SPLITSVILLY FOR SALLU-KATRINA

Salman khan has more reasons to worry now. After the rumours of a linkup between katrina kaif and ranbir kapoor, now comes the news that katrina kaif is all set to work with abhishek bachchan in abbas mustan's new film, a remak of the italian job. Katrina has been chosen to portray the role that charlize theron did in the original. With rumours rife that he couple had split, neither salman nor katrina have come out in the open with the truth. but people close to the two have confirmed that they have parted ways. The fact that katrina is now bonding with sallu's arch rivals, shaah rukh khan and john abraham is evidence enough. The final nail in the coffin however, came with the announcement that the pretty actress will be starring in the abbas-mustan film opposite bachchan jr. since abhishek is married to salman's ex, katrina had chosen to avoid taking up any projects with him. Sallu however, had no qualms about her working with anyone in the industry, except vivek oberoi. The fact that katrina has now decided to star opposite abhishek, is sending clear signals that there's no love between her and beau sallu.

KASAB FILM IN TROUBLE

Total ten , a film based on the mombai terror attacks has run into trouble with the censors. The film which stars rajan vermas as Aamir Ajmal kasab has had its fair share of controversies. Accorinding to the censor board, the scene depicting kasab's hanging is in poor teste. Rajan, however, denies any problem. "we had shot a dream sequence which protrayed kasb's hanging. As the matter is subjudice, the censor board did not want us to show that since it was like passing a verdict. Hence we had to reshoot the hanging sequence in the beginning and the climax," he says.

EASHA-TIMMY EVADE QUESTIONS

Ever since Eesha koppikar and beau timmy narang announced that they were engaged, speculation has been rife about their wedding. Everywhere the couple makes an appearance they are hounded by well wishers and friend demanding to know when they will be tying the knot. When the couple attended timmy's friend hemant makes rao's sangeet cermony at mumbai's taj mahal hotel recently,they were bombarded with questions about their wedding. A source close to the couple said, "There is a week-long wedding for hemant and spandana's wedding. Both timmy and Eesha are attending the ceremonies, and are always the centre of attention." The source add s, "The minute the couple stepped into the venue, everybody wanted to know when the lovely couple will pledge their vows. But timmy and Eesha handled the attention very gracefully."

SONAKSHI SAYS NO TO VASHU

Sonakshi sinha, shatrugan sinha's daughter, who is all set to debut in Arbaaz khan's debangg, opposite salman khan, has turned down bhagnani's next venture that has been flooded with offers. Vashu bhagnani's faltu was one of the many offers that sonakshi said 'no' to." Bhagnani was said to be desperately looking for a leading lady to be cast in faltu. "vashu Bhagnani had earlier approached priyanka chopra, who also turned the film down." Now vashu has finally zeroed in a pooja gupta, who won the miss india title in 2007 to play the female lead. "Mimoh chakraborty has been cast in the film too. Faltu's plot revolves around two friends who fall for the same girl and outdo each other ti woo her." The film marks the debut of choreographer remo fernandes as a director.

MANI IS ALL PRAISE FOR GOVINDA

Mani rathnam has completed the shooting of raavan. And to mark the occasion, the director and his wife suhasini, threw a part for the cast and crew on the sets. A unit members revealed, "it was an impromptu decision to throw the party. Mani rathnam spoke at lenght about his experiences of making raavan." Mani sir, as he is lovingly called on the sets, took everyone by surprise when he started waxing lyracal about actor govind. The source said, "The director spoke at lenght about govind and revealed how people warned him not cast the actor in the film because he was said to be irregular while shooting. But govined had proved everybody wrong. In fact he used to be there on the sets much before time , ready to give his shot." Govind, who was touched to her praises from the director was happy that mani rathnam had dispelled misconceptions about him publicly.

EIGHT LOOKS FOR RANBIR IN APGK

After priyanka played twelve roles in what's your rashee, it's ranbir kapoor's turn to show off his different avatars. The actor is all set to don eight different looks in ajab prem ki ghazab kahani [APGK]. a unit source revealed, 'ranbir has donned eight different looks in the film. He plays a pathanwala, halwaiwala, a corporate officer, among others. He has even donned a charlie chaplin look." in fact, his charile chaplin avatar is most talked about. 'ranbir was gifted an entire charlie chaplin series by his friend, which he whached and studied diligently. He put in a lot of research for the role to learn more about his dressing style, gait and comic timing,"says the source, who adds that ranbir, who is a great fan of charlie chaplin from his childhood was only too excited to sport this look.

DAVID TO REMAKE CHASHME BADOOR

David Dhawan has tied up with studio 18 to remark the 1981 super hit Chashme Badoor which starred Faroque Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Ravi Baswani and rakesh bedi. David is said to have brought the rights of the film for rs 15 lakhs. The film is scheduled to mount the sets early next year. A source said, 'studio 18 wanted to make a quick film and bought the rights of chashme badoor. David Dhawan plans to cast rit esh Deshmukh for the role played by faroque shaikh. Sai paranjpe had made the earlier film and david also plans to meet sai."A source close to david revealed, "he will modernise the subject as it is being remade almost 30 years after the original film, but he will stick to the plot. He wants to finish the shooting as early as possible before he gets on to partnar 2." The other actors for the film are yet to be finalised.

SALLU HOPES TO OPEN A SCHOOL

Salman khan is no longer just content with acting and wants to share the tricks of the trade with the world. the actor is contemplating opening an acting and filmmaking school, which he hopes will give birth to a lot of technicians, scriptwriters, director et al. Salman is currently scouting for a property on which he wants to build his school. the idea struck sallu bhai during the making of yuvvraaj, when salman had been invited to producer director subhash ghai's institute, whistling woods, to give aguest lecture there. After brooding over the idea, he discussed it with his brother. Sohail is said to have jumped up at the idea is very keen about starting the school too.

HRITHIK-SUZANNE TAKE TO THE RAMP

Walking the ramp at fashion shows seems to be the 'in' thing these days. Anyone and everyone in bollywood is hitting the ramp. At this rat, the top class models are soon going to feel the pinch of being left out in the cold. From kareena, saif, deepika, akshay and sushmita sen to shahrukh, salman and amir, all the top stars have walkedthe for their favourite designers in the past few weeks. The latest to join the bandwagon is suzanne roshan along with hubby hrithik. And if hrithik has to make an appearance for anything and anyone it has to be the best in the business. So the duo made an appearence to promote a haute couture brand of jewellery and watches.

RANBIR IS ON A ROLL

Ranbir is a happy man these day. Not only has he received rave reviews for his performance in wake up sid, but he is also in the news for the soon-to-be released ajab prem ki ghazab kahani, starring karina kaif. Jay shewakramani, creative producer for the film says, "ranbir is a thorough professional. He was promoting wake up sid the whole day, and was going to join us for the ajab primis ki... music release at 6 pm, after which we had to shooting at only around 8.30 pm and wrapped up at 6 am in the morning. However, ranbir did not complain one bit and kept the mood on the sets upbeat, in spit of the fact that he was working round the clock. before shooting the music video, ranbir barely slept for three days as he had to fly down from bhopal and after shoot fly back to bhopal. He is putting a lot of effort into promoting his films and his hard work will add to his success."

CELINA JAITLRY FRACTURES HER HAND

Celina jaitley met with an accident recently while shooting for her film shreemati in the maldives and ended up with a plaster cast. However, she was asked to report for the shooting of chai garam in thailand soon after. Thorough professional that she is, celina gave the shot depite the pain, so that the dates would not be wasted. Celina's friend said, "she showed her professionalism by agreeing to remove the cast and shoot. She did not throw tantrum or try to postpone the shoot according to her commitment . Celina did not want put her crew into any kind of trouble and did't want to disappoint her them by letting them down."

KAREENA-SAIF GET COSY

Recently, kareena and saif publicly said that the tow were ready to take their relationship to the next level. While this bit of news had everybody excited about an impending wedding, what the couple really meant was that they were now prepared to kiss on screen and in full public view as well. The couple was recently spotted getting cosy in public unmindful of the shutterbugs around. This latest development however, comes as bit of a surprise considering kareena was embroiled in a rather embarrassing kiss-and-tell controversy a few years ago with a former beaushahid kapur. kissing on camera seems to be the latest fad in tinsel town

SALMAN KHAN IS NOT WANTED ANYMORE

If there one star who refuses to grow up, it's apna sallu miyan. He was in bengaluru recently to promote his film main aur Mrs khanna, but behaved like he was doing the city a favour with his starry presence.Considering that except for wanted all his other films have flopped badly, doesn't seem to have mended his ways. He arrived a good tow hours late for the event, was in a grouchy mood and refused to interact with anyone. He threw starry aris and those who tried to get close to him were brushed aside. Slaman khan soon made a quick exit to another event to promote his foundation, being human, leaving the organisers in a tizzy. What's more, his brother sohail, who was supposed to accompany him decided to take a evening flight much after the event was over. Considering that sohail has only his brother's films in his kitty, it's time he too learnt the art of time management. And if sallu continues to behave the way he does, he will no longer be on the "wanted' list of fans.

BIPS IN A BID TO GO GLOBAL

While rumours are still doing the rounds that bipasha basu will be hasting the india varsion of tyra banks' famous show, Next top model, she is already in talks with the makers of another original reality show in the uk. Basu has been busy trying to launch her international career lately approached by organisers of a top-rated talent hunt show who wanted her to do a cameo on the show as a guest judge for afew weeks. Bipasha was more than pleased that she was being asked to be apart of this prestigious show, where talented people from the uk show off their skills. Since bipasha is making quite the name for herself in international circles, the organisers thought that her presence would only boost the show's popularity amomgst the asian community in the uk. Bips has even been offered a handsome fee for doing a few episodes on the show. The actress is apparently very tempted to sign up for this show once the formalitis are all sorted out.

HRITHIK KISSES WIFE IN PUBLIC

Industrywallahs are sniggering at hrithik's desperate attempts with his wife suzzane. The couple who is currently holidaying in the us was spotted lip locking in full public view in LA's plush hollywood area. The snaps are all over internet and sources claim that this all part of the pre-publicity campaign for kites. Now that his film is geared up for release next month, hirthik is desperate to wipe out all the negative publicity his film received tanks to his alleged fling with barbara mori. hrithik is more than determined to prove to the world that all his well in his marital paradise. So what better way to do so then kiss his wife of nine years in public. it's a pity though that nobody is impressed with his tactics, although we are sure his wife is one relieved lady.

NEHA, INDIA'S BEAUTY AMBASSADOR

Neha Dhupia has been chosen as the beauty ambassador for india by american pop singer, actress and fashion entrepreur jessica simpson for her tv show price of beauty. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and jessica and her crew want to find out how differently people perceive beauty across the world. jessica has planned a special segment on bollywood for which they hav selected neha as their beauty ambassador. Neha was noticed by the makes in her us mini series bollywood hero which fetched her much accolader. The shoot is scheduled to start from next week in mombai and according to sources jessica and her crew have also planned a big bollywood party once the shoot get over.

JOHN STEPS IN TO PRODUCE

What's it with actors these day? like businessmen, they too are constantly thinking of expanding. My banker buddies were telling me at a friend's party how everyone in bollywood wants to turn producer. the latest to join the bandwagon is the last expected to...John Abraham. His reason to do so seems even more odd. A deal with production house TV 18 fizzled out. so john stepped in to co-produce the film and the first think that john did was sign up Jacquiline Fernandes - a newcomer who was apparently caught his fancy. The rest of the cast and cerw are yet to be finalised, but location of the film is going to be Trukey-the land of beauty, romance and mystery. should Bipasha Basu not be forewarned of forewarned of the dangers of John turning naught....oops sorry turning producer?

TABU AND VIDYA BOND ON SETS

Tabu was recently spotted on the sets of paa, where she had gone to pay a visit to her cheeni kum director, r balki. The bachchans -Amitabh and abhishek-who play the tow lead roles in the movie-were not shooting on that day and the atmosphere on the sets was quite relaxed. Tabu was seen catching up with the director and the tow chatted on the sets merrily, reminiscing about the shooting for cheeni kum in the uk. Even as stories were being shared, vidya joined the conversation and started talking about her own experince of shooting for the film in cambridge. Soon the director took a back seatand vidya and tabu yapped away talking about practically everything under the sun. Tow who realised that thy have a lot in common, hit it off instantly and even exchanged numbers. Vidya and tabu also vowed to to stay in touch with each other.

KATRINA KIF OULLS A STUNT

Katrina kaif may look a delicate lady who is incapable of any physical exertion, but the actress surprised everyone on the sets Ajab prem ki ghazab kahani, where she showed everyone a completely different side of hers. An action sequence for the film required ranbir kapoor to save katrina from a bunch of goons and escape on a jet ski, reveals sources. the tow then had to climb a rope ladder that was placed at a height of 200 feet. while director rajkumar santoshi and the whole crew were sure that ranbir would be able to climb the rope ladder effortlessly, they expressed their apprehensions about katrina. They weren't sure whether she would complete the shot successfully. However, everyone's surprise, katrina climbed the ladder swiftly, while Ranbir was left way behind. when ranbir looked up, he was stunned to see katrina, comfortably perched on the top. the entire unit was amazed. Ever since ranbir refers to katrina as rambo's sister, "sambo".

AAMIR KHAN TURNS INTO A TASKMASTER

Aamir khan treats all those who work under his protegees.so it's only understandable that when he is miffed with one of his crew members he only mans well for them, say sources. Recently Aamir khan exchanged words with director abhinay Deo who is directing his film Delhi belly and this time, it's not Aamir's interfering attitude that is the blame. since he is the producer of the film, Aamir is trying hard to keep a tab on the budget rumour has it that abhinay has already spent too much. Not just that, there has also been a delay in the making of the movie, which might upset Aamir's release strategy for the three movies involved in right now. Aamir was then forced to get tough with the debutant dirictor and asked him to get his act together. Aamir made it clear that he doesen't want Deo's delays affecting his other projects.

DONT COMPARE ME WITH MY DAD

Shahid kapoor is all set begin shooting for hi father pankaj kapoor's directorial debut mausuam. Sources reveal that the doting beta has taken time out for nine full months for his papa's film. "They have found an appropriate financier hence they are planning to begin whith the shooting ," revals a source. The film will be shot in india and abroad. The kapoors are looking at a talent hunt to find a fresh face for the female lead of the film. shahid might not have spent his growing up years with his father since his parents separated when he was young, yet, he admits has been a great fan of pankaj kapoor right from his childhood days. shahid says," i think my father is a complete actor and the kind of performances he has given are simply superb. I don't think i can even be compared with him. I have always been associated with commercial cinema, but if i can ever come close to his standards, I'll be happy."

URMAILA IN ON MOOD TO HUMOUR ONIR

Urmila matondkar is nowher to be seen after her disastrous act in karrz. Rumour has it that the actress has refused to be apart of bas Ek pal director onirs next film as she felt he was taking her for granted. Onir who is making the film on a shoe-string budget was hoping that urmila how played the lead in his previous film would bail him out by leding her star presences once again for free. Sources close to urmila say the actress would hav accepted the role if it was a meaty one and if she found it challenging enough. with the film offering no such motivation urmila had to tell onir who had already assumed she would agree to consider someone else for the role as she wasnt interested said a source. Meanwhile urmila is keeping herself busy even though she is not doing film right now. The actress is currently looking for a prime property in goa as she wants to stay there for extended periods when she is not shooting say her friends. Urmila is also said to be experimenting with her vocal chords. She"ll be singing a song for the album of a young fusion group in mumbai.

SAIF IS WORKING OVERTIME

Saif ali kahan is a man on a mission these days with his newly-set up production company doing well he wants to make the most of it and plans to couple of movies within a year. Also eventually he wants to expand and entertainment reveal sources. He has asked his director buddy sriram raghavan to rash with his film agent vinod the script for which is now ready.Saif want to roll out the movie as soon as possible so that the production unit can get on to the next project. Meanwhile saif is also busy toiling in his gym too. The actor who already boasts of a sculpted body is working extra hard to look the part of aspy in the film. The desi james bond as he is being referred to be on the top of his game.

SALMAN GIFTS BEBO AN IT BAG

Salman khan ever the generous gentleman gifted kareena kapoor a dolce and gabbana bag worth Rs 2.5 lakh when the two were shooting for main aur mrs khanna in australia. A source revealed kareena would usually goes alone but this time salman descided to accompany her. kareena loved a particular dolce and gabbana handbag. when was about to pay up for the buy the storekeepar claimed that it was already paid for.kareena was taken by surprise when she later learnt that salman khan had paid for it already as he wanted gift her the bag. A touched kareena couldnt thank sallu bhai enough."

Giving all other stars a run for their money in the humour department are Ranbir kapoor and katrina kaif who was has everyone on the sets of ajab prem ki gazab kahani in spilts. The actors have a natural knack for comedy and make a fun them together. A unit revealed ranbir and katrina possess a great sense of humour. The two can joke about any situation and their one-liners leaves everyone laughing. it is thrir off mistry that relects onscreen too. in fact duing the shooting not only rajkumar santoshi and ramesh tauurani but also the entire crew would break into laughter watching kats and ranbir.

VIDYA VISITS BHANSALIS SETS

The sets of sanjay leela bhansalis Guzarish has became a hangout spot of sorts for all the industry wallahs who keep pouring in to meet him, Hrithik or Ash. Even his first assistant has a visitor in the form of vidya balan recently. The actress who was in neighbourhood dropped by to greet vibhu, who is making his directorial debud with bhansali productions next. The film chenab gandhi starts vidya in it, though the hunt is still on for the title role ever since after Hurman Bawejas name was ticked off. Vidya was seen chatting away with her soon-to-be director, but stayed away from bhansali and co., as she didnt whant to disturb his shooting. It was bhasali, a courteous gentleman that he is, who called out to her spend some time with her. Vidya who is eager to work with a prestigous banner like bhansalis, was only too happy.