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.
Check out Agent Vinod promo:
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.
John takes Marathi lessons for SAW
John Abraham, who is all set to play the role of the gangster Manya Surve in Sanjay Gupta’s Shootout At Wadala, will be taking Marathi lessons to brush up his Marathi speaking skills. Director/actor Mahesh Manjrekar will help him grasp the colloquial nuances of the language.
Since Manya Surve was a local Mumbai dacoit, he spoke colloquial Marathi and to get into the skin of the character, John too needs to brush up his Marathi. Since Mahesh is a Maharashtrian and knows how to speak fluent colloquial Marathi, Sanjay felt he would be the best to train John in speaking Marathi.
Manjrekar will also be acting in this multi-starrer. The film also stars Anil Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut and debutant Siddhant Kapoor.
Shootout At Wadala goes on floors this year on 1st March.
9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The British men all pleaded guilty last week as their trial was due to begin at London s Woolwich Crown Court.
Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, Shah Rahman, 28, Gurukanth Desai, 30, and Abdul Miah, 25, admitted planning to plant a homemade bomb in the stock exchange toilets. Two others admitted lesser charges.
The prosecution accepted that the men, who were arrested in December 2010, intended to spread “terror and economic harm and disruption,” rather than to kill, and had not constructed any bombs.
But they discussed attacking high-profile targets, and a handwritten list found at Chowdhury s home contained the addresses of London Mayor Boris Johnson, the Dean of St. Paul s Cathedral, two rabbis, the U.S. Embassy and the stock exchange.
Judge Alan Wilkie said the defendants should be regarded as dangerous. He sentenced the six men to between five years and 16 years, 10 months.
Three other defendants admitted planning to set up a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and were given “indeterminate,” or open-ended, sentences.
Wilkie said Mohammed Shahjahan, 27, Usman Khan, 20, and Nazam Hussain, 26 all from the central England city of Stoke-on-Trent “regarded themselves as more serious jihadis than the others.”
He said the three men planned to set up and run a terrorist training camp in Pakistan, from which they and others would return “as trained and experienced terrorists available to perform terrorist attacks in this country.”
The nine defendants, from London, Cardiff and Stoke, were brought together through radical Islamist groups and nurtured plans to attack high-profile targets.
Prosecutors said the men were not members of al-Qaida, but were inspired by the terror network and the sermons of its Yemen-based, American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed last year in a U.S. drone strike.
British authorities learned of their plotting and put the men under surveillance before arresting them.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne, the national police counter-terrorism commander, said the “significant and complex” operation had involved 1,000 police officers and staff.
“We had a network of highly dangerous men based in three cities who were working together to plan terrorist attacks in the U.K.,” he said. “Had we not taken action to disrupt this network, their actions could have resulted in serious casualties or fatalities.”–AP
Big B to undergo surgery for stomach ailment
Amitabh Bachchan, who has been suffering from stomach ailments for a while, will be undergoing surgery for the same on Feb 11.
In his blog, Big B wrote, “There were some medical procedures today as well and a surgery that I shall be undergoing on the 11th morning. The surgery they say is not too complicated, but then all doctors say the same as you end up on the operating table, and before long the details and the subsequent anxieties begin to rise. There has been a dosage of injections intravenous that began today and shall continue for a few days… a pain in the abdomen has to be investigated tomorrow under a CT Scan and then and only then shall the ok for the surgery be given … so the next few weeks shall be full of nothing else but the hospital and medical bulletins… Boring it may be but it shall be as informative as possible.”
Big B further added, “My stomach which has already been the bed of many complicated battles in the past, shall have to entertain this as well. It’s a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal and still does.”
We wish Mr.Bachchan a speedy recovery.
Jennifer Lopez to attend SFL opening ceremony
After artists like Akon, Pitbull and Lady Gaga visiting India recently, the latest to join the list is none other than Jennifer Lopez. The actor/singer is slated to visit the Mumbai next month for her performance at the Super Fight League (SFL) inaugural event.
A source close to SFL says, “Jennifer Lopez is slated perform at the Mumbai event. It’s the opening ceremony of SFL and both Raj and Sanju want it to be as grand as possible.” J’Lo will be performing on some of her biggest hits as well as songs from her latest album ‘Love?’
Raj Kundra, the founder of SFL says, “SFL is slated to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year and there are many surprises in store.” For the uninitiated, SFL is a joint initiative by Raj Kundra and Sanjay Dutt and will have International as well as Indian fighters. SFL will promote Mixed Martial arts (MMA) in India, a sport that includes 36 forms of combat- wrestling, taekwondo, kung fu and Karate among others.
Mallika Sherawat in Sudhir Mishras home production
Mallika Sherawat seems to be on a movie signing spree. While the Haryanvi babe already his films like Kismat, Love, Paisa, Dilli (KLPD) and Lucky Unlucky in her kitty, the buzz is that Mallika has even signed a project to be made under Sudhir Mishra’s banner.
Mallika will be paired opposite Irrfan Khan in the film directed by a debutant director. The actress has already started shooting for the film in which she will be seen in a de-glam role as an ordinary housewife.
Akshay to sport different avatars in Oh My God
Akshay Kumar will be seen sporting different looks in his forthcoming film Oh My God.He will be seen in various getups like that of a Hindu in dhoti and Jodhpuri, a Muslim in pathani suit and even a funky look of a cool dude biker.
Oh My God is adapted from the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Gujarati play, Kanji Virrudh Kanji which was later launched in Hindi with title Kishen Vs Kanhaiya. It tells a story of an atheist played by Paresh Rawal, who incurs huge losses when his antique shop is destroyed by an earthquake after which he challenges God. Akshay has different looks as he represents different religions in the film.
Oh My God is Akshay’s first co-production with Ashwini Yardi under his recently set up production company, Grazing Goat, and will be directed by Umesh Shukla, who had also directed the play it is based on.
Arunoday and Randeep in Jism 2
Pooja Bhatt has roped in Arunoday Singh and Randeep Hooda to star opposite Indo Canadian porn star Sunny Leone in her most ambitious project Jism 2.
Sunny Leone has two men in her life. While one is a man from her past, the other is a man from her present. Arunoday and Randeep play the two men in her life.
Mahesh Bhatt was so impressed by Randeep’s performance in Vishesh Film’s Jannat 2 (yet to release), that he recommended him to Pooja. As for Arunoday, they felt that he had the physical attributes and sensitivity that were required for the role.
The makers of Jism 2 have also roped in lyricist Neelesh Misra to write all the songs for the film.
Jism 2, directed by Pooja Bhatt, is jointly produced by Pooja and Dino Morea and will go on floors in April this year.
