Kareena to do two item numbers in Heroine
After doing a mujra, ‘Dil Mera Muft Ka‘ in her beau Saif Ali Khan’s home production Agent Vinod, Kareena Kapoor is all set to take the nation by storm by gyrating to not one but two item numbers in her forthcoming film Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine.
One of the item numbers is called ‘Halkat Jawani‘ and according to sources Kareena will set the screen on fire with her moves in this song.
Heroine revolves around the life of a once successful film actress played by Kareena, whose career is on the decline.
Heroine, a UTV and Bhandarkar Entertainment joint production, also stars Randeep Hooda, Rakesh Bapat, Divya Dutta and Shahana Goswami in pivotal roles.
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama director is busy shooting his next titled Akashwani in Delhi
There is a long queue of filmmakers waiting to start their films with Ajay Devgn. These include his long-term friend and collaborator Kumar Mangat. Mangat has partnered and managed Devgn’s career since the actor started acting. Mangat turned producer with Prakash Jha’s Ajay Devgn-Kajol starrer 1999 starrer Dil Kya Kare and has since then produced a number of films featuring Devgn.
With Devgn’s fortunes skyrocketing in recent times, Kumar Mangat has no choice but to look at new talent. Last year he produced the sleeper hit Pyaar Ka Punchnama featuring six newcomers. One of the debutant actors Divyendu Sharma is now playing one of the leads in David Dhawan’s remake of Chashme Buddoor.
Kumar Mangat has instead assigned Luv Ranjan to write and direct a film with one of the three leads pairs of Pyaar Ka Punchnama. The film entitled Akashwani is currently being secretly shot in Delhi by Luv Ranjan. It features the pair Kartikeya Tiwari and Nushrat Bharucha who played Rajat and Neha in Pyaar Ka Punchnama.
Mangat and his director Luv Ranjan want to keep the shooting as quiet as possible. When contacted Luv Ranjan spilled the beans, “It’s a very intense love story about two young people who can’t think beyond their mutual love. It’s about the hardships in love. I’d call it a classic love story on the lines of Mansoor Khan’s Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.”
On why he chose Kartikeya and Nushrat and not the other two pairs, Luv Ranjan explains, “I chose the pair which suited Akashwani the best. But I am committed to making the Pyaar Ka Punchnama sequel entitled Pyar Ka Punchaama Reloaded with all three pairs at the end of the year. Besides they are being looked after well. Kumar Mangat Saab is managing the careers of all the six newcomers from Pyaar Ka Punchnama. He’s also negotiating for the remake rights of a Hollywood film which would star Rayo Bakhirta (another actor from Pyaar Ka Punchnama).”
This came as a surprising piece of news, since so far Kumar Mangat was managing only Ajay Devgn’s career.
“The film industry urgently needs new talent, don’t you think? I’ve two films lined up with Ajay. But he is busy throughout 2012.I thought I’d take that opportunity to give talented newcomers a chance,” said Mangat who is also launching television star Pulkit Samrat with Mangat’s daughter Amita Pathak in Bittu Boss.
Priyanka Chopra to attend 48th Annual Grammy
Priyanka Chopra, currently attending 62nd Berlin International Film Festival to promote her film Don 2, which is being showcased there, will be attending the 48th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.
Everyone knows Priyanka’s passion for music, so it is obvious that she is really excited to attend the award ceremony that honours outstanding music. She will be joined by heavyweights like Jimmy Iovine, the CEO of Interscope Records, and Troy Carter, the owner of her management company Atom Factory, at the event.
The actress who is in the process of releasing her international album feels this is the best global platform to meet and interact with people from the international music fraternity. She is also thrilled about meeting her favourite singing sensations at the award function.
Siddhant Kapoor to star in Ugly
Shakti Kapoor’s son Siddhant, who is all set to make his debut as a gangster in Sanjay Gupta’s Shootout At Wadala, has now been signed on by Anurag Kashyap for his next directorial venture titled Ugly.
In the film, Siddhant will be seen playing a dark character, who is into drugs. But what Siddhant is more excited about is that in Ugly, he will get to share screen place with his aunt Tejaswini Kolhapure (his mother Shivangi’s sister). What many people don’t know is that Tejaswini’s debut film was Anurag Kashyap’s unreleased film Paanch (2003).
Ugly also stars actors Ronit Roy and Pallavi Sharda and will go on floors in March.
Anupam Khers father passes away
Veteran actor Anupam Kher’s father passed away earlier today. The actor tweeted, “As I landed in Goa my brother Raju called from Mumbai that the “Best Dad in the World” (our father) is No More. Traveling back.”
News Trends offers heartfelt condolence to Anupam Kher and his family.
Shekhar Kapur to play Kamal Haasans uncle in Vishwaroopam
Well known filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is seldom seen in front of the camera. However, the director will soon be seen playing Kamal Haasan’s uncle in the film Vishwaroopam. The film, which also features Sonakshi Sinha as Haasan’s love interest, will have Shekhar Kapur (who is just 12 years older than Kamal) playing his uncle.
What’s interesting to know is that this will be the first time after Saatwan Aasman (released nearly two decades ago) that Shekhar will return to acting. This apparent return to acting has been credited to Shekhar’s inquisitiveness towards exploring Kamal Haasan as an artist.
Farhan shoots public service campaign with SRK
Excel Entertainment believes in not only entertaining audience with quality cinema but also realizes its social responsibilities. The company co-founded by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani has now come up with 2 public service videos promoting important issues such as adult literacy and power conservation
The videos have been shot by Farhan himself and features top Bollywood stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Shabana Azmi among others. This is an initiative taken by Excel Entertainment at the insistence of the HRD (Human Resource Development) Ministry. The lyrics of the song have been penned by veteran Javed Akhtar while the music has been composed by the trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
Confirming the same, Ritesh Sidhwani tweeted, “Shot a public awareness campaign for adult literacy with @iamsrk, Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, @priyankachopra and @FarOutAkhtar. I was thanking all the actors who were kind enough to be a part of the literacy campaign… And this literacy campaign was initiated by @Javedakhtarjadu.”
Besides this, Farhan has also agreed to feature in a 90 second film on women’s safety, an initiative by the Delhi Police.
O P Dutta passes away
Veteran director, writer and producer O.P. Dutta expired late last night. The filmmaker was ill and admitted at the Kokilaben hospital at 7 pm yesterday and breathed his last around post 12 a.m. with the cremation scheduled today at Shivaji Park.
The filmmaker who began his career in 1948 as a director with Pyaar Ki Jeet, slowly transitioned into writing films like Border and Refugee which were directed by his son J P Dutta.
News Trends sends out heartfelt condolences to the filmmaker’s family and friends.
Sakhi Sarwar tragedy: charges against 6 accused framed
ATC Judge Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmad conducted hearing of the case in the Central Jail in DG Khan and framed charges under the sections related to murder, attempt to murder, terrorism and possession of explosive material against accused Behram Khan alias Sofi Baba, Umar Fidai, Saleem Jan, Bashir Ahmad, Farooq and Asghar in two different cases.
Accused are said to be involved in suicide attack on the eve of Sakhi Sarwar’ Urs on April 3, 2011 in which about 54 pilgrims were killed while more than 100 injured.
It is worth mentioning that the court already has declared three accused as proclaimed offenders.
Prahlad Kakkar makes his acting debut in David
Advertisement guru Prahlad Kakkar has found a new vocation for himself at the ripe old age of 61. Prahlad has turned into an actor.
He joined the cast and crew of Bejoy Nambiar’s David in Mangalore on Monday. The film began shooting last week with Tamil superstar Vikram playing the title role. Kakkar we hear joined the cast on Monday morning and showed no signs of nervousness while facing the camera.
Interestingly, Kakkar has been cast not as himself but as another character in David. Said director Bejoy Nambiar from Mangalore, “We have a very interesting debutant actor with us today. Prahlad Kakkar plays a priest in my film. I cast him because I thought he looked like a Catholic priest. I was right. Prahlad just slipped into the role like a priest in a gown.”
Apparently, the locals in Mangalore mistook Kakkar for a real priest, much to the debutant actor’s delight. Although Kakkar had scenes with the seasoned star-actor Vikram, he simply sailed through his shots.
We now hear Bejoy is so impressed with the ad guru’s acting prowess that he has decided to cast him in cameos in all his films. Says Bejoy, “Prahlad shows no signs of self-consciousness before the camera. That could be because he has directed ads with the biggest superstars of the acting world like Bachchan saab and Aamir Khan and celebrities from the non-acting field like Sachin Tendulkar.”
