on Tuesday for Dad’s birthday without disrupting the schedule. We were just three days into the shoot and it couldn’t be stopped.”While Salman seethed in Wai, Sohail drove back to Mumbai on Monday to bring in their father’s birthday and to convey Salman and Arbaaz’s best wishes to their father.Says a sentimental Sohail; “The whole family makes it a point to be together by hook or crook for our parent’s birthday.

Anyway, Dad believes work comes first. But Salman and Arbaaz are very unhappy about the situation.”The family is getting ready for the release of Veer on January 26.“That’s a big project for us,” says Sohail. “We’ve worked really hard on it. After Dabangg we want to start Partner 2. Everyone keeps telling us sequels ka zamana hai. Look how well the sequels to Golmaal have done! But until we’re sure that the script will take us beyond the first Partner we can’t go ahead.”The entire Partner team is working on the sequel’s storyline.

“All of us, Salman, Govinda, David Dhawan and I, have been told to work on an idea. We’ll go ahead with Partner 2 the minute one of us cracks the screenplay. Right now Partner is hot, and Salman Bhai is hotter,” says Sohail proudly.

B'day Special: Rare Photos of Rakhi Sawant

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Rakhi Sawant was born in Mumbai on 25th November 1978.

Om Puri is childlike: Big B

Amitabh Bachchan, who launched the controversial biography of Om Puri here, has lauded his contemporary`s courage in revealing details about his personal life.

The launch, where Puri narrated some of life`s moments himself, was attended by a large number of people from the Hindi film fraternity.

Describing the evening in his blog, the 67-year-old megastar wrote, "Facing a public audience can be a daunting task even in the most comfortable circumstances, but to his credit I must say his candidness became the most endearing moments of the evening."

The book `Om Puri: An Unlikely Hero` has been written by Puri`s journalist wife Nandita and was in news over her revelations about Puri`s relationship with various women.

"Overwhelmed by the realities of his own very humbling early existence, Om Puri choked with emotion as he narrated those moments with the honesty that most of us would perhaps never acquire," Bachchan wrote about his `Dev` co-star.

Big B also joked about how he has become the most popular book launcher in Mumbai and has developed a skill to wrap things up quickly.

"As the official `book launcher` of the city I have now developed a knack of getting through these situations rather rapidly," he wrote.

Bachchan`s next book launch is a new elaborate form of his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan`s `Madhushala` at the late poet`s 101 birth anniversary on November 28.

Ranbir's First Crush was his School Teacher !

Ranbir Kapoor may have parted ways with Deepika Padukone but earlier his name was linked with debut film Saawariya co-star Sonam Kapoor. But not many are aware that Ranbir’s first crush in life was his schoolteacher.

Ranbir smilingly states in this regards, “I have had many crushes in life and my first crush was my second standard school teacher. Maybe because she was the first woman in my life after my mother who pampered me and loved me just the way my mom did. I used to secretly adore her.”

However, now the actor confesses that his perspective towards looking at love has changed a lot. “Love is defined in my ways. I don’t know how you look at love. Love has different meanings for me, ” he says.

Well now high on the success of his last two films the actor is now looking forward to ‘Rajniti’ and ‘Anjaana Anjaani’. Yet the actor says that his first film Saawariya will always remain special for him.

“I did the film two years back. Though it was a disaster I learnt how to act and I learnt all about cinema through Sanjay Leela Bhansali. So like my first crush, my first film will also remain always special to me, ” Ranbir concludes.